Mardi Gras ' attendance expected to meet or exceed Saturday numbers . Hotel occupancy rates near about 96 percent for Saturday afternoon . A crowd of people try to catch beads on Bourbon Street on Fat Tuesday last year . Supplier of parade throws says sales are up 2008 .
Mardi Gras ' attendance expected to meet or exceed Saturday numbers . Hotel occupancy rates near about 96 percent for Saturday afternoon . Supplier of parade throws says sales are up 2008 .