The Caesars Superdome completed a $560M renovation before last year's Super Bowl. Next up: The Smoothie King Center. Photo: Kirby Lee/Getty Images
🏀 A proposed master plan for the Smoothie King Center calls for upgraded seating, new sideline clubs, a rooftop terrace and a revamp of the campus around the venue. (The Times-Picayune🔒)
🎶 The Jazz Fest cubes are expected to drop today. The Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, David Byrne and Lorde are some of the headliners.
🤳🏽 LaToya Cantrell is active on social media again after leaving office. She participated in the "What were you like in the 90s?" trend and responded to a comment about her use of "mayor" as her title on Facebook.
🎶 The New Orleans Opera Festival starts today. (Schedule)
🥣 Commander's Palace has a gumbo-inspired dessert. The Lagniappe Parfait has bay leaf ice cream, Crystal hot sauce rice pudding and Chantilly cream. (Facebook)
🤑 Andy Lack, the former NBC News and MSNBC chief, is committing $7 million to support Deep South Today, a network that includes Verite News and other Gulf South nonprofit newsrooms. (Axios)
