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mahatmakanejeeves

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2. Rebranding and renovations

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 24, 2023, 07:10 AM

Jul 2023

From the Wikipedia article:

Rebranding and renovations

The hotel went through a $5 million reconstruction following the collapse, replacing the skywalks with one large second floor balcony supported by massive pillars, with local authorities saying in 1983 that the building was now "possibly the safest in the country." The hotel was renamed the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in 1987. Starwood took over the hotel November 30, 2011, renaming it the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center the following day and announcing $30 million in renovations and a $5,000 donation to The Skywalk Memorial Foundation.

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On July 17, 1981, a walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 OP

That address shows there is a Sheraton there now. Same building or did the old get torn down? CurtEastPoint Jul 2023 #1

Rebranding and renovations mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 #2

Thanks. I should have read the wiki! CurtEastPoint Jul 2023 #4

Henry Petroski covers this incident in some detail cloudbase Jul 2023 #3

I was in a Rotary club years ago AKwannabe Jul 2023 #5