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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sat Jul 8, 2017, 10:23 AM Jul 2017

Hotel del Coronado (San Diego, CA) is becoming a Hilton property

The historic Hotel del Coronado (San Diego) is going to become a Hilton-owned establishment by the end of July.

The hospitality chain will add the 129-year-old property to their Curio Collection, a group of upscale hotels according to their website.

Built in 1888, the Hotel Del is a 28-acre property and has been a National Historic Landmark since 1977.

Global head of Curio for Hilton Worldwide, Mark Nogal, told the Union-Tribune the landmark will not undergo any drastic changes after the turnover.

“So quite literally, there will just be a couple plaques near the front door because we don’t want to change that independent identity that the Del has. It will always be the Hotel del Coronado," he reportedly said.

Curio is hoping to make Hotel Del a part of its portfolio by the end of July reports NBC 7.

The company already owns high-end properties in Arizona and California including the Hotel La Jolla.

Famous not only for its beach front setting and red-topped roof, but it was also used as the location spot for the 1959 picture “Some Like it Hot” starring Marilyn Monroe.

With 700 rooms and 11 restaurants, the Hotel Del is still considered a five-star destination for societies wealthiest travelers.

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Hotel del Coronado (San Diego, CA) is becoming a Hilton property (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2017 OP
The Indivisible resistance group held a rally there two months ago. BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #1
Awesome! SunSeeker Jul 2017 #4
Biggest firetrap on the West Coast Zorro Jul 2017 #2
Is it really? Why? murielm99 Jul 2017 #3
All wood structure Zorro Jul 2017 #5
It's long been a worry. hunter Jul 2017 #6

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
1. The Indivisible resistance group held a rally there two months ago.
Sat Jul 8, 2017, 04:53 PM
Jul 2017

The GOP was holding a convention and we spelled out 2018 on the beach. We marched around the hotel with Final Term Republicans as our theme.

hunter

(38,310 posts)
6. It's long been a worry.
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 10:35 PM
Jul 2017

Thus it was one of the earliest Edison electric light installations on the west coast (eliminating gas lighting), and one of the largest buildings with electric lighting in the world at the time. It was steam heated. (It had it's own power plant.) Fire sprinklers were installed in 1916.

Seismic and structural improvements were made in 2000.

It has modern fire sprinklers and alarm system.

The building has a colorful history from an engineering perspective. I've attended conferences there, but never stayed. It's worth a visit.

My grandma and her sister remembered meeting Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum at the Coronado when they were kids.


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