Member Webinar: Inside BGR’s Convention Center Hotel Report

Member Webinar: Inside BGR’s Convention Center Hotel Report

BGR recently released a major new report examining the public subsidies proposed for the Convention Center headquarters hotel and...

Convention Center Can Secure New Hotel While Reducing Public Subsidies

The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) released a report today presenting several ways in which the New Orleans Ernest...

After years of false starts, New Orleans Convention Center has a new plan for a major hotel

The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s oversight board OK’d a new proposal Wednesday that could finally make a “headquarters”...

(Opinion) Editorial: Why New Orleans needs an official convention center hotel

The idea of having an official convention hotel right next to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center has been...

New Orleans Convention Center hotel is back on the table, even as costs soar

After several failed attempts to build a new hotel at the upriver end of the Ernest N. Morial Convention...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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