A rendering of the re-designed Omni Hotel Convention Center Boulevard, which will have just over 1,000 rooms and serve as anew "headquarters hotel" the Ernest N. Morial convention center. It is scheduled to be completed in 2030.

$600 million New Orleans Omni hotel project gets key approval. What’s next?

By Rich Collins

Source: The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com

September 17, 2026

The Story

Louisiana tourism boosters had cause to celebrate Thursday as the headquarters hotel long sought by the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center earned a key approval that clears the way for construction to begin.

BGR’s Role

The Bureau of Governmental Research, a local government watchdog group that criticized the original incentive package in an analysis last year, released a statement last month saying the board’s decision to restructure things “would improve the deal for the public while still achieving the goal of building a Convention Center headquarters hotel.”

The change, combined with a lobbying blitz over the last several weeks, appears to have softened state lawmakers’ opposition to incentives for the project.

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