Economic Development

A new riverfront hotel for New Orleans? Convention Center again touts the idea

By Anthony McAuley

Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate

October 10, 2022

The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s management is making a renewed push for a riverfront hotel, arguing that a...

Next steps for $1B riverfront neighborhood

By Tommy Santora

Source: New Orleans CityBusiness

September 21, 2022

After more than a year of negotiations, the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Board has a...

Convention Center hotel discussions to resume

By Tommy Santora

Source: New Orleans CityBusiness

September 12, 2022

A headquarter hotel for the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, planned prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and...

Riverfront district needs agreement between developer, Convention Center

By Andrew Valenti

Source: New Orleans CityBusiness

February 18, 2022

A preliminary agreement between the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and the master developer selected to transform 39 acres...

Cincinnati’s consolation prize: $200M economic impact from Bengals Super Bowl run

By Dan Monk

Source: WCPO Cincinnati

February 14, 2022

CINCINNATI — It would be difficult to prove the Cincinnati Bengals’ Super Bowl run had a positive impact on...

New Orleans Convention Center to revive riverfront hotel project; here’s what it could look like

By Anthony McAuley

Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate

August 17, 2021

The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s plans for a riverfront hotel crumbled in October when its financial backers pulled...

St. Tammany Leaders Discuss Hot Topics at BGR Breakfast

By Biz New Orleans Staff

Source: Biz New Orleans

March 25, 2021

NEW ORLEANS – On March 23, the Bureau of Governmental Research kicked off its 2021 Breakfast Briefing Series with...

St. Tammany Leaders Discuss Important Issues Affecting the Parish at BGR Breakfast Briefing

March 24, 2021

Yesterday, the Bureau of Governmental Research kicked off its 2021 Breakfast Briefing Series with “The Vision for St. Tammany...

Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng Discusses Pandemic, Future Priorities at Breakfast Briefing

December 15, 2020

Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) hosted a virtual Breakfast Briefing featuring Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng....

Gambit Commentary: A note to our readers

By Gambit

Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate

December 9, 2020

We find ourselves in the uncomfortable, but necessarily so, position of having to start this week’s Commentary with an...