Rivertown

I came here to enjoy the laser show here, it was a kinda patriotic themed music show called Laser Spirit. I hear the show changes for the holidays. Well let me tell ya, my last experience with a laser show was a Joe Brown park in the east back in the 80s. Bunch of drunk teen agers running through the nature trails at midnight drinking and smoking, waiting for the Rush 2112 laser show. In all its glory with red and green lasers. Well THIS laser show… BOOM! blew my mind! Im serious its that good! The volume wasnt loud enough and I missed the tinge of pot and spilled beer in the air, but the amazing show made up for that.
In between the laser show and a regular planetarium show, there is plenty to see in the space museum section. The girls had alot of fun playing WWL weatherperson on the green screen. So did I. Though the place overall, is run down. I think there was supposed to be grand plans for this area and it just didnt happen. Though we will be back for more laser shows in the future. And those ONLY happen on saturdays at 1pm

Rivertown had a lot of potential. In a lot of ways, it still does.
When you walk/​drive through Rivertown, you feel like you are in a small town. You pass museums, a nice theater, houses and shops. I think that the main problem is it is located at the end of the world. Of course, when I say that, I mean that it is so far outside the New Orleans city limits that no one really thinks about it and those that do really aren’t interested in making that long drive.
I did enjoy it when Oktoberfest was in Rivertown. There was a lot of room and it didn’t feel as cramped as it had at the old location, but sadly that is the only good thing I can say about the area. I think that if the powers that be made a concerted effort to draw people out to Rivertown (maybe a festival other than Oktoberfest or a concert series of some sort) than people would be a lot more willing to give this area a try.

Poor Rivertown. This is a quaint little neighborhood that the city of Kenner reimagined as small museums and touristy shops… except the tourists didn’t come and neither did the locals, or at least not much.
So now it’s a few aging «museums» with a few shops and restaurants hanging on thanks to faithful clientele.
I was actually wandering in Rivertown for the first time in decades because the Deutches Haus Oktoberfest was relocated here temporarily. If Kenner wants to keep Oktoberfest they really need to expand it beyond two weekends. Great use of space though.