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Treklanta 2019 was held on Memorial Day Weekend, May 24–26, at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center. The convention hosted the 2019 STARFLEET International Region 2 Summit and included two full tracks of programming devoted to Star Trek and one full track devoted to the Region 2 Summit.
The Equitable Building, completed in 1892, is generally regarded as the first high-rise in the city. [3] Atlanta went through a major building boom from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, during which the city saw the completion of 13 of its 40 tallest buildings, including the Bank of America Plaza, Truist Plaza, One Atlantic Center, and 191 Peachtree Tower.
Part of Peachtree Center. [13] Atlanta Marriott Marquis: 1985 John C. Portman Jr. Largest hotel in Atlanta. Part of Peachtree Center. [46] Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead: 1990 25-story hotel in Buckhead. Originally built as the Hotel Nikko Atlanta and owned by Nikko Hotels. [47] Purchased by Hyatt in 1997. [48] Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta: 1992
The seating capacity for basketball games at the Marriott Center is officially 17,978. It is the largest basketball arena in the Big 12 Conference and is among the largest on-campus basketball arenas in the nation. In addition to basketball, the Marriott Center is used for weekly campus devotionals and forums.
The JW Marriott brand was established in 1984, ... JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead Atlanta: United States 1988 ... JW Marriott Marquis City Center Doha Doha: Qatar 2019 ...
Before changing its name and handing over the management of the hotels to Marriott, Ryman Hospitality was named Gaylord Entertainment Company. [2] Until the Nashville hotel's 1996 expansion to almost 3,000 rooms and subsequent announcement of a future Opryland Hotel Florida, the hospitality group was a modest division of the Opryland USA properties of Gaylord Entertainment.
Peachtree Center is a district located in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the structures that make up the district were designed by Atlanta architect John C. Portman Jr. A defining feature of the Peachtree Center is a network of enclosed pedestrian sky bridges suspended above the street-level, which have garnered criticism for discouraging ...
In March 1995, Marriott International, which franchised and managed over 325,000 rooms, bought a 49% stake in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. [22] Blackstone Real Estate Acquisitions bought The Ritz-Carlton Boston at auction for $75 million in February 1998. A month later, Marriott International acquired the hotel from Blackstone for $100 million.