TOPIC: New hotel and Convention space on Pan Am Plaza

And GenCon extends to 2023.

www.ibj.com/articles/70958-citing-hotel-deal-gen-con-extends-indy-contract

www.ibj.com/articles/70937-kite-to-build-2-hotels-at-pan-am-plaza-city-to-spend-120m-on-attached-meeting-space

Artist renderings of project.

www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/news/2018/10/19/downtown-indianapolis-renderings-proposed-iconic-project-hotels/1686022002/

Very cool. I wonder how long it will take to build and how much of a nightmare it will be until completion on traffic and such in the area.

Good news, but hopefully they add more parking as well. I usually park in that garage and it sounds like it is being removed for this.

Jeff321 wrote: Good news, but hopefully they add more parking as well. I usually park in that garage and it sounds like it is being removed for this.

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Brad Mortensen wrote:

Jeff321 wrote: Good news, but hopefully they add more parking as well. I usually park in that garage and it sounds like it is being removed for this.

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A good question. Its hard to imagine anyone building 1400 hotel rooms without a parking plan.

The PDF I saw on one of the news stories shows the layout of the ground floor and second floor. You can clearly see an entrance and exit to an underground parking structure, although it sounds like the plan is to demolish the current parking and build it all from scratch because it is not currently designed to handle the weight of a hotel.

Saying that I expect it will mostly be intended for use by the hotel guests. I have never parked in the existing garage, but I looked it up and I found a site which states it has 1,200 parking spaces. Even if it still has 1,200 parking spaces when it reopens that is not enough to provide every hotel room with a space, let alone employees, and convention guests.

They plan to break ground in 2019, and it will open in 2022. So its possible this will already be under construction by next Gen Con.

Kenban wrote: Saying that I expect it will mostly be intended for use by the hotel guests. I have never parked in the existing garage, but I looked it up and I found a site which states it has 1,200 parking spaces. Even if it still has 1,200 parking spaces when it reopens that is not enough to provide every hotel room with a space, let alone employees, and convention guests.

The current lot is only one floor. They’ll have to dig deeper, and hope they don’t awaken a balrog.

Those who stay at the Crowne next year will be screwed.

Brad Mortensen wrote:

Kenban wrote: Saying that I expect it will mostly be intended for use by the hotel guests. I have never parked in the existing garage, but I looked it up and I found a site which states it has 1,200 parking spaces. Even if it still has 1,200 parking spaces when it reopens that is not enough to provide every hotel room with a space, let alone employees, and convention guests.

The current lot is only one floor. They’ll have to dig deeper, and hope they don’t awaken a balrog.
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The Circle Center development was nothing more than two large holes in the ground for years before it was completed. If they were going to hit a Balrog, that would have been it.

Hmmm, or maybe the Balrog was the reason it was unfinished for so long...

Harlax wrote: maybe the Balrog was the reason it was unfinished for so long...

Great news, and I'm glad to hear that the two new Hotels will be Hilton brands. It would be wonderful if one were another Embassy Suites.

Long over due.
Most people wants a DT hotel room or
It kinda ruins the GC experience.
Driving 20 mins out to your room and trying to find parking the next day. SUX!