The suit was filed late last month following an April Convention Center board vote authorizing legal action against the RTA.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Council gives mayor initial green light to borrow $100 million to cover budget shortfalls, calls for extension of eviction moratorium
Council also formally opposes the Convention Center hotel and ratifies new fund for “culture bearers”
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.