NEW ORLEANS — The Latest on Saturday's NBA All-Star events (all times local):
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5:20 p.m.
New Orleans is a happening place this weekend.
There's the All-Star festivities — around a little thing called Mardi Gras. Some of the streets around the Superdome and the Smoothie King Center, the two primary All-Star event venues, were blocked off Saturday afternoon for parades. And there were a couple of fairly large conventions in New Orleans in recent days, so hotels have been busy.
Other streets in the area have been closed since Thursday, to help both residents and visitors figure out different traffic patterns needed to help accommodate two major simultaneous events.