BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge officials on Thursday plan to announce the return of an American Cruise Lines ship to the city’s riverfront.American Cruise Lines has visited the city regularly, adding Baton Rouge as a port of call for its American Song vessel in 2018. After a hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, American ships returned to the city in 2021.Last Summer, city-parish leaders unveiled plans to update the riverfront, hoping to bring more business back to the downtown area.Seven months later, Baton Rouge will once again be a docking point for American Cruise Lines.The city-parish said Wednesday that the vessel American Melody would be on-site for a news conference on Thursday at the city dock.Restaurants in the city, like Poor Boy Lloyd’s, say they are excited about new tourism possibilities.I think it’s good. I’ll enjoy it. We have some of their people come by, and we’ve had some of their crew come by here. We’ve had some of the people who are on the boat come by and visit us,
BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge officials on Thursday plan to announce the return of an American Cruise Lines ship to the city’s riverfront.
American Cruise Lines has visited the city regularly, adding Baton Rouge as a port of call for its American Song ve… [2429 chars]
Source: WBRZ | Published: 2026-02-18T00:00:00Z
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