Overview The Crescent City Classic is New Orleans' 10K on the Saturday before Easter, billed as the only second line with a finish line: a point-to-point run from the Caesars Superdome through the French Quarter to City Park, with elite runners at the front and rolling beer coolers further back. Wheelchair athletes, walkers and parents pushing strollers run the same USATF-certified course, and many of them do it in costume. The Crescent City Classic Foundation, a local nonprofit, produces the race and a series of smaller runs through the year. On site The start sits in front of the Superdome on Poydras Street. The course heads down to Decatur Street through the French Quarter, turns up Esplanade Avenue and ends in City Park on Lelong Avenue, just short of the New Orleans Museum of Art, under old live oaks. Before race day a free two-day Health and Fitness Expo runs at the Hyatt Regency. After it, the Michelob Ultra RaceFest takes over the City Park festival grounds from 8:30 to 1: a DJ and then a live band on the main stage, the awards, the costume contest finals, a Raising Cane's family zone with obstacle courses and inflatables, and New Orleans food. Runners get in free, and people who did not run can buy a pass. Audience The field is mostly Louisiana with a steady out-of-state draw. In 2025 the foundation counted 15,240 registrants from Louisiana, 718 from Mississippi, 624 from Texas and 250 from Florida. Groups enter as teams, and the race rewards size: teams of 15 or more get a registration discount and compete for fastest and largest team, and a team of 75 gets its own tent at RaceFest. The foundation says many people register mainly for the party. Track record The first Classic, in 1979, drew 902 participants. By 2026 the foundation counted more than 1.08 million participants and over 6 million miles run. The course records are 27:10 for the men, set by Sammy Kipketer in 2002, and 30:27 for the women, set by Isabella Ochichi in 2005. The 2020 race was canceled for the pandemic. Through its Run for It program, which sets out to raise $1 million a year for local charity partners, the race had put more than $6.5 million into local causes between 2012 and 2026. Brand presence The title partner takes naming rights and logotypes for every race in the series, and the category is limited to one company a year; presenting is limited to two. Partner marks go on the back of the race shirts, on barricade covers down the course, on branded mile markers and on the RaceFest stage, with mentions from the announcers. Partners can also take a booth at the expo, a tent at RaceFest for an activation or an employee party, VIP tent passes and signed, numbered commemorative race posters.