Homeless Encampment Forced to Move Before Taylor Swift Show in New Orleans

Homeless Encampment Forced to Move Before Taylor Swift Show in New Orleans
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents assist state police as they give instructions to people living in a homeless encampment to move to a different pre-designated location as they perform a sweep in advance of a Taylor Swift concert in New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. Gerald Herbert/AP Photo
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NEW ORLEANS—In anticipation of three Taylor Swift concerts, which could draw around 150,000 visitors to New Orleans’ Superdome this weekend, state authorities on Wednesday began clearing a nearby homeless encampment.

Roughly 75 people who were living in tents beneath an overpass would be relocated roughly two blocks away, Louisiana State Police said. Advocates said the sweep would disrupt progress in finding long-term, permanent housing for those affected. Other people without shelter living in the historic, tourist-dependent French Quarter neighborhood would also be moved to the same location, officials said.