New Orleans signs, made in New Orleans

Signs for New Orleans

OPA Signs & Graphics has designed, built and installed signs in New Orleans since 1973, for restaurants on Canal Street, university campuses and landmarks on the riverfront.

Our shop is at 2300 Earhart Boulevard, so your sign is made a few miles from where it will hang.

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Tulane University logo with a shield emblem featuring a cross and a lantern.
Logo for KIPP New Orleans with bold black and white text.
Logo for Delgado Community College with the words 'Delgado' in large font and 'Community College' underneath in smaller text.
Logo featuring a stylized spiral shell next to the text 'SCI HIGH' in bold white letters on a black background.
The image features the Xaverian University of Louisiana logo with text in a pale, serif font on a transparent background.
Logo for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana with stylized letters 'j' and 'p' and text indicating Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

Why New Orleans businesses choose OPA

Local since 1973

This city asks a lot of a sign: salt air, summer heat, storm season and, in the historic districts, strict rules about what can go on a building. We have been building for those conditions for more than 50 years.

Design, fabrication, printing and installation all happen in our 40,000-square-foot shop on Earhart Boulevard. Stop by for a tour.

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Indoor space with a colorful mural on the wall depicting musicians playing instruments, with tables and chairs in the foreground, and a person walking past.

How a New Orleans sign project works

Built for the block it lives on

A French Quarter balcony, a downtown tower and a neighborhood storefront each call for a different sign. We start with the building and the street. See our process.

  • What should people know from the sidewalk, and from across the street? In a walkable city a sign is read up close and from a distance. We start with what it needs to say at both.

  • Old brick, cast iron, stucco or new glass: we design to the building and the neighborhood. In a historic district that can mean a hanging blade sign or hand-finished details instead of a lit cabinet.

  • You approve drawings before we build. City permits, and historic district review where it applies, are part of the plan from the start.

  • Everything is fabricated in our own shop on Earhart Boulevard: metal, paint, print, neon and LED. OPA is a UL Listed sign manufacturer.

  • Our crews install across the city, from ground-level storefronts to letter sets high on a building. Each project carries a 12-month warranty.

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Office wall with YouthForce NOLA logo and a colorful wavy design, a person walking past the door, and a glimpse of a conference room.
An outdoor green scoreboard at the Golding Tennis Center with the Tulane Tulane Teni logo; two people standing in front of the scoreboard, and residential houses and trees in the background.

New Orleans work

TULANE UNIVERSITY

Hundreds of projects across one campus

Wallcoverings, campus wayfinding, building signs, even custom light fixtures with the Green Wave: OPA has worked with Tulane’s academic and administrative teams on hundreds of projects.

Walk the campus and you will pass our work at nearly every turn.

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A multi-story building with a prominent vertical sign reading "XAVIER" illuminated in yellow, situated beside a busy highway during dusk, with cars visible on the road and construction work in progress around the building.

XAVIER UNIVERSITY

Building-scale letters and campus signs

For Xavier University we have produced building-scale lettering, full-building ADA signage, memorial plaques and large format prints, all to the university’s brand standards.

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View the OPA Signs & Graphics lookbook
Empty conference room with three women sitting at a long table in front of large windows, modern ceiling lights, and blue carpet.
A large green scoreboard at the Tulane Tennis Center displays match scores, with two people standing in front of it and the building behind them. The sign above reads 'GOLDING TENNIS CENTER', and there are cartoon tulip characters with the word 'TULA
Interior of an office building with a man walking past a wall featuring a colorful wave design and the words 'YouthForce NOLA' in green.
Reception desk with the word 'CHILDSAFE' and a colorful wall art installation of hexagon shapes with icons of flowers, butterflies, and umbrellas in a modern waiting area.
Glass door with a pink school commemorative plaque for Randy McGibeny from 2007, surrounded by white butterfly-shaped decals.
A man with gray hair, glasses, and a beard wearing a red polo shirt and jeans is smiling and holding a large blue letter 'R' in his right hand in an industrial or workshop setting with equipment and a digital screen.
A woman standing inside a glass-enclosed walkway with colorful murals of diverse people on the walls.
A large sign featuring a green cartoon ogre holding a sign with the text 'Tulane O' and a blue wave, hanging from a crane against a blue sky with some clouds.
Tall building with a large vertical sign reading 'XAVIER' in gold letters against a black background, with windows and a small tree in front, under a partly cloudy blue sky.
A multi-story building with a large illuminated vertical sign that reads 'XAVIER' on the side, with the scene captured during twilight and a highway with moving vehicles nearby.
Facade of Tulane University with signs for the Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, featuring glass doors and windows, a palm tree, and a person walking by.
A colorful mural of jazz musicians playing instruments on a wall in a modern indoor space with tables and chairs.
Interior view of a seating area with a dark wall featuring a large floral mural of yellow flowers. There are brown cushioned seats, green and striped chairs, a small round table, and a rug with a geometric pattern. The ceiling is white with visible b
Construction workers working on a stadium with the sign 'Bulman Stadium' visible on the facade, and green support structures with lighting above.
A person walking past a large map sign of Tulane University on a college campus, with trees and a historic building in the background.
A person constructing a frog-shaped object with a red body and blue legs in a workshop.
A man working on a frog sculpture in a workshop. The sculpture is made of a glossy white material, with beige accents. The workspace has rolls of material, a large printer, and various supplies.
Sign for administrative suite with a butterfly logo, next to indoor plants and patterned wall behind a white door.
Waiting area with two blue armchairs and a small wooden table in between, decorative wall with interconnected gears, and a sign referencing science and mathematics foundation.
Interior of a high school hallway with a large wall mural of a nautilus shell and the words 'SCI HIGH NAUTILI' in big blue letters. A man on a ladder is working on the mural. There are windows at the top and more windows along the right side.
Exterior of a building with a large black and white sign featuring an artistic letter 'A' on a brick wall, surrounded by small green bushes and plants.
Wall with multiple family names and plaques, some highlighted in gold with purple lighting, arranged in a pattern, celebrating a family or community.
A blue book cover with the white text 'VIEW LOOKBOOK'
Interior of a school hallway featuring a large wall mural with a coiled shell illustration and the text 'SCI HIGH NAUTILI' in blue letters. A person on a ladder appears to be installing or inspecting the mural.

YOUR COMPLETE NEW ORLEANS SIGN PROVIDER

Storefronts, restaurants, campuses and landmarks

Whatever the building, the sign is designed for it. Tell us about the property, the neighborhood and the deadline, and we will take it from there.

What we build in New Orleans:

In a historic district? Signs in districts like the French Quarter go through extra review. We handle permitting for the projects we build.

More New Orleans projects: Canal Place, Cafe Beignet, Tujague’s, Audubon Aquarium and Woldenberg Park.

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A man wearing glasses and a black shirt holding a red plastic 3D-printed sign that reads "WASTELAND" in front of him, with a blurred background including a vertical red and yellow sign reading "OPEN" and some green and blue posters.

Start your New Orleans sign project

Come see the shop

Send us the plans, a photo of the building or just the idea. Better yet, visit us on Earhart Boulevard and see signs being made.

Outside the city? See our Jefferson Parish sign company and St. Tammany Parish sign company pages.

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MORE TO EXPLORE

Print, awnings and wraps too

Beyond signs, the same shop makes commercial awnings, wallpaper and murals, vehicle wraps and large-format prints.

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New Orleans sign FAQs

Questions about a sign in New Orleans?
Here is where most people start.

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At 2300 Earhart Boulevard in New Orleans. Tours are free and no-obligation. Call 504.524.1415 to set one up.

Where is your shop?

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Do you handle historic district sign permits?

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Yes, for projects we build. We prepare the drawings and file the permit, including the extra review historic districts require.

Can you rebuild or restore an old sign?

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Yes. For Tujague’s Restaurant we reconstructed a historic blade sign with neon. We also repair and service existing signs.

How long has OPA been making signs?

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Since 1973. We started with changeable copy signs and now design, fabricate, print and install under one roof.

Do you install signs high on a building?

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Yes. At The Shops at Canal Place our crew installed a mirrored channel letter set high on the building.

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