April 30, 20212:55 pm
Ottenheimer Hall, the Little Rock River Market’s public food court-style market, located at 400 President Clinton Ave., has been shuttered for over a year. This Saturday, May 1, Ottenheimer Hall is welcoming back vendors and the public, coinciding with the reopening of the
Little Rock Farmers Market held in the adjacent River Market pavilions.
The River Market district has been relatively behind other businesses that have remained open or reopened during the pandemic. Diana Long, director of River Market Operations, said in an interview in January that the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau was assessing the “multifaceted” situation about reopening monthly. Due to pandemic-related closures, cancellations of events, lack of tourism and downtown workers working remotely, the Little Rock Convention & Visitors bureau took an economic hit. Long said that they were waiting for people to return to working in offices downtown, for convention businesses