DuPont Plaza Hotel (Miami)
- DuPont Plaza Hotel (Miami)
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This article is about the hotel in Miami. For the 1986 fire at the Hotel DuPont Plaza in San Juan, Puerto Rico, see
Dupont Plaza Hotel arson.
The DuPont Plaza Hotel was a major hotel in downtown Miami, Florida from 1957 until 2004. It occupied a section of the former site of the Royal Palm Hotel. The DuPont Plaza Hotel was the first major hotel of its generation built in downtown Miami since the collapse of the tourist boom in 1926. Popular till the 1960s, the DuPont Plaza Hotel was a coveted destination for domestic visitors. It did get a resurgence of interest in the 1980s and early 1990s, but then suffered some financial troubles.[1]
Lionstone Hotels and Resorts bought the remaining land of the former DuPont Plaza Hotel in August 2001.[2] Originally, Lionstone was going to completely renovate the hotel for $80 million, but changed its mind and decided to demolish the existing structure and start anew. Demolitions for the DuPont Plaza Hotel was started in April 2004 and completed in January 2005.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Demolition could expose Native American artifacts – Retrieved July 6, 2007
- ^ DuPont Plaza's owners planning demolition – Retrieved November 22, 2007
- ^ Mayor Manny Diaz & Commissioner Johnny Winton To Personally Complete The Demolition Of Dupont Plaza – Retrieved January 13, 2007
Categories:
- History of Miami, Florida
- Hotels in Miami, Florida
- Demolished hotels in the United States
- Hotels established in 1957
- Defunct hotels in Florida
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