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re: New Orleans seeks more of tourist tax
Posted on 12/27/18 at 9:17 am to tgrbaitn08
Posted on 12/27/18 at 9:17 am to tgrbaitn08
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but where in “the city proper” did you pass that looks run down?
Nowhere unless he cut through holly grove. You could say that about any city. The ghetto areas look run down.
He’s just trolling like the people saying tourists are getting killed left and right are.
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 9:37 am to Cump11b
Just book a room in Nola for a conference the total tax is 33%. Basically adds the cost of an extra day to my trip.
Posted on 12/27/18 at 9:53 am to OysterPoBoy
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A good bit of that money comes from people who will be murdered. I think the city should have to give that portion back to the families of the victims.
What the frick is this retardation?
Posted on 12/27/18 at 10:31 am to Cump11b
The Convention Center alone gets over $44 million a year from hotel taxes. The entire City budget for 2018 was $643 million. The Convention Center wants to front $41 million to subsidize a new convention hotel on ground that was to be used for Phase IV expansion, plus a no-cost lease and up to 40 years of other incentives worth $330 million present value ($739 million undiscounted).
BGR report on Convention Ctr hotel
The Center is sitting on piles of cash looking for something to spend it on, while city streets are undrivable and flood-prone. NOLA could do much to improve how it spends its money but in the grand scheme of things, $65 million to reduce CC blvd from 4 lanes to 2 and add a linear park was not high on the priority list for visitors or locals. I'm all for rededicating a portion of the existing hotel tax to pay for city-wide infrastructure improvements, but no need to raise the tax higher.
$65 million spent to make traffic worse but add pretty trees:
CC Blvd redo
BGR report on Convention Ctr hotel
The Center is sitting on piles of cash looking for something to spend it on, while city streets are undrivable and flood-prone. NOLA could do much to improve how it spends its money but in the grand scheme of things, $65 million to reduce CC blvd from 4 lanes to 2 and add a linear park was not high on the priority list for visitors or locals. I'm all for rededicating a portion of the existing hotel tax to pay for city-wide infrastructure improvements, but no need to raise the tax higher.
$65 million spent to make traffic worse but add pretty trees:
CC Blvd redo
Posted on 12/27/18 at 10:33 am to HueyP
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Just book a room in Nola for a conference the total tax is 33%
Either your math is wrong, or you are including resort fees / amenity fees / parking as a tax.
Posted on 12/27/18 at 10:34 am to HueyP
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Just book a room in Nola for a conference the total tax is 33%
Why do people lie on message boards
Posted on 12/27/18 at 10:39 am to CBDTiger
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The Convention Center alone gets over $44 million a year from hotel taxes. The entire City budget for 2018 was $643 million. The Convention Center wants to front $41 million to subsidize a new convention hotel on ground that was to be used for Phase IV expansion, plus a no-cost lease and up to 40 years of other incentives worth $330 million present value ($739 million undiscounted).
BGR report on Convention Ctr hotel
The Center is sitting on piles of cash looking for something to spend it on, while city streets are undrivable and flood-prone. NOLA could do much to improve how it spends its money but in the grand scheme of things, $65 million to reduce CC blvd from 4 lanes to 2 and add a linear park was not high on the priority list for visitors or locals. I'm all for rededicating a portion of the existing hotel tax to pay for city-wide infrastructure improvements, but no need to raise the tax higher.
$65 million spent to make traffic worse but add pretty trees:
CC Blvd redo
the convention center got caught fluffing their numbers a few years ago
LINK
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While business has remained flat, the taxes received by the convention center have steadily risen. A decade ago, it collected $25 million annually. It's now up to $59 million, mostly from dedicated hotel/motel taxes. Records show the center has amassed a reserve of $222 million. The reserve accumulation comes from an annual budget surplus, $25 million in 2015 - the Morial Convention Center doesn't spend all the money it takes in, even as the city itself pinches pennies to pave streets and pay police.
Posted on 12/27/18 at 10:40 am to tgrbaitn08
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Other cities have other sources of revenue from local, state a feds. As well as higher incomes coming from their demographics and mileages and taxes.
New Orleans isn’t poor by any means, they’re just irresponsible with managing money.
Other places don't have a 75K homestead exemption.
NOLA property taxes are "high" but compared to other places, not really, and only because so many people don't pay at all that those who do have to pay, pay more.
Not to mention, the assessment process is an absolute joke (with most of the reasons for that joke being state issues, since the state has tremendous control over the process).
If we dialed back the homestead exemption to 25k AND assessed properties in a reasonable manner, we would have all the money we need to fix the problems we have.
Posted on 12/27/18 at 10:42 am to mmmmmbeeer
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What's weird is how the state gets such a large share of NOLA tourist dollars. Like Chicago, for instance, it's Cook County and city government levying most of the taxes, not the IL state government.
10% of NOLA tourism tax dollars going to the city of NOLA or Orleans Parish seems ridiculously low. From an outsider's perspective, it seems the state government is the shady party in all of this.
That's because we have an all-powerful state government here (thanks Huey!) Many of our problems can be traced back to the same thing.
60% of the hotel dollars go to LSED and the Morial CC - both of which are state, not local, entities. In most places, it's local government that controls stadiums and convention centers, not the state.
Posted on 12/27/18 at 10:43 am to Irishspecialist
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Yep I’ve already stopped going there 10 years ago and it’s much worst now . I boycott all liberal shithole places like that sorry for poor people there but they need to wake up and boot these dumbasses out of town and probably out the county
This just in: No one cares, we are doing fine without your 10 bucks.
Posted on 12/27/18 at 10:44 am to tgrbaitn08
The abandoned skyscraper and old Times Pic building are definite eyesores.
Posted on 12/27/18 at 10:47 am to yaboidarrell
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The abandoned skyscraper and old Times Pic building are definite eyesores.
thats all you got? ...you just named 2 pieces of property that will be redeveloped sooner before later...
Posted on 12/27/18 at 10:47 am to CBDTiger
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The Convention Center alone gets over $44 million a year from hotel taxes. The entire City budget for 2018 was $643 million. The Convention Center wants to front $41 million to subsidize a new convention hotel on ground that was to be used for Phase IV expansion, plus a no-cost lease and up to 40 years of other incentives worth $330 million present value ($739 million undiscounted).
This is so corrupt. I have no problem with a convention center hotel, and if it was needed enough, plenty of private companies would do it. This is a massive giveaway to hotel developers and tourism leaders, by the hotel developers and tourism leaders who sit on the board.
The biggest pile of BS? Joe Jaeger spent months personally trying to stop the 2nd Harrah's hotel. Joe Jaeger is one of the developers involved in this convention center hotel. He basically used his political connections to shut out additional competition.
Posted on 12/27/18 at 10:48 am to Cump11b
Double taxes!
Triple taxes!
If it moves, tax it. If it stops moving, seize it. If it resists, destroy it!
Triple taxes!
If it moves, tax it. If it stops moving, seize it. If it resists, destroy it!
Posted on 12/27/18 at 10:50 am to gthog61
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city proper looks run down
The hell
It's the best it's ever looked probably.
Posted on 12/27/18 at 10:52 am to tgrbaitn08
- half of Canal St (thanks Motwani)
- litter along I-10
- the homeless encampments throughout the city
- pretty much everything north of the Claiborne bridge to Broad
- Central City
A lot of areas are looking better but there are still a shite-ton of rundown areas outside of the east.
- litter along I-10
- the homeless encampments throughout the city
- pretty much everything north of the Claiborne bridge to Broad
- Central City
A lot of areas are looking better but there are still a shite-ton of rundown areas outside of the east.
Posted on 12/27/18 at 11:13 am to gthog61
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Passed thru NO this week, city proper looks run down, have no desire to ever actually spend any time there
Pass through Nola? Unless you’re going east to Chalmette on I-10 there is no reason why anyone should just pass through Nola. I-12 is the bypass through Nola.
This post was edited on 12/27/18 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 12/27/18 at 11:20 am to yaboidarrell
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- half of Canal St (thanks Motwani)
- litter along I-10
- the homeless encampments throughout the city
- pretty much everything north of the Claiborne bridge to Broad
- Central City
I dont think he saw any of that just "passing through New Orleans" come on Darrell...keep up with the class
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