Grand America Hotel
The Grand America Hotel is the largest hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Located at 555 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, 84111, it is one block away from Washington Square in the downtown area. It was commissioned and built in 2001 by Earl Holding, and designed by Frank Nicholson. The architect was Smallwood Reynolds Stewart and Stewart. Frank Nicholson was the Interior Designer.
It is the eighth-tallest building in Salt Lake City, and the tallest hotel with 24 floors. The hotel is 328 feet (100 m) tall if measured all the way to the top of the flag pole. The hotel also features 775 rooms and suites, numerous conference rooms which total in 75,000 square feet (7,000 m) of flexible meeting space, a Conde Nast Traveler-rated full-service spa, outdoor and indoor pools, exercise facilities, Garden Cafe restaurant, Lobby Lounge and Gibson Lounge bar.
It has been home to conferences, lectures and is also frequently used by visiting professional sports teams. For example, in October 2013, Condoleezza Rice gave a speech at the hotel.
See also
References
- ^ "Grand America". grandamerica.com. Grand America Hotels & Resorts. Retrieved 15 Apr 2018.
- ^ "The Grand America Hotel" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 23 Apr 2018.
- ^ Isidore, Chris (9 Feb 2002). "Salt Lake's five-star gamble: Grand America will determine if city can support hotel built for top dollar". money.cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 23 Apr 2018.
- ^ "The Grand America Hotel: Salt Lake City". fnicholson.com. Frank Nicholson Incorporated. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 Apr 2018 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "2014 Readers' Poll: Top 50 Hotel Spas in the United States". Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 23 Apr 2018 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ Cortez, Marjorie (12 Oct 2013). "Condoleezza Rice addresses U.S. 'governance problem' at Utah conf". ksl.com. Salt Lake City: Deseret Digital Media. Retrieved 23 Apr 2018.
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