ok,ok...

[tw]

I know that I do a lot of stl threads..well, because to me they are the direct competition for kc...tourism, conventions, etc....anyway, how many hotels and hotels rooms does kc have downtown?

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho ... adid=10449

[KCDevin]

I'd really like it if youd post the text!!!
Although Dylan is hoping to get me back

[QueSi2Opie]

Inside the loop.

1.) Hotel Phillips
2.) Kansas City Marriott
3.) Holiday Inn
4.) Doubletree Hotel
5.) Super 8

Outside the loop (Crown Center).

1.) Hyatt Regency
2.) Westin Crown Center

Pathetic if you ask me...

[Brooksider]

You forgot Historic Suites and the Savoy inside the loop and Fairfield and Residence Inn on Main and 30th.

[KCPowercat]

Downtown has about 5,000 hotel rooms I believe....you guys gotta quit limiting our downtown to such a small area if you want to compare it to other downtown's.....it will never work when you are comparing a mile circle to other downtown's (for this example, St. Louis' downtown)....it just doesn't work.

5k is kind of a guess. Might contact the CVB or downtown council, they would tell you.

[SonicBoi]

Click here for KCDowntownDirectory.com's listing of downtown hotels. *cough*shameless plug*cough*

[QueSi2Opie]

Oh hell...I forgot the Capri, Royale and Paseo motels Great places for roach encounters!

Seriously though, I was goin' by AAA's 2003 Edition Tour Book for Missouri. They have seven hotels listed for downtown Kansas City (boundaries Missouri River to 28th Street and Wyoming [Kemper Arena] to Vine Street - 3 miles by 2.75 miles). That same book had eighteen listed for downtown St. Louis (boundaries Mississippi River to 23rd Street and I-44 to Martin Luther King Blvd - 2.75 miles by 2.25 miles).

[KCPowercat]

Que...I didn't disagree with your list....sorry if it sounded like that.

there does need to be more inventory downtown but right now with conventions down and everybody trained to tell people "don't stay downtown, stay on the plaza" downtown hotels are already hurting. What needs to happen is more convention space (new ballroom) but at the same time more walkable hotels to Bartle to help support bigger conventions....it's a huge chicken & the egg thing....

There is the new President Hotel...that's opening in 04, right?

[FangKC]

Also forgotten in previous mentions are the fabulous Monroe Hotel on Main and the quaint and cozy Cherry Street Inn.

[tw]

they are adding a tower to the renovated mayfair hotel....this will surely help downtown stl. get more convention business!

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stor ... ily39.html

[KCPowercat]

take it to the STL board

http://www.kcskyscrapers.com/stlforum/

[KCPowercat]

here's a good list on ssp.com that somebody found...looks like we are fine on exhibit space (vs. other midwest cities) need to bump up the hotel inventory....although not going to happen in this economy or until more people choose downtown to stay for recreation.


This is total dedicated exhibit space

01. Chicago - 2,200,000 (Largest in the Nation)
02. Detroit - 700,000
03. Kansas City - 560,800
04. St. Louis - 502,000
05. Minneapolis - 480,000
06. Columbus - 430,000
07. Cleveland - 375,000
08. Omaha - 194,000
09. Milwaukee - 188,695
10. Cincinnati - 162,000
11. Rapid City - 150,000
12. Indianapolis - 133,000
13. Duluth - 100,000
14. Dayton - 77,000
15. Des Moines - 46,141
16. Topeka - 44,500