Grand Hotel

After a lengthy restoration, The Roosevelt, among New Orleans' oldest and most storied landmarks, is set to return june 25. A look behind the gilded doors

BY NOAH BONAPARTE PAIS

"Technology is a real assistance to us (in the Blue Room)," says Roosevelt GM Tod Chambers. "This room before, as great as it was, didn't have these wonderful speakers, this lighting truss that's going to light the stage. It's a beautiful, historic room, yet loaded now with the most recent technology, and it makes it a lot better room for all of its potential uses. The ceiling's been redesigned acoustically. The sound quality will be good."

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