Convention Center puts hotel development on hold and donates $1 million for coronavirus relief, but fails to satisfy local coalition
A new annual audit gives more clues to how much money the Convention Center really has to spend.
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Convention Center to consider $1 million donation to worker relief aid at Wednesday meeting after demands for $100 million
Coalition of unions, advocates plans to continue pressure campaign for greater relief
City tries to get in line with new federal leave policies
A Cantrell Administration memo from last week includes similar guidelines for employee leave, following rules set out by new federal law.
Major labor union threatens to cancel convention in New Orleans if Convention Center doesn’t address local workers’ demands for relief
A local pressure campaign to force the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center to use its reserve funds for coronavirus worker relief funding is starting to affect the center’s business.
Louisiana facing highly inflated prices for medical masks
High demand during the coronavirus crisis has caused prices to rise as much as 14 times the usual cost.
Convention Center officials send clear message that they will move ahead with over $1 billion in developments despite community opposition
Former-State Rep. Walt Leger, the new board chairman of the Convention Center, says the center will push forward with large, controversial developments despite ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Volunteers report health, safety issues at the temporary Hilton homeless facility
City officials say improvements are being made.
‘When do we pause?’ As city struggles, Convention Center pushes forward with $1.2 billion plans for hotel, renovations, ‘entertainment district’
Council members, advocates urge the Convention Center to reconsider its priorities.
Civil rights lawyers sue ICE, demanding immediate release of detainees at high risk from coronavirus
Lawsuit says facilities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are not taking precautions against infection, making dangerous outbreaks inevitable. A spokesman for the agency disputes that.
Coalition of 21 groups calls on Convention Center to use $100 million from cash reserves to support hospitality workers
The Convention Center has recently reported somewhere between $185 million and $215 million in unrestricted reserves, which it has accumulated through the collection of locally generated taxes.
