FILE - In this Thursday, March 19, 2020, file photo, remnants of the Mardi Gras celebration are seen on a balcony in front of boarded windows of a now shuttered bar, on Bourbon Street, which is normally bustling with tourism and revelers, in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Since the coronavirus outbreak, the bars are now closed and restaurants struggle with take-out- or delivery-only operations — the ones that stay open. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
March 21, 2020
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A week ago, revelers jammed bars in the French Quarter and New Orleans' Irish Channel neighborhood ahead of St. Patrick's Day while hotels, taverns and restaurants looked ahead to what is usually a lucrative festival season.