The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is a collection of buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot, NOLA (acronym for New Orleans, LA) Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area    - City 350. ...

A portion of the Morial Convention Center Complex from Convention Center Boulevard

The lower end of building one is located 500 m (1640 feet) upriver from Canal Street on the banks of the Mississippi River. Named after former mayor of New Orleans Ernest N. Morial, as of 2006 it has about 1.1 million square feet (102,000 m²) of exhibit space, covers almost 11 blocks^{[citation needed]}, and a gross amount of over 3 million square feet (280,000 m²) of total space. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1799 KB) View of part of w:Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1799 KB) View of part of w:Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. ... Canal Street is a major thoroughfare in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest river in the United States; the longest is the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi. ... The post of Mayor of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana has been held by the following individuals: Etienne de Boré 1803-04 James Pitot 1804-05 John Watkins 1805-07 James Mather 1807-12 Charles Trudeau 1812 Nicholas Girod 1812 LeBreton Dorgenois 1812 Nicholas Girod 1812-15 Augustin Macarty... Ernest Nathan Morial (known as Dutch) (1929 - 1989) was a U.S. political figure. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The convention center was planned starting in 1978. It is the 16th largest facility of its kind in the United States, and as of early 2005 was the 2nd busiest. The first building was constructed as part of the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition; a series of additional buildings further up river expanded the Convention Center complex in subsequent decades. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, late 2004. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition was a Worlds Fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1984. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ...

On August 26 through 27, 2005, Wheel of Fortune came to tape three weeks of shows at the convention center. But as Hurricane Katrina was threatening the area, they cancelled the last week in order to evacuate. In the aftermath of Katrina the Convention Center was the second most important center to collect the survivors, after the Louisiana Superdome. After some time serving as a temporary medical clinic, the structure again started welcoming conventions in early 2006. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show originally devised by Merv Griffin which runs in local editions around the world. ... Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ... {{Katrina) nathan cuff got on my compute ... The Louisiana Superdome, often informally referred to simply as the Superdome, The Dome or even the New Orleans Superdome is a large, multi-purpose sports and exhibition facility located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (). The Superdome is the current home of the NFLs New...

The convention center is currently in an expansion, including over 1.6 million square feet (150,000 m²) of exhibit space and a 60,000 square-foot (6,000 m²) ballroom. The expansion was planned to end by 2006, although there may be delays due to post-Katrina needs of infrastructure repairs around the city. A square foot is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 foot (unit of length) long. ... A ballroom is a large room inside a building, the designated puprose of which is holding dances (balls). ... Expansion can have several meanings, including: In physics: Expansion of space In computer hardware: an Expansion card In computer programming: In-line expansion In computer gaming: an expansion pack See also: Wikipedia:Requests for expansion This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might...

External links

• Convention Center website (High bandwidth graphics heavy)
• New Orleans Convention Center on Google Maps