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Officials with the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center are considering tax incentives for its new $600 million headquarters hotel that could be worth millions of dollars over the next 45 years.
Most consequential among proposed tax breaks is an anticipated payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deal, or a PILOT, for the incoming Omni Hotel. Commissioners deferred a vote of approval of the tax incentive at a meeting for the hotel taxing district on Wednesday (March 25)…