Draft feasibility study recommends downtown hotel–convention public–private partnership

Jul 31, 2026

A draft CSL International feasibility study presented to the steering committee found a downtown hotel-plus-convention center at the Edgewater property is more financially feasible than expanding the existing McNeese Convention Center; CSL will present final findings to city council in the fall (target Sept–Oct).

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Staff summarized draft findings from a CSL International feasibility study weighing renovation of the McNeese Convention Center versus a new downtown hotel–convention center at the Edgewater property.

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