You’d think all manner of vice would be welcome in the Big Easy, but Harrah’s, near the foot of Canal St, doesn’t get much local love. It’s a big casino – 115,000 sq ft for gaming – that’s part of a national chain and it pretty much feels exactly like that.
Nevertheless, people do trickle in for the casino gambling, buffet dining and hotel discounts. The casino developed a small pedestrian mall, lined with restaurants and watering holes, on nearby Fulton St.