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re: Essence Fest demands ten to twelve million a year from New Orleans.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 3:41 pm to Cell of Awareness
Posted on 5/25/26 at 3:41 pm to Cell of Awareness
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Essence Fest demands ten to twelve million a year from New Orleans
They lost their Usaid funding
let them go to Atlanta, atleast most of the attendees won’t have far to travel 
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Posted on 5/25/26 at 4:45 pm to TigerintheNO
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According to the article most of the money would come from the state, so they could expand it to Baton Rouge and the parishes around New Orleans.
I can guess Jeff Landry’s position on this.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 4:49 pm to choupiquesushi
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I was a sub for one that never got paid but he paid me.
Stand up dude.
Should let tOT know what business so we can reward him with purchases.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 5:12 pm to Rip Torner
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A lot of cultural enrichment takes place at it, no doubt
The twerking contests and tipping empowerment seminars are awesome.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 5:19 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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And no event whose goal is to “promote black excellence” should get a penny of public funding.
When is the event to promote white excellence?
Oh.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 5:34 pm to Havoc
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When is the event to promote white excellence? Oh.
Memorial Day & the 4th of July.
we just can’t call it that.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 5:39 pm to Cell of Awareness
The city is taxing Mardi Gras Krewes, why not tax Essence Fest organizers?
Posted on 5/25/26 at 5:42 pm to Cell of Awareness
quote:you think servers lose money by working Essence?
All so servers can lose money working.
You’re retarded
Posted on 5/25/26 at 5:45 pm to Giantkiller
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Atlanta is better set up for it anyway and I mean no disrespect. It’s financially more stable and it has better infrastructure.
ATL would do a good job putting it on… and no one would attend, the locals in ATL like coming to New Orleans and others don’t want to go ATL in July.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 5:47 pm to Stateguy
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Does the city or state pay organizers of things like JazzFest, FQ Fest, Mardi Gras parades, Sugar Bowl? I'm not talking about absorbing possible costs - like police fees - but make direct subsidies to these other events?
To some extent yes. We were set to give LIV golf $5 million in direct subsidy, not counting the course upgrades.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 5:51 pm to cgrand
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the crowd is not the same as bayou classic, the tickets arent cheap and generally the attendees spend money. they dont tip but they do spend.
Essence crowd spends $1000 at a nice restaurant and tips $20
Bayou Classic crowd cooks wings in their hotel room
Posted on 5/25/26 at 5:56 pm to SuperSaint
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you think servers lose money by working Essence?
Bartenders at the dome have tips that average around 12-13 percent of sales. Concerts games etc
Essence is around 5%.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 5:56 pm to Godfather1
If they can’t make it on their own after all these years it’s time to cancel it
Posted on 5/25/26 at 5:59 pm to Cell of Awareness
They are asking for that money from all sources not just the city.
Still, that is an obscene amount relative to the economic impact.
$2 million a year seems reasonable. Not 10-12.
And yes the quality of the festival has gone down over the years.
Honestly Essence should put Morial in charge of the festival. Whatever his politics, the trains would run on time.
Still, that is an obscene amount relative to the economic impact.
$2 million a year seems reasonable. Not 10-12.
And yes the quality of the festival has gone down over the years.
Honestly Essence should put Morial in charge of the festival. Whatever his politics, the trains would run on time.
This post was edited on 5/25/26 at 6:00 pm
Posted on 5/25/26 at 6:03 pm to LSUFanHouston
Morial is the chair of the city advisory committee for essence
This post was edited on 5/25/26 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 5/25/26 at 6:05 pm to Cell of Awareness
Wish it’d move to Atlanta.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 6:06 pm to SuperSaint
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All so servers can lose money working.
you think servers lose money by working Essence?
You’re retarded
tell me you've never worked in the serivce industry during essence without telling me you've never worked in the service industry during essence
Posted on 5/25/26 at 6:45 pm to Cell of Awareness
Minneapolis should host it.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 6:51 pm to Cell of Awareness
Wouldn't the city save money and just pay the hotels and businesses close to what they make for the weekend and save the city money from additional police and waste pick up, and send it to Atlanta or a rotational city endeavor.
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