“In addition to the hotel, a whole revamp of the existing casino structure, both inside and outside, is underway,” Smith said. While there will be no new construction on the existing Harrah’s hotel, the future of the branding of the building itself is currently being decided, Smith said. The existing exterior of Harrah’s will be repainted now, before the hotel tower begins to rise. Interior work on the hotel building is expected to take an additional eight months after the outside is completed. The hotel tower will rise above the existing casino valet station. Within the next year, the envelope of the building should be complete, Smith said. What you’re going to see now, over the next few months, is that building coming up off the ground.” “The foundation of the hotel has been what the team has been working on the most. “The signature part of this project is the new 340-room hotel that’s under construction,” said Kennedy Smith, vice president of marketing. Developer Caesars Entertainment began construction in 2021, and the transformation is scheduled to be completed in late summer 2024. Harrah’s New Orleans Hotel & Casino in downtown New Orleans is in the process of transforming into Caesars New Orleans through a $325 million renovation process. Project description: Harrah’s New Orleans Hotel & Casino is transforming into Caesars New Orleans with a multi-million-dollar overhaul.Ĭonstruction: AECOM/Tishman, Ryan Gootee General ContractorĪrchitecture: Various (Perez, CRTKL, JCJ and Rockwell) 10 CityBusiness.īy: Stephen Maloney, Staff Writer February 13, 2023 Harrah’s renovation into Caesars New Orleans Editor’s note: This is one in a series of stories outlining the top 10 construction projects in the New Orleans area for 2023 that was inserted in the Feb.

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