The Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel is a skyscraper hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 1201 René Lévesque Boulevard West in downtown Montreal, between Stanley Street and Drummond Street.
| Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Hotel |
| Architectural style | Modernism |
| Address | 1201, boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest Montreal, Quebec H3B 2L7 |
| Coordinates | 45°29′52″N 73°34′17″W / 45.49778°N 73.57139°W |
| Completed | 1982 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 117.6 metres (386 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 38 |
| Lifts/elevators | 13 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Arcop |
| Website | |
| www | |
| References | |
| [1][2] | |
Le Centre Sheraton has 825 rooms and stands 118 metres (387 ft) tall with 38 floors. It was built by Arcop and was completed in 1982.[1]
History
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The hotel was planned to open in time for the 1976 Olympics as the world's largest Holiday Inn.[3] However, the project suffered from cost overruns to the tune of $81 million. Construction took eight years and a different hotel chain opened the building. The mayor of Montreal officially opened the building in May 1982.[4]
Baseball Hall of Fame member Don Drysdale died in room 2518 on July 3, 1993.[5] It hosted a meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors on October 24–25, 2000.[6] It also hosted Wikimania 2017, attended by Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn and 914 others.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Le Centre Sheraton Hotel". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 112389". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Quig, James (13 February 1982). "Hotel Opener: Georges does it again". Montréal Gazette.
- ^ "Montreal welcomes its newest hotel". Montréal Gazette. 7 May 1982.
- ^ SPRINGER, STEVE (1997-08-08). "There's Room for Memories of Drysdale in Montreal". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ^ "MINISTER OF FINANCE ANNOUNCES VENUE FOR G-20 MINISTERIAL IN MONTREAL". AsiaPulse News. September 14, 2000. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ "Wikipedia founder kicks off Montreal Wikimania by urging net neutrality". August 11, 2017. Archived from the original on August 15, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
- ^ "Wikipedia conference comes to Montreal for first time". Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
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