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Posted: August 27, 2008

Downtown Marriott opens in Raleigh

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Raleigh, N.C. — Four weeks after its unofficial opening, the Raleigh Marriott City Center held its grand opening Wednesday, kicking off weeks of celebration downtown.

The adjacent convention center will hold its grand opening next Friday as part of the Raleigh Wide Open event.

"Four years ago, we set out to determine the lasting future of our city's downtown core, and as a result of an enormous amount of passion and commitment, today we celebrate the completion of an important anchor for that vision," Mayor Charles Meeker said in a statement. "The Raleigh Marriott City Center is a perfect example of how the public and private sectors can work together to realize goals of great significance to our community."

The 16-story hotel features 400 rooms, including 20 suites, and more than 15,000 square feet of meeting space, including a 9,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom.

RELATED TOPICS: Charles Meeker, Raleigh

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The floor isn't white. It's very nice inside and great investment by the city.
bppack
August 29, 2008 8:53 a.m.
Not many people going to pay 250.00 a night. Even if they attend the convention center-- they will look for a cheaper place to stay. Their travel allocation would not allow them that much per night. They find a cheaper hotel and catch a taxi downtown. The mayor is in his ivory tower. Downtown is dead to the local citizens and he should admit it. They would have increased traffic more had they built a super wal-mart.
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August 28, 2008 12:41 p.m.
What exactly makes this place a 4 star hotel? the footage and entrance are underwhelming.

And $250 a night? How are the PE teachers going to be able to afford staying there for 4 nights? What PE teacher has a $1,000 to blow on a hotel room? A pal of mine who deals in conventions have described a majority of the bookings in Raleigh as "Brown Bag Specials." Times are tough and somehow we're expecting the Money Gods to fly into RDU and toss cash around like PacMan Jones.
foetine
August 28, 2008 9:27 a.m.
Ugliest downtown hotel in the last decade.
Click to view my profile chivegas
August 28, 2008 9:07 a.m.
The outside isn't anything spectacular, but there is definitely worse out there. The inside is quite nice. I went to it last week to have some drinks in the bar. I found it to be a very nice Marriot. Maybe you should venture out to it and seeing it in person, before basing it on some not so great pictures.
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August 28, 2008 8:45 a.m.
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