[PRCo] Re: Pen's get new luxury hotel

[Schneider Fred]

Another new hotel is needed?   And the Hilton is broke.

By the way, 135 rooms is a small facility.   You want to make a  
comparison, Motel 6 down in Washington has 102 rooms.    The Hilton  
in Pittsburgh has over 700 rooms.   We're talking a press release;  
not a significant investment.


On Dec 17, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Jerry MATT Matsick wrote:

> Perhaps the stir of new Center Avenue area Hotel will convince the  
> city to put a new street car line in?
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> Video: Pens Announce Luxury Hotel DealPenguins' Hotel Deal Near  
> Arena Gets OKReshaping Of Uptown Pittsburgh, Hill District Continues
> UPDATED: 7:46 am EST December 17, 2008
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> PITTSBURGH -- Plans to build a luxury hotel near the Pittsburgh  
> Penguins' new arena were approved Tuesday by the city's Planning  
> Commission.
> The hotel will be built next to Consol Energy Center, which is  
> under construction across the street from Mellon Arena. It's the  
> first major development in the new arena agreement between the Pens  
> and Horizons Property Group.
> "We're very excited about it. It's the first step in the arena  
> being a revitalization for the entire region. We're excited that  
> we're moving forward this quickly," Pens president David Morehouse  
> said in October, when the deal was announced.
> The Penguins' letter of intent for the project calls for 135 rooms,  
> a full-service restaurant, a barista bar and conference facilities.
> "This hotel will create jobs. it's one of the things that we talked  
> about when we were talking to the community and the public  
> officials. This will create jobs, will create an expanded tax base.  
> The next step for us will be the Fifth Avenue retail space that  
> will be built into the arena," said Morehouse.
> The team hopes to bring a new look to downtown Pittsburgh along  
> Centre Avenue by the start of the 2010-2011 hockey season.
> "It calls for a reconnection of the uptown area with downtown and,  
> doing so, reconnecting the hill with downtown Pittsburgh,"  
> Morehouse said.
> So far, there's no word on which chain will operate the new hotel.
> Joe McGrath, of Visit Pittsburgh, said the city still needs a mega- 
> hotel linked to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center to compete  
> for national conventions.
> "A headquarters hotel that matches the size and demand of that  
> convention center -- Pittsburgh still needs that," McGrath said.
> Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato said the city hasn't  
> given up on the idea of a larger hotel near the convention center,  
> and will be seeking a new round of proposals for such a project.
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> From: Jerry "Matt" Matsick
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> AGING: Eventually you will reach a point when you
> stop lying about your age and start Bragging
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>> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, John Swindler wrote:
>>> p.s.  we only had two empty seats last night on the 38 seat bus  
>>> assigned to Hershey run.  We were in the mid-20s last year at  
>>> this time.  We peaked at three standees last summer.  I think  
>>> Joshua rides PAT.  If so, what has been your
>> experience???  Who else actually rides transit daily??
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>> He moved east, so you'll have to ask him about SEPTA.
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>> Current observations from me lack full meaning since Pitt and CMU  
>> are now
>> on break; Ridership has been dropping on the lines I ride over the  
>> last
>> few weeks because finals have different/fewer demands on students'  
>> time on
>> campus
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