Shreveport information

August 29, 2008Phone: 318-222-9391E-mail: ldavis@sbctb.orgwww.shreveport-bossier.orgArea Hotel Occupancy for this weekend:

Area Hotel Occupancy for this weekend:

West Shreveport Hotels:
Friday -100%
Saturday - 100%
Sunday - 100%

Downtown Hotels:
Friday -100%
Saturday -100%
Sunday -100%

Bossier City Hotels:
Friday -100%
Saturday -100%
Sunday -100%

What's happening in Shreveport-Bossier City:

Hoteliers in Shreveport-Bossier are asked to visit our blog, http://blogs.louisianasotherside.com/Tarah/, to update their occupancy numbers as some groups may or may not cancel current reservations as we await further projections regarding Tropical Storm Gustav. Please indicate your property name in your post.

In addition, the Louisiana Office of Tourism will create a web site for hoteliers across the state to update their occupancy numbers via http://www.louisianatravel.com/emergency_info/.
The storm is anticipated to make landfall along Louisiana’s coast as a Category 3 hurricane sometime early on Tuesday. If the governor issues an evacuation order, these are the shelters that will be activated:
• Bossier Civic Center – Special Needs
620 Benton Rd., Bossier City, LA 71111
(318) 741-8900

• Hirsch Memorial Coliseum – FEMA operated, pets will be placed in the next door barn for shelter
3701 Hudson Ave
Shreveport, LA 71109-5348
(318) 635-1361 phone

• (Old) Sam's Club Facility – State operated center
8810 Jewella Ave.
Shreveport, LA 71108

• Sports Mall
Industrial and I-20

• LSU-S – First general population, people with cars; operated by American Red Cross
One University Place
Shreveport, LA 71115
(318) 797-5000

• Ruston Civic Center
401 N Trenton St
Ruston, LA 71270
(318) 251-8613

• PE Building at Northwestern in Natchitoches
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, Louisiana 71497
(318) 357-6011