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11 Jun 2018

Convention Center Approves $557 Million Upgrades, New Linear Park [We’ve Got Renderings]

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The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center has announced that they will break ground on a $557 million construction project to upgrade the facility and surrounding area, in addition to a new 1,200 convention center hotel.

The plan calls for a $79 million linear pedestrian park that will span from Poydras to Henderson Street along Convention Center Blvd., and will feature green space, water features, and art installations. Convention Center Blvd. will also be reduced from four lanes down to two lanes.  The plans also includes $379 million in direct improvements to the building itself, including new meeting rooms, public areas, restrooms, audio visual equipment, and escalators and elevators.

In May, the The New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority voted to move forward with a group of developers to build a new $507 million Omni Convention Center Hotel.  The hotel would span 8 of the 47 acres and invluce 150,000 square feet of meeting space.  The development team is made up of local developers Darryl Berger and Joe Jaeger, along with Texas-based Matthews Southwest Hospitality and Preston Hollow Capital.

Berger and Jeager are part of the group that attempted to develop the entire 47 acres over the past few years, called the Trade District, which stalled out last year.

The Convention Center hopes to start construction before end of the year.

Rendering of upgrades to the Convention Center, Via New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority.

Rendering of upgrades to the Convention Center, Via New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority.

Rendering of upgrades to the Convention Center, Via New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority.

Rendering of upgrades to the Convention Center, Via New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority.

Rendering of upgrades to the Convention Center, Via New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority.

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