New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Reviews

Huge!!! This place is literally a mile long. The good news is there are lots of hotels within walking distance of the convention center.

Well staffed convention centre, that was very well suited for a 24000 person conference. Plenty of toilets and water fountains but food offerings at lunch time were poor.

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It's very big and organized. Not as big as many others in the US, but bigger than most convention centers in other countries. Nothing special though.

Easy to get to and simple to navigate. A lot of nearby lunch options as well as vendors onsite. I would recommend going to a conference at this location. The hotels nearby are nice, especially the Mercantile. A nearby restraunt Galliano was a very good dinning option.

When working this vehement place they no way of traveling from one hall to the next, it's very painful to do 8 hours or more.

Huge building. Prepare to walk. Good food in the food court. Crawfish Etouffee pictured.

A great addition to the city & its the place of ALL THINGS "CONVENTIONING" (is that a word... lol)

The site of balls, the civil sheriff's thanksgiving day dinner, graduations, medical conventions (as I stated), jewelry shows; this place is MASSIVE and to walk it, phew, walking shoes are called for.

Before heading out, I normally find out which Hall (A-L, I believe) the event I'm going to is going to be held at and then I head for the hills.

Some years ago, posthumously, there was a renaming to Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, just seems fitting to me, especially since he was the major push behind the creation of the venue.

The new face lift is refreshing. Bathrooms are evenly spaced & seemingly ALWAYS clean, which is a feat within itself because of the expansive size.

Inside there are little eateries & drinking facilities, just in case you don't want to leave the Convention Hall during your event.

Good, but really long.! Makes sense though, maybe it is a lever as well. Really good resources.

As far as convention centers go this has to be one of the best. Been to many others in many different cities and this was large, and it could accommodate huge crowds of people. It was clean and well-kept, even the restrooms. It helps that it has a small Deli type cafeteria, and many points of entry and exits.

Very large, Too much walking, needed more esclators and elevators or cars or trains to get you from one end to the other.

Conversation Center did a really good job hosting Essence Festival besides the construction ..NOPD did a great job directing the traffic around there ....

Once the construction is complete...I think overall site will be vastly improved.

Staff was friendly and it was simple to get around the convention center. It's HUGE! Wear your walking shoes!

This convention center is great, big, roomy, lots of facilities, friendly technical and support staff.

The food is expensive and often tastes like cardboard, but at least it's hot. Parking can be cheap if you catch the right lot at the right time. Make certain you know which Hall your event is in before you park!

Construction is awful. Hard to cross the street without getting run over

It's big and has great wifi. There are also lots of hotels nearby. However, there are very few food options close, and there was nowhere to buy cold drinks in the convention center except for one small deli that was very busy.

Great food close to everything.also you can get Transportation to other parts of the city.

Went to the tattoo convention they have going for this weekend over a 100 tattoo artist doing what they love. It was my first time going to a tattoo convention it was a blast and of course you have to get tattooed! I know I did!

Clean bathrooms, good sized conference rooms. There's a nearby outlet mall, lots of restaurants nearby. Only gripe is parking.

A must see attraction in the city of New Orleans Louisiana.

So far to trek from one end to the other if various meeting locations are so scheduled.

It's very large. Long walk from one end to the other. Multiple events going on at once.

It's a typical convention center. The lights in the exhibit hall are super yellow. They made me feel sick after a while.

Really nice place to do a trade show. Great people that work there, the decor is a little dated but that's about the only negative.

REALLY BIG CONVENTION CENTER, HOLD MANY MANY PEOPLE, VERY CLEAN.

Huge and easy to navigate. But really cold inside (becomes uncomfortable if you spend over half hour inside), A/C could be set to higher temperature.

It's great except for the Starbucks! Those people can't be real partner's! But the facility is nice

Had a lot of fun at essence night three can't wait for night four they need to clean the bathroom's but other than that my family and I had an awesome time see ya tomorrow.@ Essence

Efficient, modest major events facility. Near mall with A/C and relatively easy access and low traffic. Neighborhood upgrades will improve options for post-convention activities.

Attended Comic-con here - wonderful convention center w/food court

Where are the chairs. As you walk the 1/2 mile in your suit and your shoe becomes untied, unless you are inside one of the large halls, you will never find a chair to sit down in and tie your shoe. They simply have none in the main walkways.

Most of the convention staff was extremely helpful and friendly but my company had some items stolen from our booth durning one of the nights.

Had an awesome time watching my mother walk across the stage and graduate here!

The convention center it's self was very roomy and decorated very nice. So disappointed with the Essence Festival. In my opinion I received the best show for my money for the Essence after dark reggae concert. Only thing I didn't like being from out of town is it was standing room only. Yes, it had some VIP seating, but you would not have seen the artist while sitting and when we left we were exhausted from standing inside and out, but I wish I had just paid for all the concerts instead. Essence fest itself could've been better. First, the lines for free products were too long. They should have had two separate lines for product information/sales & free. I paid $59.90 for the beauty carnival and received the same gift or similar to the people who got in for free, only difference is I didn't have to wait in the long gen admission free line. So, save your money. We knew nothing about the my black is beautiful exhibit/stand beforehand because in order to participate, you had to come when convention center opened to get a time stamped wristband of when to return. What I expected was a separate experience from free similar to VIP because I thought I was paying for VIP. However, they should have added things like makeup/hair tutorials. At the Maui booth I did get a picture with Elle Varner which was nice. There was nice places and props for photos. Great hair journey informational exhibits. It was way too many different music playing to enjoy the many different interviews and extra concerts, but the Brandy concert at the Coca Cola booth was great. The program and Essence app was confusing on how to get to exhibits inside expo. No suggestions on how they can fix it, but it needs to change. Maybe something with directions on how to get to expos because some of the staff had no idea how to read program details or where things were located. Or, maybe more floor signs.

Only used the parking structure for our cruise. Plenty security to be seen. Shuttle service was excellent.

Huge convention center. It can easily host multiple big conferences. I attended APS physics conference in March 2017 which had around 10,000 participants. The rooms are good and well organized. Also has several theaters. Only downside is, they don't have good places to eat. They have a couple of food courts, but the food is awful. They have one Starbucks which was always crowded.

Unfortunately it was pretty dirty. It was vacuumed in the corners of the room and the place is a bit worn down.

One of the best convention centers I have been too. FMX did a good job picking this venue

Great place for conventions like. Went to comic con my kids loved it easy parking easy to find easy to navigate

Staff of the Convention Center were Friendly always.

Looks grand. Smells mildew. Maybe the reminesnce of Katrina?