Hard Rock Hotel will offer guests ‘rock star experience,’ county convention group says
Rebranding the hotel formerly occupied by the Radisson Hotel to become a Hard Rock Hotel “will breathe new life into the hotel attached to the Dayton Convention Center and will offer a rock star experience to our guests, the executive director/CEO of the Montgomery County Convention Facilities Authority said Friday night in a prepared statement.
“The MCCFA and business leaders are looking forward to continued collaboration with [Radisson owners] LW Dayton LLC, Lockwood Development Partners LLC and are excited to support the implementation of the Hard Rock Hotels brand, said Pam Plageman, MCCFA executive director/CEO.
“We understand there is much work to do to get to the finish line here, but the announcement is encouraging, aligns with the Dayton Convention Center renovation/investment, and the quality of headquarter hotel that is expected by planners and our local community,” she said.
A Hard Rock Hotel is slated to move into the space formerly occupied by the Radisson - Crown Plaza on Fifth Street - in downtown Dayton.
Sandy Gudorf, Downtown Dayton Partnership president, confirmed to News Center 7′s Brandon Lewis on Friday afternoon that the Radisson’s ownership group -- LW Dayton LLC and its affiliate Lockwood Development Partners LLC -- has signed an agreement to change the branding to a Hard Rock Hotel.
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The timeline for the completion of renovations and other parts of the project are still in pre-development.
“It will be great for convention business,” Gudorf said. “It will be a destination hotel for visitors into our community so when we have more people staying in our hotels then they also eat in our restaurants, drink in our brew pubs, shop in our retail shops.”
The 13-story Radisson Hotel Dayton Convention Center, the city’s largest hotel an 8-minute walk from the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, was temporarily closed Oct. 31 to for “significant renovations,” partnership officials said.
There are 16 Hard Rock Hotels throughout the United States; Most are connected to casinos.
