From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Soulard Mardi Gras isn't blown away by 'Katrina effect,'"by Diane Toroian Keaggy--
Downtown properties are booked solid for Mardi Gras Saturday as they have been for the past few years. But properties that stood to gain the most from a bigger Mardi Gras - hotels in nearby suburbs and the Metro East area - report no significant sales bump.
Though business is up 10 to 15 percent at Drury Inns, executive Eric Strand can't say Mardi Gras deserves the credit.
"We're not sure if that is from Mardi Gras or random noise coming from something else," said Strand.
--Posted by Alton Illinois auto accident lawyer T. Evan Schaeffer of the Alton Illinois auto accident law firm of Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.
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