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Tag: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

New Orleans Convention Center files suit against public transit system over millions in contested revenue

The suit was filed late last month following an April Convention Center board vote authorizing legal action against the RTA.
by Michael Isaac Stein June 9, 2021 Updated June 9, 2021

Convention Center board votes to sue RTA over millions in recurring tax revenue

The dispute involves millions of dollars in contested hotel taxes that the transit agency previously passed on to the tourism industry.
by Michael Isaac Stein April 28, 2021 Updated April 28, 2021

New Orleans Convention Center selects developer to build new riverfront neighborhood

The Convention Center and development team now enter a year-long negotiating period for the massive new development.
by Michael Isaac Stein March 24, 2021 Updated March 24, 2021

Convention Center has spent nearly $50 million from reserves to keep operations going

Tax revenues for 2020 now expected to be less than half what officials estimated in 2019 due to collapsed tourism industry.
by Michael Isaac Stein September 17, 2020 Updated September 17, 2020

Council gives mayor initial green light to borrow $100 million to cover budget shortfalls, calls for extension of eviction moratorium

by Michael Isaac Stein May 7, 2020 Updated May 7, 2020

City Council will consider formal opposition to Convention Center hotel at Thursday meeting

The resolution also urges the Convention Center to release some of its reserves to support struggling hospitality industry workers.
by Michael Isaac Stein May 5, 2020 Updated May 6, 2020

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.
by Michael Isaac Stein April 23, 2020 Updated April 23, 2020

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
by Michael Isaac Stein April 22, 2020 Updated April 22, 2020

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.
by Michael Isaac Stein April 20, 2020 Updated April 20, 2020

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.
by Michael Isaac Stein April 14, 2020 Updated April 14, 2020

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