Downtown New Orleans

Forbes.com ranks New Orleans #8 in Top Cities to Relocate Forbes.com

$3.4 billion invested Downtown since 2005

Downtown is 1.2 walkable square miles

New Orleans Tourism Breaks Record in 2011 with 8.75 Million Visitors University of New Orleans Hospitality Research Center

Downtown is the largest employment center in Louisiana with 62,000 jobs

8.3 million people visit New Orleans each year

Louisiana ranked #1 State of the Year Southern Business & Development

Downtown's population has doubled in the past 10 years to 5,100 residents. It is expected to double again by 2020.