Chase Park Plaza Hotel

Chase Park Plaza Hotel
View of the Chase Park Plaza from north on Kingshighway Boulevard
Location in St. Louis
Location	St. Louis, Missouri
Coordinates	38°38′39″N 90°15′50″W / 38.64417°N 90.26389°W / 38.64417; -90.26389Coordinates: 38°38′39″N 90°15′50″W / 38.64417°N 90.26389°W / 38.64417; -90.26389
Opening date	1920
Architect	Preston J. Bradshaw
Floors	28

The Chase Park Plaza, located at 212 N. Kingshighway in the Central West End, St. Louis, Missouri, is a combination of two buildings housing a condominium tower (known as the Park Plaza), hotel (known as the Chase Hotel), cinema, and several restaurants and bars, all constructed between 1920 and 1930.^[1] The hotel replaced nearby Buckingham Hotel as the most affluent hotel in the city for some time.

Wrestling at the Chase

The Chase was also famous for hosting a wrestling program called Wrestling at the Chase shown on KPLR-TV channel 11, whose offices are nearby in the Central West End neighborhood. Many famous wrestlers, including St. Louis native, Lou Thesz, and Buddy Rogers wrestled on the program.

References

1. ^ O'Connor, Candace (2005). Meet Me in the Lobby: the Story of Harold Koplar and the Chase Park Plaza. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing Co.. ISBN 1891442325. 

External links

• Built St. Louis site on the Chase Hotel