Help! Need N.O. expert advice on travel ...

C17-BING · 08-25-2010, 11:21 PM

Hi everyone ... I'm going to the game on 21 Nov against the SeaChickens ... It's a 3:05pm start time, so I figure about 3 hours for the game ... Here's my question:

If the game is over at 6 pm and I leave from there direct to the Airport --- what time do you reasonably think I can get there? I'm not booking my flight until I get the experts advice ... I may have to spend another night, but would prefer not too for work reasons ... Can you help?

Thanks in advance!

strato · 08-25-2010, 11:26 PM

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Choupique · 08-26-2010, 05:21 AM

The airport isn't that far from the game but considering the roads and you're walking out of a Saints game, I'd say 45 minutes if you are lucky.

Googlemaps

SmashMouth · 08-26-2010, 06:11 AM

Originally Posted by Choupique

The airport isn't that far from the game but considering the roads and you're walking out of a Saints game, I'd say 45 minutes if you are lucky.

Googlemaps

No way man .... True, it isn't far ... but a big crowd celebrating out of the SuperDome, traffic ... you'd be lucky if it were less than 1.5 hours ... then there's the airport security to go through, assuming there's a late enough flight to catch. You might be well advised to spend the night, party and celebrate and leave first thing in the morning.

foreverfan · 08-26-2010, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by SmashMouth

No way man .... True, it isn't far ... but a big crowd celebrating out of the SuperDome, traffic ... you'd be lucky if it were less than 1.5 hours ... then there's the airport security to go through, assuming there's a late enough flight to catch. You might be well advised to spend the night, party and celebrate and leave first thing in the morning.

Smash and myself are old New Orleans fans. We've been to the Superdome and the airport enough to know.

I'm with Smash. I'd say if you left at the end of the 3rd quarter, you could be at the airport in only 25 minutes after you got in your car. If you leave at the end of the game and park in the dome, you'd need AT LEAST 1.5 hours.

If someone picks you up outside the dome, you could make the airport in about an hour once you got in the car. This assumes you have a very good route planned. You'd still have airport security. I'd say if you had Smashmouth or myself driving for you, you'd stand a 70/30 chance of making a 8pm flight.

Unless you can get a 9pm flight... 8pm would be way too risky unless you left after the 3rd quarter.

Spend the night.

skymike · 08-26-2010, 06:53 AM

yep... you caint git to tha airport in under an hour after a game.... unless you have a bicycle... (white guy bicycling down airline hwy... hahahaha..)

stay the night... party alright...

btw, I'll bet I can tell you where you got those shoes!

Saint_LB · 08-26-2010, 07:35 AM

If I were 30 years stupider, I could've got you there in 30 minutes...just ask my former boss who I got to the Memphis airport by driving on the shoulder and running forward and stopping the plane just as the agent was shutting the door...but not today.

...and Mike, I bet you could. Get me a ticket and I'll make a cameo appearance...

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08-26-2010, 06:11 AM	#4
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,044 Blog Entries: 29	Originally Posted by Choupique The airport isn't that far from the game but considering the roads and you're walking out of a Saints game, I'd say 45 minutes if you are lucky. Googlemaps No way man .... True, it isn't far ... but a big crowd celebrating out of the SuperDome, traffic ... you'd be lucky if it were less than 1.5 hours ... then there's the airport security to go through, assuming there's a late enough flight to catch. You might be well advised to spend the night, party and celebrate and leave first thing in the morning.

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foreverfan 12,000 BS Posts Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 13,457 Blog Entries: 5	Originally Posted by SmashMouth No way man .... True, it isn't far ... but a big crowd celebrating out of the SuperDome, traffic ... you'd be lucky if it were less than 1.5 hours ... then there's the airport security to go through, assuming there's a late enough flight to catch. You might be well advised to spend the night, party and celebrate and leave first thing in the morning. Smash and myself are old New Orleans fans. We've been to the Superdome and the airport enough to know. I'm with Smash. I'd say if you left at the end of the 3rd quarter, you could be at the airport in only 25 minutes after you got in your car. If you leave at the end of the game and park in the dome, you'd need AT LEAST 1.5 hours. If someone picks you up outside the dome, you could make the airport in about an hour once you got in the car. This assumes you have a very good route planned. You'd still have airport security. I'd say if you had Smashmouth or myself driving for you, you'd stand a 70/30 chance of making a 8pm flight. Unless you can get a 9pm flight... 8pm would be way too risky unless you left after the 3rd quarter. Spend the night.
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skymike E. Side Cholo Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Barrio, H-town Posts: 6,089	yep... you caint git to tha airport in under an hour after a game.... unless you have a bicycle... (white guy bicycling down airline hwy... hahahaha..) stay the night... party alright... btw, I'll bet I can tell you where you got those shoes!