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Article: New Orleans Convention Center Re-Opens
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- June 29, 2006
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NEW ORLEANS - A week of major conventions, including the big American Library Association meeting, attracted about 24,000 visitors and pumped an estimated $25 million into New Orleans' economy, which is still staggering from Hurricane Katrina, tourism officials said Wednesday.
But perhaps more importantly, the ALA meeting showed convention planners from other organizations that New Orleans and its revamped convention center, which was used as a hurricane evacuation shelter, is again a capable player in the hospitality industry.
"What they gave us was an opportunity to show we had the ability to put on a major convention," said Stephen Perry, president of the New Orleans Metropolitan ...