JWR Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Harrah's wants to up ante Friday, August 19, 2005By Rebecca MowbrayBusiness writer Four years after winning a concession from the Louisiana Legislature to operate a 450-room hotel,which is only months away from opening, Harrah's New Orleans Casino is looking for more. The Canal Street casino, where business has been grow rapidly, has told the Greater New Orleans Hotel and Lodging Association that it wants to lift or lighten the restrictions on the number of hotel rooms it can operate.Although Harrah's 450-room tower on Fulton Street is expected to open early next year, Harrah's executives say the new hotel won't be enough to house its visitors. http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/ind...31414131280.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Cool.Maybe another hotelier will jump in and build there own to pick up the slack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jes Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 They should be happy to let capture 75% of the hotel rooms that they did not originally have anyway, and let the other quarter stay in other hotels in the city. The last thing that should happen is turn Harrah's (or Caesar's, whatever it is now) into an all-inclusive bubble where visitors are not forced to interact with the rest of the city. I heard rumors that there is a tunnel connecting the new hotel to the casino...true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 You don't have to worry. I don't know anyone who goes to New Orleans just to gamble. The city has draw that makes people want to see other parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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