Hour 2: Downtown New Orleans sees a major Mardi Gras 2026 surge

This hour, Newell has on Michael Hecht, President & CEO of GNO Inc., to talk about Gov. Jeff Landry and economic development leaders announcing a $12 billion Amazon Web Services investment to build two AI data centers in Caddo and Bossier parishes, New Orleans-based Vivace International helping to build a potential successor to the retiring International Space Station in 2030, Downtown New Orleans seeing a major Mardi Gras 2026 surge, and more. Then, Patrick Norton, Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Tulane University, joins the show to discuss the newly renovated labs on Tulane’s downtown campus, a $35 million upgrade adding 40,000 square feet of modern research and collaboration space.