Economic Development
PolicyWatch: New Orleans Budget and Tax Updates
May 21, 2020
Welcome to the inaugural edition of PolicyWatch, a periodic newsletter that draws on BGR’s body of independent, nonpartisan research...
City Council will consider formal opposition to Convention Center hotel at Thursday meeting
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
May 5, 2019
The New Orleans City Council will consider a resolution to formally oppose the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s publicly...Convention Center puts hotel development on hold and donates $1 million for coronavirus relief, but fails to satisfy local coalition
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
April 23, 2020
The governing board of the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center is pressing pause on behind-the-scenes negotiations with...$1M donated by New Orleans’ convention center — but labor activists call for much more
By Anthony McAuley
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
April 22, 2020
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s oversight board on Wednesday approved a donation of $1 million to support programs...Major labor union threatens to cancel convention in New Orleans if Convention Center doesn’t address local workers’ demands for relief
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
April 20, 2020
The Communications Workers of America, the largest communications and media labor union in the country, is threatening to pull...Convention Center entertainment district developer list down to 3
By CityBusiness Staff Reports
Source: New Orleans CityBusiness
April 20, 2020
Three developers have been selected as finalists for a mixed-use entertainment district on 39 acres adjacent to a new...Convention Center’s ‘entertainment district’ plans delayed as coronavirus hits finances
By Anthony McAuley
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
April 14, 2020
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center will delay plans to develop a new, 20-acre “entertainment district” on some of...Convention Center officials send clear message that they will move ahead with over $1 billion in developments despite community opposition
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
April 14, 2020
Over the past week, officials with the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center have sent a clear message:...Watchdog group in New Orleans calls for pause of Convention Center hotel project
By Greg LaRose
Source: WDSU
April 9, 2020
A new 1,200-room hotel at the Morial Convention Center downtown is a risky proposal now that the coronavirus has...Watchdog wants Convention Center hotel paused amid coronavirus concerns
By CityBusiness Staff Reports
Source: New Orleans CityBusiness
April 9, 2020
The Bureau of Governmental Research says a proposed headquarters hotel at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center needs reconsideration now that...