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Opening date
  
May 22, 2014

Total retail floor area
  
250,000 sf

Opened
  
22 May 2014

Owner
  
Howard Hughes Corporation

No. of stores and services
  
75

No. of floors
  
3

Number of stores and services
  
75

Phone
  
+1 504-522-1555

The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk

Developer
  
Howard Hughes Corporation

Address
  
500 Port of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–9PMFriday10AM–9PMSaturday10AM–9PMSunday10AM–7PMMonday10AM–9PMTuesday10AM–9PMWednesday10AM–9PMThursday10AM–9PMSuggest an edit

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Aquarium of the Americas, Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Harrah's New Orleans, New Orleans Morial Co, French Market

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The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, until 2014 Riverwalk Marketplace, is an outlet mall located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is located along the Mississippi River waterfront, stretching from the base of Canal Street, upriver to the New Orleans Morial Convention Center. It is connected to the adjacent Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel.

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History

By the start of the 1980s, increased use of containers in shipping made some of the older riverfront wharves less useful, so the Poydras Street Wharf and the Julia Street Wharf were demolished, and the land was used as part of the 1984 World's Fair. After the fair, this section was redeveloped into the "Riverwalk," an upscale mall intended to attract both tourists and locals.

On the afternoon of Saturday, December 14, 1996, the MV Bright Field freightliner/bulk cargo vessel slammed into the mall. No one was killed in the accident, although approximately 66 were injured; fifteen shops were damaged. Physical damage to the Bright Field was calculated at $1,857,952 (US). Damage to the mall, including the pier, condominium properties, shops, and hotel totaled an estimated $15 million (US). The Bright Field was unable to be removed from the crash site until January 6, 1997, by which time the site had become something of a "must-see" tourist attraction. [1] The spot where the Bright Field collided with the Riverwalk is marked on site with a plaque.

The mall closed for a few months after Hurricane Katrina, due to extensive wind and looting damage. It reopened in early December 2005, in hopes that Christmas shopping would jump-start the area's recovery. Only a small number of shops were able to open at first. Additional businesses slowly opened over the next several years, eventually bringing the mall back to near 100% occupancy.

In 2014, the mall closed temporarily and underwent renovations. It reopened in late spring 2014 as The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, and became the nation's first downtown outlet center, with shops which include a Coach, Inc., outlet and Neiman-Marcus Last Call Studio outlet.

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The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk Wikipedia


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