exactly, plus with this downtown now has its first - true extended stay hotel.

Residence Inns are supposedly extended stay but usually those are the suburban locations, downtown ones are HARDLY the same: see the upscale one we have now. ...

This new hotel will bring in another price range for people, which is needed. Downtown can't be all upscale and full-service, you need boutique and you also need extended stay!

So, let me take a stab on the room count downtown:

Candlewood Suites = 125 rooms (extended stay, 3 star?) *
Colcord Hotel = 150 rooms (all upscale/boutique, 4.5 star)
Courtyard Hotel = 250 rooms (all upscale and urban/hip, 4 star)
Hampton Inn and Suites = 250 rooms (upscale, urban 3 star) *
Hilton Skirvin Hotel = 225 rooms (all full-upscale 5 star)
Holiday Inn Express = 150 rooms (budget hotel, 3 star) *
Renaissance Hotel = 311 rooms (all upscale, convention 4.5 star)
Residence Inn = 150 rooms (upscale, business "extended stay" 3 star)
Sheraton Hotel = 395 rooms (upscale, business, and convention, 3.5 star)

= 2006 rooms Downtown.

* indicates hotels either u/c or approved

Need I say, we still need more hotels; like some heavy hitters (>500 rooms). Honestly, I think we low-balled the Renaissance hotel; it should ahve been at least 20 storeys which would have given us at least 415 rooms (which sounds more like a 'convention hotel'). I think Courtyard hotel is low-balled also; it should have been 12 storeys at least instead of 8 (which would give 375 rooms). That's 230 additional rooms and alone would put us over 2250 rooms.

I think we need to shoot for 3000 rooms total complete, u/c, and approved by 2010, and 5000 rooms by 2015.

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