MINNEAPOLIS
Every few years, talk surfaces about building a giant hotel next to the Minneapolis Convention Center—and this year is no exception.
Hennepin County has hired a local firm to study the feasibility of building a 1,000-room hotel on the 2.6-acre site that is now home to the Century Plaza office building. If built, the hotel would usurp the nearby Hilton Minneapolis, which has 821 rooms, as the largest hotel in the downtown core.
The Century Plaza building is across from the Convention Center and has long been eyed as a possible site for a hotel. Previous studies have estimated that such a project's cost could top $300 million.
"The study will help us determine the best use of the property, and offer us some guidance for the site," said Hennepin County Administrator Richard Johnson.
Courtesy of The Star Tribune
