And the night before the city opens, he's throwing a New Orleans party in Jackson Square.
Then, head into the French Quarter, with its distinctive balconies and courtyards, and visit the cathedral in Jackson Square, or the vibrant French Market.
President Bush spoke from Jackson Square, in the heart of the French Quarter, with the city's main cathedral and a statue of Andrew Jackson behind him.
He said the location on Chartres Street near Jackson Square, stores and music clubs, is fantastic and the hotel itself in exceptional condition after a recent renovation.
President Obama, who has mainly limited his comments about New Orleans to feel-good boilerplate, did pledge to make good on President Bush's promise on that eerie, floodlit night in a deserted Jackson Square in 2005, to rebuild New Orleans better and stronger.
But the actual television coverage as they go to commercials showing a paddle wheeler on the river, chefs cooking in the kitchen, street performers in Jackson Square or jazz trumpet players playing in the clubs, those kind of high def commercial spots on a broadcast that has over a billion households around the world are something that we could not begin to buy.
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Around midnight at London's Leicester Square, as news of Jackson's death spread, Luis Carlos Ameida and his friends were surrounding a car listening to the star's music.
Indeed, the grandeur is what drew Jackson to the 17, 000-square foot French Chateau-style estate that was the creation of Hubert Guez, CEO of Hardy Designs, and his wife Roxanne Guez.
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Gaffney joined the EastEnders cast in December 1993 as teenage tearaway Robbie Jackson, who now spends his days sweeping up around Albert Square.
With 13, 721 square feet of living space on 118 acres, the Jackson, WY, home boasts incredible views, vaulted ceilings, multiple fireplaces, a game room, recording studio and a movie theater.
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Eleven of the 12 surviving members of the team took part Friday, with Jackson getting cheers in what he thought was his first time at Madison Square Garden without being involved in a game since 1986.
People stopped in their tracks Thursday in New York's Times Square, staring up at the giant TV screens bearing news of Jackson's death.
In the emails, sent from her home in the Methil area, Jackson told US Embassy staff that there were to be explosions at the building in Grosvenor Square, London.
Ben Jackson-Smith was in the grounds of St Mary the Virgin Church in St Mary's Square on Wednesday evening when he saw the dog "biting something".
In 1971, exactly 10 years after Sir Barry Jackson died, the Rep moved to a new building in a new location that's now known as Centenary Square.
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