Bets, bath & beyond: MotorCity Casino shows off plush new hotel
The Detroit News got a sneak peak at a model of one of the deluxe rooms that will open this fall at the Ilitch organization's expanded MotorCity Casino Hotel in downtown Detroit.
Additional views can be seen at newly revised MotorCityCasino.com
"It all will be part of the experience of staying at MotorCity Casino's new 400-room hotel, scheduled to open on Nov. 1 as part of its $275 million entertainment complex off the Lodge Freeway at Grand River. The 17-story hotel will feature 359 rooms, plus 41 suites ranging from 700 square feet to 5,000 square feet.
The state-of-the-art rooms will start at $300 a night. The hotel's four-bedroom suite, complete with butler services, is $8,000 a night.
The casino on Thursday showcased a model of its smallest room, a 435-square-foot unit outfitted with a plasma TV and an iPod docking station. The luxury bedding includes 300-thread-count sheets and robes. The marble bathrooms boast a soaking tub and a separate shower area.
"This is a luxury hotel," said Asaad Farag, MotorCity Casino's newly hired vice president of hotel operations. "We're looking for at least a four-star rating. You will have everything you want at this location. There is a lot of pride in this hotel."
Farag said MotorCity sees its complex as a luxury convention facility, one with elegant rooms, spa and fitness services, conference and meeting spaces, restaurants, entertainment venues and 100,000 square feet of gaming space. The complex is being built adjacent to the site where MotorCity opened in 1999 as a temporary casino; that space has been expanded into a permanent gaming facility that opened in June.
He noted that when the hotel was being planned, its owner, Marian Ilitch, vice chairwoman of Ilitch Holdings and wife of Little Caesars Pizza magnate Mike Ilitch, wanted nothing but the best. He said Marian Ilitch even got involved in picking out linens.
"It's high-end quality," Farag said. "We are using 300-count linen. Marian Ilitch said if she uses it in her home, her guests should have it in her hotel. That's the philosophy of this property."
A hotel gaming expert said it's too early to determine whether the MotorCity's room rates will fly in the Detroit market."
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