re: Times Square Hilton Hotel to &quot;permantly close&quot;

Posted by au1331

Member since Jun 2020

220 posts

Posted on 9/11/20 at 8:53 am to OceanMan

we'll leave the light on for you

Posted by oogabooga68

Member since Nov 2018

27194 posts

Posted on 9/11/20 at 8:54 am to Lawyered

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Sucks there are no other options around to stay at

That's your moronic takeaway from this?

Oooops, sorry, saw the username...didn't realize you were "special"....

Posted by PsychTiger

Member since Jul 2004

99659 posts

Posted on 9/11/20 at 9:14 am to DavidTheGnome

quote:
Times Square Marriott Marquis

I liked the revolving bar at the top of it. Good spot to grab a beer and get a 360 degree view of the city.

Posted by beachdude

Member since Nov 2008

5697 posts

Posted on 9/11/20 at 9:16 am to SEC7070

Times Square is about the most awful place to stay in all of Manhattan.

Posted by Fun Bunch

New Orleans

Member since May 2008

116898 posts

Posted on 9/11/20 at 9:19 am to SEC7070

I mean...another major chain will just purchase it and open up a similar hotel there, or Hilton will do it under one of their other chain names. Its a hotel that is always packed, and all of this will end eventually.

I personally would never stay at a hotel near Times Square but whatevs.

Posted by Sull

Benton, LA

Member since Aug 2006

3326 posts

Posted on 9/11/20 at 9:19 am to beachdude

"Big Apple - don't bite the maggots"

Posted by steadytiger

Member since Jan 2007

2756 posts

Posted on 9/11/20 at 9:27 am to Fun Bunch

The financial heads at Hilton must be looking at large drops in NYC real estate.. Get out while the getting is good. High labor costs,mtaxes, crime, etc.

Posted by OceanMan

Member since Mar 2010

20083 posts

Posted on 9/11/20 at 9:33 am to Wally Sparks

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That's...a pretty damn big reason.

You don’t think it is outweighed by the aesthetic preferences of davidthegnome?

Posted by Dr E Coli

Member since Apr 2018

1177 posts

Posted on 9/11/20 at 9:38 am to steadytiger

First time in NYC during summer of 2019. A hotel employee told me that NYC had a law that any vacant room in any hotel had to be used to house a homeless person until the vacancy could be filled with a paying customer. I didn't research this information; however, if true, there shouldn't be any homeless people on the street considering tourism is down in NYC.

This post was edited on 9/11/20 at 9:39 am

Posted by BamaTide1958

Columbia, Tn.

Member since Nov 2019

743 posts

Posted on 9/11/20 at 9:39 am to GeauxTrain

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It will become a public housing project. Mark this post.

Yep it will be a flop house for losers. A microcosm of what dems want for the whole country.

Posted by redfish99

B.R.

Member since Aug 2007

16612 posts

Posted on 9/11/20 at 9:39 am to SEC7070

Very nice reasonably priced hotel in great area. Home base for my last 3 trips

Posted by caliegeaux

Member since Aug 2004

10264 posts

Posted on 9/11/20 at 9:40 am to PsychTiger

Had 2 old fashions there just prior to heading down and actually meeting/taking pictures with joe as he entered the Sony theatre for the Heisman.

Shook hands with Marcus Allen, Justin fields and Jalen Hurst.

Immediately walked 11’ish blocks or so down to the Legends to watch the ceremony in an all LSU packed sports bar in Manhattan. An insanely bizarre, incredible night.