WEEKLY NEWS | Hard Rock Hotel and its recovery in New Orleans
It has been one ride in New Orleans since the weekend with the collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel in downtown New Orleans, which has road closures and rescue missions underway.
According to the latest statement from the office of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, the response remains in “rescue and recovery mode” as first responders continue to work to recover one deceased person and locate a missing person whose status is unknown.
Since Tuesday, the city needed to expand the evacuation area around the collapsed hotel after officials determined that two cranes at the construction site were unstable. The evacuation zone expanded to buildings facing the uptown side of Canal Street between Burgundy Street and Elk Place.
It has been reported that the mayor has been in contact with engineering experts including those who worked on the response to 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombing, to determine the best options for stabilizing the two cranes.
on Saturday, October 12th the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans collapsed while under construction, killing at least two people and hospitalizing 30 others. The new hotel, which was scheduled to open spring 2020, was to be housed in a new, 18-story building blocks from the city’s Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, which is the sixth largest in the country. The floor plans designed the hotel to have 350 rooms, four meeting spaces, and two ballrooms, for a total of approximately 12,000 square feet of event space.
“Citadel Builders LLC was contracted by Kailas Companies, owner of the project, to build the Hard Rock Hotel New Orleans based on a brand licensing agreement with Hard Rock International, the future manager of the hotel,” Hard Rock International said in a statement on the collapse. “Hard Rock has had no involvement in the construction of the project. We want to extend our deepest sympathies to victims of this tragic accident and to their loved ones and friends.”
There is still no word on what caused the collapse, but previously Mayor Cantrell had promised a “relentless” investigation into the incident.
Our sincerest condolences to the families
The Luxe and Lavish Travels Team
