Le Centre Sheraton Hotel
Hotel building in Montreal, Quebec
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The Le Centre Sheraton Montreal 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 Montreal Hotel | |
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General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Hotel |
Architectural style | Modernism |
| Location | 1201, boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest Montreal, Quebec H3B 2L7 |
| Coordinates | 45°29′52″N 73°34′17″W |
Completed | 1982 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 117.6 metres (386 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 38 |
| Lifts/elevators | 13 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Arcop |
| Website | |
| www | |
| References | |
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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
The hotel was planned to open in time for the 1976 Summer Olympics as the world's largest Holiday Inn.[3] As with a number of Montreal Olympic-era projects, the project suffered from cost overruns to the tune of $81 million. Construction took eight years, with Holiday Inn backing out and Sheraton Hotels and Resorts becoming the project's backer. Mayor of Montreal Jean Drapeau officially opened the building in May 1982.[4]
Baseball Hall of Fame member and Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Don Drysdale died in room 2518 on July 3, 1993 of a heart attack; he was discovered in his room during a welfare check after the team discovered he had not made it to Olympic Stadium for that day's game against the Expos.[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]
