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Baton Rouge Airport to develop hotel connecting to terminal
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:06 pm
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Baton Rouge airport 'really' needs a hotel with these amenities; proposals being sought
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Baton Rouge Metro Airport is looking for someone to develop a full-service or select-service hotel on one of two tracts of airport property.
The airport has issued a request for proposal to develop one of two 3.4-acre tracts. The minimum requirements are for a 110- to 125-room hotel, affiliated with an upscale or upper-upscale hotel brand. The hotel will have restaurant space, either operated by the hotel or leased to an operator, serving three meals a day. Other amenities, including 3,000 to 4,000 square feet of meeting space, a business center and a fitness center, also are part of the plan.
While there are five hotels near the airport, none of them has a restaurant, said Jim Caldwell, an airport spokesman.
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One of the sites is a parking lot by the airport parking garage. There would be the ability to connect the hotel to the airport terminal by a covered breezeway or a climate controlled overpass. An overpass also could link the hotel to the parking garage. The other site is undeveloped green space, across from the long-term parking lot. The hotel also could be connected to the parking garage via overpass. Baton Rouge Metro is asking for base rent of $30,736 per year for each spot, plus payment of 6% of gross revenue. The minimum guarantee would be no less than $250,000 per year by the third year of operation.
The hotel and restaurant will be in one of these plots:
The new airport leaders believe that the hotel/restaurant will provide valuable amenities to passengers and airline crews at the airport while providing another source of revenue.
The airport has leased parcels to aviation companies within the airport and for industrial/commercial development along Plank Road.
This post was edited on 5/4/19 at 3:09 pm
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Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:10 pm to goofball
quote:WTF?
While there are five hotels near the airport, none of them has a restaurant, said Jim Caldwell, an airport spokesman.
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:11 pm to goofball
How does Gravy feel about this ?
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:12 pm to upgrayedd
I don't think any of them have a full service restaurant (Hilton, Spring Hill, etc).
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:13 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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How does Gravy feel about this ?
The only way he will approve is for a number of rooms to be available for $19.95 per night.
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:13 pm to goofball
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Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:13 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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How does Gravy feel about this ?
The hotel will have a restaurant. I'm guessing he is pumped.
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:13 pm to goofball
I know. I'm saying that justifying building a new hotel because it'll have a restaurant is the definition of grasping at straws to sell this turd of a project.
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:15 pm to upgrayedd
Nothing like spending a lovely evening dining out with the family in Scotlandville
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:15 pm to upgrayedd
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I'm saying that justifying building a new hotel because it'll have a restaurant is the definition of grasping at straws to sell this turd of a project.
I think they are trying to say that the hotels on Howell Place have crime issues and crappy amenities and the airline crews that stay overnight don't like it.
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:16 pm to goofball
Thanks but I will just continue to Uber from my house to NBR airport.
This is not a necessity. This isn't even close to being half of one.
This is not a necessity. This isn't even close to being half of one.
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:16 pm to goofball
If this will help them get Southwest Airlines, I very much support this.
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:17 pm to goofball
With a nice view overlooking the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:19 pm to goofball
I know what they're saying. I'm just annoyed because this will likely cost the taxpayers per usual.
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:19 pm to upgrayedd
While they're at it, let's choose a different option for the restaurant in the BR Airport. Having a WOW Wings as the only option makes no sense. What person traveling on business wants to deal with that service, wait 20 minutes for their food and eat a buffalo smothered fried chicken sandwich...
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:21 pm to tigerforever7
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While they're at it, let's choose a different option for the restaurant in the BR Airport. Having a WOW Wings as the only option makes no sense. What person traveling on business wants to deal with that service, wait 20 minutes for their food and eat a buffalo smothered fried chicken sandwich...
Supposedly it will be a local (fried) seafood restaurant chain.
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:23 pm to tigerforever7
I guarantee that whatever hotel/restaurant they build there will be a complete pile of shite with horrible service. In fact, I'll bet that it's bad enough to where, if given the choice, flight crews will go elsewhere rendering the project yet another BR boondoggle
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:24 pm to goofball
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Supposedly it will be a local (fried) seafood restaurant chain.
Welp, that'll be the kiss of death
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:28 pm to goofball
Good for them. The airport can use that and maybe some more long term parking.
This post was edited on 5/4/19 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 5/4/19 at 3:28 pm to upgrayedd
We need to target a larger, chain restaurant with better quality control. For example like a Panera Bread. While it won't have as high of quality as other Panera's, a large chain like that with standards will maintain better quality control. This sounds like a stupid point but it's a step we can take towards improving efficiency of the airport.
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