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    Sugar Bowl, BP to promote Gulf seafood, tourism

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Sugar Bowl has announced plans with oil giant BP for a two-week promotion of Gulf Coast seafood and culture.

    The Gulf Coast Seafood & Tourism Bash is billed by the Allstate Sugar Bowl Committee as a two-week celebration being held as New Orleans hosts the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 3 and the BCS championship on Jan. 9. The events bring thousands of visitors to the area and draw millions of television viewers.

    "Together, we want to deliver a clear message that the Gulf's beaches, restaurants, fishing and attractions provide unsurpassed vacation experiences," Crystal Ashby, BP executive vice president of government and public affairs, said in a news release.

    Gulf Coast seafood will be featured at official Sugar Bowl and BCS National Championship galas and pregame parties and promotional announcements will be made during the games. There will be vacation giveaways to Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and seafood samplings for fans and media in New Orleans,

    The promotion comes as the Gulf seafood industry continues efforts to rebound from the 2010 BP oil spill. State and federal officials have declared Gulf seafood safe to eat but industry leaders have said repeatedly that they are fighting to overcome negative perceptions since the spill.

     

    13 comments

    • Georgann  •  New Orleans, Louisiana  •  4 mths ago
      Pretty difficult for the oyster industry to rebound when there are so few oysters
    • Georgann  •  New Orleans, Louisiana  •  4 mths ago
      BP had its people on this story right away. Who else would mark down comments calling for testing of seafood or blaming BP for its mess?
    • Sundance  •  New Orleans, Louisiana  •  4 mths ago
      Any promos that include the BP name will be a travesty to all those in LA that know how badly they have been treated by BP! Let any who advertise in conjunction with BP know how you feel, that they are being 'shills' for a company that has no regard for the damage it did to our environment, or the people's lives it destroyed!
    • dadofjay  •  5 mths ago
      before praising BP--do a little research on the sea floor in the Gulf and waht effect those millions of gallons of dispersant had on the ocean
      • SDThunder 4 mths ago
        The same effect that naturally disperses from the ocean floor? I think so. Apparently the media failed to notify the general public that oil disperses from the ocean floor naturally to the tune of a million gallons a year.
    • Not Me  •  5 mths ago
      BP is EVIL.
      Quit lying to the people.
    • Frank  •  5 mths ago
      Will the present BP chairman and other top executives be at the table tasting the gulf delicacies???????
    • The_Whole_FN_Troll  •  5 mths ago
      Come on down to the Gulf Coast! Get sick off the chemicals, get robbed and go back home absolutely bat sheet depressed of the fact that the south is a disgusting sty of a social sewer! Sponsored by BP and Haliburton !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • aidrna  •  Tampa, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      somebody should make sure the seafood they serve is actually from the Gulf and then test it for contaminants oil and dispersant
    • David  •  Syracuse, Utah  •  5 mths ago
      I hope someone does a very thorough job of analyzing the seafood products to make sure what all has been effected by the oil spill and the decontamination effects on this seafood. The oil companies ought to foot the bill for this research. It should have started just after the spill. We don't need sick people nor lawsuits from these sick people.
    • Martha  •  Memphis, Tennessee  •  5 mths ago
      Why not, they're well oiled.
    • Tiger boy  •  5 mths ago
      The Sugar Bowl had better be worried about getting a couple of decent teams to play rather than those two losers they've got this year! I'm not going to bother to gofor the first time in six years! There are at least four teams more qualified to play than these to pussycat pathetic glorified high school teams that they've got! Whoever heard of a Hokie anyway, and what is it anyway, some kind of jerkoff hotdog or hamburger?

      BP = SOBs!
      • George 5 mths ago
        I'M sure you'll be missed.NOT!
      • CCSO204 4 mths ago
        No it's an #$%$ kicking chicken. You're the jerkoff.
      • Arthur 4 mths ago
        It's #$%$ kicking turkey, not a chicken..
    • Jim  •  St Louis, Missouri  •  5 mths ago
      B(c)S...boycott BP for every reason, boycott Allstate, boycott all sponsors. PLAYOFFS or BOYCOTT..... #$%$ that Michigan and VA Tech are in this game. They both suck and didnt deserve it....Michigan State sh/have/ been there at a minimum and Arkansas or Kansas State....F all these games and their sponsors...BOYCOTT
      • CCSO204 4 mths ago
        OK Jim calm down and take your medication.
      • Lindsay G 4 mths ago
        GO Blue for life! Sorry no one cares about Michigan State.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  5 mths ago
      BOYCOTT BP, HESS & AMOCO! Clean fossil fuel alternatives NOW. Build GREEN!

      STOP HARVESTING OCEAN WILDLIFE FOR FOOD, commercial fishing is UNSUSTAINABLE!
      • A Yahoo! User 5 mths ago
        Not surprising I guess that BP is supporting consumption of seafood. They kill much of the ocean wildlife and biodiversity with spills and chemicals and then encourage people to eat what's left. Bunch of heartless, soulless dirtbags.
      • R. Ellis 4 mths ago
        Go green, how do you think that the companies make fuel for your car, electricity for your home, and the plastics that you cannot live without - by petroleum products, You really need to get educated before you start casting stones at anyone
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