saints ownership referendum

ScottyRo · 02-10-2005, 04:37 PM

I\'m not sure what impact Mardi Gras has overall. From what I understand, the real cash cow is conventions and N.O. is doing well at drawing plenty of those. The Saints are said to bring in only a small portion of what the conventions draw.

I\'m sure, though, that a drop in attendance at Mardi Gras is not a good sign that the hotel tax is going to come in as much as is needed. An article was posted a week or two ago about how far behind the hotel tax is already based on what was projected.

Things are going to get nasty.

02-10-2005, 04:37 PM	#1
ScottyRo 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Williamsburg, VA (ugh, the food here) Posts: 1,704	saints ownership referendum I\'m not sure what impact Mardi Gras has overall. From what I understand, the real cash cow is conventions and N.O. is doing well at drawing plenty of those. The Saints are said to bring in only a small portion of what the conventions draw. I\'m sure, though, that a drop in attendance at Mardi Gras is not a good sign that the hotel tax is going to come in as much as is needed. An article was posted a week or two ago about how far behind the hotel tax is already based on what was projected. Things are going to get nasty.