Dec 14, 2018 | Columns, Convention Center/Airport Spotlight, Features
ATA Code: MSY Address: 900 Airline Dr., Kenner, LA 70062 (11 miles west of downtown New Orleans) Year Opened: Originally, Moisant Field was built on the Moisant Stock Yards, where early aviator John Bevins Moisant (1868-1910) crashed. The U.S. government took the land...
Dec 11, 2018 | Convention Center/Airport Spotlight, Features
by F. Andrew Taylor EAT If there’s anything New Orleans likes more than music, it’s food, but a true local would have a hard time separating the two. Everyone has their favorites, and there are several not far from the convention center. Just across the street is...
Nov 2, 2018 | Columns, Convention Center/Airport Spotlight, Features
by F. Andrew Taylor The New Orleans Morial Convention Center has made a habit of overcoming adversity. The first buildings that became the convention center were built as part of the Great Hall of the World’s Fair in 1984, which was the first world exposition to...
Oct 24, 2018 | Convention Center/Airport Spotlight, Features
by Amadeus Finlay When Expedia included Worcester, Mass., in its list of 15 under-the-radar cities in August, it really hit onto something. Not only is Worcester a thriving, innovative city driven by a new generation of entrepreneurs, but in the shape of the DCU...
Oct 23, 2018 | Convention Center/Airport Spotlight, Features
by Amadeus Finlay It is often said that you have to hit rock bottom before you can rebuild, and in the case of the Baltimore Convention Center, it looks like that stony-faced time is nigh. In the most recent – and arguably most devastating – blow to the...
Oct 19, 2018 | Columns, Convention Center/Airport Spotlight, Features
WThis is a companion story to the Miami Beach Convention Center Spotlight in the September/October issue of ECN. EAT Within walking distance of the MBCC, the restaurant choices include 13 Mediterranean, 12 American, nine Italian, nine Japanese, nine International,...
