BGR in the News
Convention Center leaders making case for new hotel
By Rob Krieger
Source: FOX 8
August 22, 2018
NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) – Leaders from the Convention Center are set to make their case for a proposed...Editorial: A very big ‘ask’ for a Convention Center hotel
By Gambit Editorial Staff
Source: Gambit
August 17, 2018
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Board would really like to build a hotel attached to the Convention Center...Mayor Cantrell opposes 1,200-room Convention Center hotel proposal
By Kevin Litten
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
August 15, 2018
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is voicing opposition to a proposal to build a 1,200-room hotel attached to the Ernest N....Mayor Cantrell asks Convention Center Board to defer on publicly funded hotel project
By Rob Masson
Source: FOX 8
August 14, 2018
NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) – Mayor Latoya Cantrell is asking the Convention Center board to “defer all action” on a...Cantrell blasts subsidies sought for proposed Convention Center hotel; center leader urges patience
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
August 14, 2018
In the opening salvo in what could become a lengthy negotiation over whether the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center moves...Watchdog report asks Convention Center to slow down $557 million hotel project
By Beau Evans
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
July 20, 2018
A $557 million hotel proposed for the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center needs a thorough evaluation of the project’s...Take a close look at $330M sweetener for convention center hotel, watchdog says
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
July 19, 2018
A local government watchdog group is urging officials to take a more critical look at a request for hundreds of...Proposed tax breaks raise questions as bid to build hotel near Morial center continues
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
June 17, 2018
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center officials are back at the negotiating table, hoping to finally realize their dream of building a...
NOPD faces ‘structural deficit’ from pay raises, overtime: Cantrell
By Greg LaRose
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
June 15, 2018
To provide New Orleans police officers with a pay raise starting in 2018, former Mayor Mitch Landrieu tapped into an initial...10 Louisiana parishes with the highest property tax rates – 3 are in metro New Orleans
By Robert Rhoden
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
June 7, 2018
Update: A clarification was added to this story to indicate that municipal taxes were not factored in the Louisiana Tax...