Affordable Parking for Hospitality Workers

Finding & paying for parking is a significant burden for the New Orleanians who give life to our city's world-famous culture and hospitality.

While a limited number of hotel and casino workers have some access to free or discounted on-site parking, most restaurant workers, performers, bartenders, tour guides and others do not. Every day is a struggle to find & pay for a place to park within a short & safe distance to their workplace.  

The Office of Nighttime Economy is seeking opportunities to make more parking spaces available to hospitality workers & culture-bearers at prices they can afford.

Aerial view of downtown New Orleans - Highlighted areas indicate targeted areas for expanded affordable parking options for hospitality & cultural economy workers.

Tell the City - Your Experience Parking at a Hospitality Job

If you are a frontline hospitality worker or culture-bearer, please fill out this short 3-5 minute survey to let us know more about how parking affects your working life.

>> Tell the City - Your Experience Parking for a Hospitality Job

Tell the City - Hospitality Business Perspective

If you own or manage a business or work in human resources for a hospitality or the cultural economy, please fill out this short 3-5 minute survey to share how parking arrangements affect your business.

>> Tell the City - Employer-Provided Parking for Hospitality Workers

Request for Information - Parking Operators

Parking companies and operators - Please take a look at the Office of Nighttime Economy's Request for Information asking for your perspective on making parking spaces available at a discounted rate for hospitality workers.

O.N.E. Request for information

Timeline

  • Request for Information released - August 21
  • Questions due re: Request for Information - September 9
  • Answers provided re: Request for Information - September 16
  • Request for Information closed - September 23
  • Office of Nighttime provides finding & analysis - October 25

Contact Us

If you have a question or comment, please reach out to -

Rob Henig Bell, Community Projects Manager @ robert.bell@nola.gov