Le Centre Sheraton Hotel
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeHotel
Architectural styleModernism
Address1201, boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest
Montreal, Quebec
H3B 2L7
Coordinates45°29′52″N 73°34′17″W / 45.49778°N 73.57139°W / 45.49778; -73.57139
Completed1982
Height
Roof117.6 metres (386 ft)
Technical details
Floor count38
Lifts/elevators13
Design and construction
Architect(s)Arcop
Website
www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/yulsi-le-centre-sheraton-montreal-hotel/overview/
References
[1][2]

Le Centre Sheraton 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 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

Le Café Bar in the lobby area of Le Centre Sheraton Hotel in Montreal

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

  1. 1 2 "Le Centre Sheraton Hotel". SkyscraperPage.
  2. ↑ "Emporis building ID 112389". Emporis. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019.
  3. ↑ Quig, James (13 February 1982). "Hotel Opener: Georges does it again". Montréal Gazette.
  4. ↑ "Montreal welcomes its newest hotel". Montréal Gazette. 7 May 1982.
  5. ↑ SPRINGER, STEVE (1997-08-08). "There's Room for Memories of Drysdale in Montreal". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  6. ↑ "MINISTER OF FINANCE ANNOUNCES VENUE FOR G-20 MINISTERIAL IN MONTREAL". AsiaPulse News. September 14, 2000. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Wikipedia conference comes to Montreal for first time". Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
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