Community Involvement

Well the organizing of the community events is in full swing.  Last week, I worked significantly on putting together a presentation from both the Public Relations company and Marketing company to include all information about the sporting events for the Final Four, as well as the public community events.  The presentation was put on by the directors of the Local Organizing Committee, the New Orleans Sports Foundation, and the Sugar Bowl for the local New Orleans news and media organizations.  There are over a dozen large community events that are in the process of be planned and organized to happen the week of the Final Four.  Seeing as how the actual games are taking place in the Superdome, which is in downtown New Orleans, working with the surrounding companies, businesses and restaurants is extremely important because for well over a week the downtown area will be covered with fans of the events!  I have been working mainly on 'Bracket Town' and 'The Big Dance'.  Bracket Town is the fan fest and The Big Dance is a major concert festival that is free to the public and fans that is taking place in a park in the French Quarter of New Orleans.  I am learning so much about how much work, organizing, communication between companies and branches of the planning process go into making such a massive event happen!