NEW ORLEANS – The Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation (GNOSF) is celebrating 30 years of successfully attracting and managing major sporting events to Louisiana and the Greater New Orleans Area. Since its inception, the GNOSF has hosted hundreds of sporting events benefiting the citizens, businesses, youth and facilities of Louisiana, generating billions in economic impact and positive media ...read more

NEW ORLEANS (October 25, 2018) – The National WWII Museum and the New Orleans Public Library have partnered to create a Museum Pass Program that allows locals to visit America’s WWII Museum for free. New Orleans Parish residents now have the opportunity to check out a Museum Campus Pass from any of the 15 library locations that will allow admission to The National WWII Museum for two adults and up ...read more

NEW ORLEANS –On Thursday, Oct. 24, Sizeler Thompson Brown Architects announced the recent hire of James Van Horn, AIA, NCARB to their award winning Healthcare Design Studio.  Van Horn earned a Bachelor of Arts from Washington and Lee University, followed by a Master of Architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology. He spent the last four years in the Denver office of global design firm ...read more

AVONDALE, La.— Today, the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO) and Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.) joined Avondale Marine LLC, Governor John Bel Edwards and elected officials to celebrate a critical step forward in bringing the iconic Avondale Shipyard site back into commerce.  Avondale Marine LLC, a newly-formed joint venture between Virginia-based T. Parker Host and ...read more

The deadline to apply for the Spring Cohort of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program at Delgado Community College is Tuesday, October 9, 2018.   Participants selected for this prestigious program receive a full scholarship funded through the Goldman Sachs Foundation. The program runs 12 weeks - from Tuesday, January 22, 2019 through Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Delgado Community ...read more

NEW ORLEANS — The JCVB is pleased to announce Angela Matherne as Director of Sales and Casey Ronquille as Partnership Program Manager.   Angela Matherne brings a wealth of experience to the JCVB with 25 years of hotel sales experience in the tourism and hospitality industry. Angela has previously held the position as Director of Sales at various hotel properties ranging from 250-800 rooms with ...read more

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Entergy is giving $2 million to a Louisiana university's engineering program. The donation to Southern University in Baton Rouge was announced Monday at an event attended by company leaders, university representatives and elected officials, including Gov. John Bel Edwards. Entergy says the money will support engineering classroom and lab upgrades, bolster engineering ...read more

NEW ORLEANS (September 7, 2018)  – The National WWII Museum was once again named among the top museums in the nation and the world in the 2018 TripAdivsor Travelers’ Choice Awards, ranking No. 3 in the United States and No. 8 in the world. Other winners include The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum (No. 1 in the nation), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (No. 2 in the nation), Art Institute of Chicago ...read more