Current Status of Riverboat Terminal Complex
After being shuttered since its closure in June 1995, the terminal building complex was acquired by Mardi Gras World owner Blaine Kern in early 2008 and converted to the Eastbank location of Mardi Gras World. The acquisition has more than quadrupled Mardi Gras World's floor space. After more than 13 years of dormancy, the terminal finally saw new life during the Krewe of Boo inaugural parade on Halloween night 2008. The terminal was also the site of the Gulf Aid benefit concert with Lenny Kravitz as the headlining act during the BP oil spill crisis on May 16, 2010. Mardi Gras World's original location continues to operate in Algiers directly across the Mississippi River from the French Quarter.
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