Rebecca Sherrod

Mardi Gras World

Mardi Gras World is an attraction and event venue in New Orleans located on the Mississippi river. The attraction business offers a look behind the scenes at how the floats are built for the Mardi Gras Parades. There are daily guided tours that take approximately one hour and give guests a lesson on the history of Mardi Gras and the current processes used to construct the floats and props used in todays Mardi Gras Parades. The event side of the business offers two world class venues to host large scale high end corporate parties, weddings, concerts and a broad range of other events. Our clients include Microsoft, Direct TV, the 2013 NFL Commissioners party, and media party. Mardi Gras World has the capacity to hold events with up to 11,000 attendees. It is the largest indoor and outdoor venue on the river in the New Orleans area.