New Orleans' spectacular performance in hosting Super Bowl LIX should pave the way for the city to host a record 12th Super Bowl in the near future, columnist Jeff Duncan writes.

When millions of people tuned in to Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, they were treated to a New Orleans cultural spectacular during pregame. Why it matters: You didn't know "America the Beautiful" could be such a bop,

Super Bowl LIX opened with a bang. Before the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles hit the field at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday (Feb. 9), Lady Gaga performed her Top Gun tune "Hold My Hand" surrounded by rapt revelers on the city's infamous Bourbon Street.