Plan to create special taxing district in New Orleans dies on last day in Legislature
The final plan would have authorized special tax districts around the city, not just for the World Trade Center.
Tag: Riverfront tourism district
Landrieu, legislative allies run 11th-hour effort for new taxing district along river
If approved, city wouldn't share with other government agencies the taxes from development on some parcels.
City ends World Trade Center talks as mayor seeks special riverfront tax district
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Monumental mistake: Demolishing World Trade Center to build a tourist attraction
Small and modest projects always exceed expectations while big ones never fulfill theirs.
Hotels want new tax on guests to promote expected riverfront development
Legislature to consider room tax, perhaps 1.5 percent, to benefit organizations marketing the city.
City unveils competing proposals to redevelop World Trade Center site
Hotels are part of two proposals. Two envision tourist attractions: a "Sky Wheel" or "Tricentennial Tower."
Convention Center officials envision iconic sculpture on former World Trade Center site
According to a document obtained by The Lens, the shuttered, 33-story World Trade Center would be demolished, and a towering sculpture and a park – meant to become a tourism icon for the city of New Orleans — would be built in its place at the foot of Canal Street.
Convention Center seeks approval to finance private developments in riverfront overhaul
A bill pending in the Legislature would authorize a $185 million expansion of the Convention Center, financing of a private hotel, and conversion of the World Trade Center site to a riverfront park. Mayor Mitch Landrieu envisions an attraction on par with the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
