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Shreveport Louisiana on the Retrospective With the recent activity surrounding the success of the casino industry, the opening of the Shreveport Convention Center, the Haynesville Shale natural gas discoveries, the expanding motion picture industry, and the Louisiana Boardwalk in Bossier City, there is a renewed interest in the history of Shreveport, the North Louisiana city located in the heart of the Ark-La-Tex. Alexandria and Shreveport have been connected via the Red River for eons, and later via LA Highway 1 and Interstate 49. We have traversed those highways between the two cities literally hundreds of times. We grew up in Shreveport, and our connections with Shreveport are strong, from the past, and to this day. We see reminders of the good times whenever we travel there, and when we filter back through the historic photographs and postcards of the past. As we drive past the retro motels along historic U.S. 80, and cruise the antique shops and residences on Line Avenue, the City of Shreveport continues to have a fond place in our hearts, and minds. Ever since the Red River was cleared and made newly navigable by Captain Henry Shreve, who removed a 180-mile long logjam, Shreveport has exhibited an entrepreneurial spirit that remains strong even today. In 1994, the Red River was again made navigable, this time by the U.S. by the Army Corps of Engineers with the completion of a series of lock-and-dam structures and a navigation channel. Today, Shreveport-Bossier City is again being developed as a port and shipping center. The Shreveport waterfront has seen active renewal and is the home of restaurants, museums, retail stores, convention facilities and gaming and gambling casinos. The Shreveport-Bossier area is the home to the Horseshoe Hotel & Casino, Sam’s Town Hotel & Casino, Diamond Jack’s Casino Resort, Eldorado Casino Resort, Boomtown Casino, and Harrah’s Louisiana Downs horse track and casino. Festivals such as the Red River Revel and Mudbug Madness draw hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. The Barnwell Art & Garden Center, the Norton Art Gallery, the Municipal Auditorium where Elvis Presley and other stars of the 50s and 60s made history, the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum on the grounds of the Louisiana State Fair, the American Rose Center and other attractions make Shreveport a regional tourism destination. Another major element of the Shreveport-Bossier City economy is Barksdale Air Force Base. Be sure to view our gallery of Shreveport photographs, connecting the present to the past, and our gallery of Shreveport art deco motels and tourist courts. For more information, we recommend contacting the Shreveport - Bossier Convention & Tourist Bureau 
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