Omni Dallas Hotel
The Omni Dallas Hotel is a 23-story, 1001-room hotel at the Convention Center District in Dallas, Texas.[1] The $500 million hotel is owned by the City of Dallas, managed by Omni Hotels & Resorts and is attached directly to the Dallas Convention Center. Visitdallas is contracted by the City to attract conventions to the Dallas Convention Center and increase tourism to fill rooms at the Omni Dallas Hotel although serious doubts about its effectiveness were raised in January 2019 after the release of an audit.[2]
History
The Omni Dallas Hotel was originally announced in February 2009. On June 19, 2009, the Dallas City Council approved an ordinance to authorize the sale of $514 million in Build America Bonds to finance the construction of the hotel, which was built to generate revenue for the adjacent Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.[3][4] Groundbreaking occurred on September 15, 2009.[5] The building was topped out on October 21, 2010.[6] The hotel formally opened on November 11, 2011.
Description
The building is notable for its LED lighting on the exterior facade. The building is covered in more than 2,200 protective tubes, each of which houses three 3-foot-long LED fixtures. Altogether, the strips measure about 4 miles long.[7] The LEDs are occasionally programmed to display dynamic lighting patterns - from a Jawbreaker maze to advertisements for the Dallas Cowboys. The lights are programmed to run during two intervals, once from sunset to 2 a.m. and again from 5:30 a.m. to sunrise. The colors and lighting are sometimes coordinated with the lighting of the nearby Bank of America Plaza.[8]
The hotel features several restaurants and bars along with a gift shop offering products from local artists.
References
- ^ "Omni Dallas Hotel Outlines Sustainability Plans" (Press release). Omni Hotels & Resorts. April 19, 2011. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- ^ "Audit of VisitDallas" (PDF). City of Dallas. City of Dallas. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- ^ Press Release (June 19, 2009). "Dallas City Council Approves Ordinance to Authorize Sale of Bonds to Build Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel". Omni Hotels & Resorts. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ^ Wilonsky, Robert (January 21, 2014). "With $659 million in debt service, downtown's Omni Hotel likely to remain Dallas-owned for years". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ^ Austin, BJ (September 15, 2009). "Dallas Groundbreaking Launches Convention Center Hotel". KERA. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- ^ Merten, Sam (October 22, 2010). "At Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel's Topping Out Ceremony, Mayor Leppert Declares: "This Isn't the Dallas of J.R. Anymore"". Unfair Park. Dallas Observer. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- ^ Cirelli, Mike. "Bright lights, big city". Dallas Morning News. Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Nielson, Christiana (July 2016). "How Downtown Dallas Buildings Light Up Your Life". D Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
External links
- Omni Dallas Hotel at Omni Hotels & Resorts
- Dallas Convention Center Headquarters Hotel at City of Dallas official website
- Omni Dallas' Spectacular LED Light Display
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- Arts District
- City Center District
- Convention Center District
- Farmers Market District
- Government District
- Main Street District
- Reunion District
- West End Historic District
- Dallas Downtown Historic District
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and complexes
- 1600 Pacific Tower (LTV Tower) (Hilton Garden Inn)
- 1700 Pacific
- 2100 Ross Avenue
- Adolphus Hotel
- Bank of America Plaza
- Bryan Tower
- Chase Tower
- Comerica Bank Tower
- Corrigan Tower
- Dallas Hilton (Hotel Indigo)
- Davis Building
- Energy Plaza
- First National Bank Tower
- Fountain Place
- Hyatt Regency Dallas
- The Joule Hotel
- Kirby Building
- KPMG Centre
- Magnolia Hotel
- Mercantile Commerce Building (AC Hotel; Residence Inn)
- Mercantile Continental Building
- Mercantile National Bank Building
- Museum Tower
- Omni Dallas Hotel
- One Arts Plaza
- One Dallas Center
- One Main Place (Westin Hotel)
- Pacific Place
- Plaza of the Americas
- Renaissance Tower
- Republic Center
- Reunion Tower
- Ross Tower
- Salazar Center
- Santa Fe Terminal Complex
- Sheraton Dallas Hotel
- Statler Hotel & Residences
- Thanksgiving Tower
- Tower Petroleum Building (Cambria Hotel Dallas)
- Trammell Crow Center
- Whitacre Tower
buildings
- Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe
- Fellowship Church
- First Baptist Church
- First Presbyterian Church of Dallas
- First United Methodist Church
- St. Jude Chapel
- St. Paul United Methodist Church
landmarks
- AT&T Performing Arts Center
- Butler Brothers Building
- Citywalk@Akard
- Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse
- Dallas City Hall
- Dallas County Courthouse (Old Red)
- Dawson State Jail (closed)
- Dallas Farmers Market
- Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
- Dallas Municipal Building
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Dallas Pedestrian Network
- Dallas Scottish Rite Temple
- Dallas World Aquarium
- Dal-Tex Building
- Dealey Plaza
- Fairmont Hotel Dallas
- Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial
- Majestic Theatre
- Manor House Apartments
- Mayflower Building
- Moody Performance Hall
- Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
- Nasher Sculpture Center
- Neiman Marcus Building
- Old Dallas Central Library (The Dallas Morning News)
- Pioneer Plaza
- Pioneer Park Cemetery
- Sanger Harris Building (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
- Texas School Book Depository (Dallas County Administration Building)
- Thanks-Giving Square
- Titche–Goettinger Building
- Wilson Building
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