BGR in the News
BGR: Convention Center consultant for hotel project underestimates value of proposed public contributions; Convention Center reacts
By Sabrina Wilson
Source: FOX 8
September 13, 2018
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -The Bureau of Governmental Research, a watchdog group released an open-letter it sent to the New...Watchdog group questions consultant’s analysis of Convention Center hotel project
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
September 13, 2018
A local government watchdog offered a detailed rebuttal to arguments that it’s necessary for developers of a $558 million...Investment or giveaway? Despite rosy projections, some question New Orleans Convention Center’s hotel proposal
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
September 2, 2018
It’s a $156 million difference of opinion. That’s the gap between two estimates of the public subsidies involved in...Convention Center officials stress hotel proposal’s economic impact
By Kevin Litten
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
August 23, 2018
Convention Center officials on Wednesday (Aug. 22) released an economic impact study that showed a proposed 1,200-room Convention Center...Proposed New Orleans convention center hotel would bring in $282M a year, consultant says
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
August 23, 2018
Hoping to counteract mounting criticism over plans to build a publicly subsidized 1,200-room hotel, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center officials...Proponents say Convention Center hotel would generate millions; residents outraged over funding
By Katherine Mozzone
Source: FOX 8
August 23, 2018
NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) – Residents packed the Convention Center board meeting Wednesday (Aug. 22) to voice their opinions...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...