| Le Méridien New Orleans | |
| Location: | 333 Poydras Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Coordinates: | 29.9489°N -90.0666°W |
| Roof: | 279feet |
| Floor Count: | 23 |
| Building Type: | Hotel |
| Start Date: | 1982 |
| Completion Date: | 1984 |
| Opening: | 1984 |
| Architect: | DMJM, Eskew + Architects |
| Owner: | Stonebridge Companies & Walton Street Capital |
Le Méridien New Orleans is a 23-story high-rise building in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. The building rises 279 feet (85 m), and is currently tied with Charity Hospital as the 29th-tallest building in the city. It also stands as the 8th-tallest hotel in New Orleans.
The hotel was designed with a modern architecture style by architectural firm DMJM and was opened in 1984 as the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza[1] to accommodate crowds attending the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. It became the Four Points by Sheraton Downtown in the late 1990s and then the W New Orleans Hotel in 2000.[2]
The hotel was significantly damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Half of the hotel's rooms had their windows blown out.[3]
In April 2013 it was sold to Chesapeake Lodging Trust for $65 million.[4] On July 15, 2014, the hotel was given the temporary name Hotel New Orleans Downtown while it underwent a $29 million renovation.[5] It became the Le Méridien New Orleans on December 15, 2014.[6] [7] In 2019, Park Hotels & Resorts, which had acquired Chesapeake Lodging Trust, sold the hotel to Stonebridge Companies and Walton Street Capital for $84 million.[8] [9]
The building houses a 4-star Le Méridien with 423 guest rooms.