The clean zone will include the Central Business District, French Quarter, Treme and Tulane-Gravier. It includes the Superdome, Smoothie King Center, and the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

The Essence Festival Clean Zone is laid out by City Ordinance. It encompasses parts of the Marigny, 7th Ward, and Treme, the entire French Quarter and Central Business District, and even extends ...

The city has twice been sued — successfully — over previous clean zone ordinances that contained similar constitutionally untenable provisions, and last year Essence organizers tried to shut ...

Though the change to the festival rules was small, the clean zone discussion could take on greater prominence as New Orleans officials ramp up their preparations for next year's Super Bowl, set to ...

While the ordinance allows licensed vendors to sell within the zone during Essence Fest without issue, some residents took issue with the “clean zone” rule and caused a scene at the City ...

Any temporary signage on properties in the 'clean zone' have to be approved by the NFL, the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee, and owners have to get a permit from the city.

The clean zone will go into effect the Friday before the Final Four games and last until the championship game ends Monday night. (©2014 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc.