Just to put all your wonderings behind. They are opening the New Orleans Arena. Its $10 bucks to get in. I know a security guard at the arean and he is working it. Thats where I will be.
http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/index.ssf?/base/sports-7/1071644101217980.xml Link to article in Times Picayune stating that the Emerald City will not be open for the general public.