NY Times · Apr 2, 2022
In New Orleans, the Final Four Is a Reason for a Much-Needed Party
Beats of Chapo entertained crowds on Bourbon Street. After a canceled tournament in 2020 and a modified one 2021, the men’s Final Four has returned mostly to normal in New Orleans.NEW ORLEANS — When he wrote about relying on the kindness of strangers, this city’s most famous playwright probably wasn’t envisioning Carolinians and conventioneers slurping down the dark roux gumbo at Herbsaint.
But then even Tennessee Williams may not have been able to conjure the blows that his adopted New Orleans has suffered over the last two years — and the welcome arrival of this better-than-fiction Final Four and the strangers it’s bringing to town.
