Economic Development
BGR Provides Framework for Report on Convention Center
By Lee Zurik and Tom Wright
Source: FOX 8
November 4, 2016
Released in 2015, BGR’s report The $1 Billion Question: Do the Tax Dedications in New Orleans Make Sense? serves as a...
Economic Trend Lines for a Changing Jefferson Parish
December 6, 2016
Jerry Bologna (JEDCO President & CEO) and Robert Edgecombe (GCR, Inc. Urban Planner and Consultant) spoke at a BGR...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...
BGR Releases Public Contributions to Convention Center Hotel Demand Scrutiny
July 19, 2018
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases Public Contributions to Convention Center Hotel Demand Scrutiny. The report provides an analytical framework...After talks stall, Morial Convention Center narrows focus for proposed upriver hotel project
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
December 24, 2017
After years of stalled negotiations, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center officials have returned to the drawing board as they seek...After Round 1 stalled, New Orleans convention center officials restart talks for Omni Hotel
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
May 27, 2018
Second time’s the charm. That’s what members of the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority hope as they return to...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...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...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...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...