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Hyatt Regency Crown Center 
Hyatt Regency Crown Center with glass skyway connection to the Crown Center Location United States Address 2345 McGee Street
Kansas City, MissouriHotel chain Hyatt Coordinates 39°05′06″N 94°34′48″W / 39.085°N 94.580°WCoordinates: 39°05′06″N 94°34′48″W / 39.085°N 94.580°W Opening date July 1, 1980 Developer Crown Center Redevelopment Corporation Architect Edward Larrabee Barnes
PBNDMLManagement Global Hyatt Owner Global Hyatt Cost US$150 million Rooms 733 Suites 39 Restaurants Crayola Cafe
Coffee Express
Milano
Peppercorn Duck Club
Skies Restaurant and Lounge
Spectators
TerraceFloors 45 Total height 153.62 m (504.0 ft) References: [1][2][3] The Hyatt Regency Crown Center is a 153.62 m (504.0 ft), 45-story Global Hyatt hotel in the Crown Center complex in Kansas City, Missouri, topped by a revolving restaurant known as Skies. The hotel will convert to the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center as of December 1, 2011.[4]
The hotel opened on July 1, 1980 as the Hyatt Regency Kansas City and was Missouri's tallest building from 1980 to 1986. It is now the state's sixth tallest building and is Kansas City's third tallest building.
In 1987, the hotel was renamed Hyatt Regency Crown Center.
Crown Center complex was built by Hallmark, adjacent to their headquarters, and southeast of the Downtown freeway loop where most of Kansas City's tallest buildings are located.
The hotel is topped by the Skies Revolving Rooftop Restaurant and Lounge. It has 42,860 sq ft (3,982 m2) of function space, a 17,487 sq ft (1,624.6 m2) ballroom and a dedicated exhibit hall with 15,360 sq ft (1,427 m2). It has 733 guestrooms, including 42 suites.[5]
Skybridge collapse
Main article: Hyatt Regency walkway collapseOn July 17, 1981, 114 people were killed in the hotel when the fourth floor walkway in the atrium collapsed on the second floor walkway during a tea dance attended by more than 2,000 revelers in the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse. An investigation revealed that tie rods supporting the walkway did not meet Kansas City building codes.[6]
References
- ^ Hyatt Regency Crown Center at Emporis
- ^ Hyatt Regency Crown Center at SkyscraperPage
- ^ Hyatt Regency Crown Center at Structurae
- ^ http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Hyatt-Regency-Kansas-City-to-become-a-Sheraton/
- ^ (.PDF) Hyatt Regency Crown Center. Global Hyatt. 19 May 2011. http://crowncenter.hyatt.com/hyatt/images/hotels/mkcrk/factsheet.pdf;jsessionid=2LHDDXRXRBIUDTQSNWIVAGWOCJWYOUP4. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ "Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse". School of Engineering, University of Alabama. http://www.eng.uab.edu/cee/faculty/ndelatte/case_studies_project/Hyatt%20Regency/hyatt.htm#Causes. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
External links
Timeline of the tallest buildings in Missouri Old Courthouse (59 m) (1864) · Union Station (70 m) (1894) · Commerce Trust Building (79 m) (1906) · Railway Exchange Building (84 m) (1914) · 925 Grand (91 m) (1921) · Southwestern Bell Building (121 m) (1926) · Kansas City Power and Light Building (145 m) (1931) · One US Bank Plaza (148 m) (1976) · Hyatt Regency Crown Center (154 m) (1980) · AT&T Center (179 m) (1986) · Town Pavilion (180 m) (1986) · One Metropolitan Square (181 m) (1989)
Timeline of the tallest buildings in Kansas City New York Life Building (55 m) (1892) · Commerce Trust Building (78.6 m) (1906) · 925 Grand (91 m) (1921) · Oak Tower (116 m) (1929) · Kansas City Power and Light Building (100 m) (1931) · 2345 Grand (107 m) (1977) · Hyatt Regency Crown Center (154 m) (1980) · Town Pavilion (180 m) (1986) · One Kansas City Place (198 m) (1988)
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