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Letters: Convention Center should explore better deal
By Letter to the Editor
Source: The Advocate
September 14, 2018
I read with interest a recent article in The Advocate in which a group that includes Joe Jaeger is...Convention Center hotel subsidies questioned by watchdog group
By Greg LaRose
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
September 14, 2018
The Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center’s proposal to build a 1,200-room hotel on its property is drawing...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...
BGR Questions Consultant’s Analysis of Convention Hotel Project
September 13, 2018
The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases an open letter to the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The letter...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...