The board overseeing plans to construct a new terminal at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport gave the official green light to a $178-million, five-gate expansion for the airport’s North Terminal project and set a new opening date of February 2019 for the entire facility. The expansion brings the overall project cost to $993 million.
Talks over a proposed $1.5 billion riverfront development next to New Orleans' Ernest N. Morial Convention Center appear to be stalled after nearly two years of negotiations.