I am sure FIRST/Experiant is going to be notifying everyone, but if you booked rooms at the Edward Hotel and Convention Center they are no longer valid as the hotel has been condemned! You can read all about it here. As a consolation, they offered me rooms at the Greektown Hotel & Casino, which is actually closer but more money. So anyway–now you know!
Is the new Shinola Hotel on the list? Just opened this week. Starts at $195 per night, though.
No. They did substitute the condemned hotel with the Greektown Hotel & Casino…for more money though. $204/night. Nothing like having high school kids staying at a casino!
Found a better article on what happened:
Basically it fell into disrepair, failed inspection, and the owner chose to do nothing… Everything is fixable, but I wouldn’t bet that it will be open by April.
We stayed there last year. You could tell they were struggling when we were there. Rooms boarded up and electrical issues.
Also they incorrectly billed us and it took lots of phone calls to get them to fix it.
It sucks but it is probably for the best until they can get it fixed up again.