Oklahoma City ta Skirvin Hilton otal a cikin shekaru

Mai otal din Dan W. James, kamar Bill Skirvin da ke gabansa, bai tsaya kan nasarorin da ya gabata ba. A cikin 1959, an kara wurin wanka a gefen arewacin otal din, kuma bayan shekara guda ya gina wurin hutawa na huɗu kusa da wurin waha. Duk da irin wannan kokarin na zamanantar da kadarorin sa, James da sauran masu gudanar da otal din suna fuskantar faduwar garin. Farawa daga 1959, ana gina sababbin kantunan kasuwannin bayan gari kowane yearsan shekaru, suna jan masu sayayya daga cikin gari. Wani mahimmin abin da ya kawo koma baya a cikin tsakiyar birni shi ne sabon zamanin jigilar motoci, wanda ya mai da hankali daga layin dogo da titunan titi zuwa motocin safa da motoci. Titunan birni, waɗanda aka tsara don zirga-zirgar matafiya da iyakantaccen amfani da mota, sun cika cunkoson don cunkoson ababen hawa, yayin da iyakantaccen sarari ya hana filin ajiye motoci dace.

A cikin 1963, kamar dai yadda matsalolin da ke fuskantar cikin garin Oklahoma City ke ta ƙaruwa, James ya sanar da cewa ya sayar da Skirvin ga ƙungiyar masu saka jari daga Chicago. Kodayake wannan haɗin gwiwar ya ƙara ɗakin liyafa na $ 250,000 a otal ɗin kuma ya yi manyan tsare-tsare don haɓaka duka Skirvin Hotel da Hasumiyar, sun sayar da kadarorin ga HT Griffin a 1968.

Griffin, wanda ya yi niyyar gina Hasumiyar Liberty Tower a kudu da otal din, ya gabatar da wani shiri na shekaru biyu da aka yi niyyar sabunta Skirvin da kuma juyawa ficewa daga cikin garin Oklahoma City. Tare da saka hannun jari na dala miliyan biyu da rabi, ya sake kawata Sun Suite, ya ƙara sabon gidan abinci, ya maye gurbin dukkan madaurin tagar da falmaran masu launin tagulla, ya maye gurbin duk kayan daki, ya ƙara kayan talabijin masu launi iri daban-daban a kowane daki, kuma ya sake fasalin zauren, girki da kofi. shago.

Duk da wannan babban jarin, Griffin ya sami matsaloli. Ginin sabunta birane yana aiki yayin ƙarshen 1960s, yana ƙara cunkoson ababen hawa da kuma hana motsi cikin gari. Ratesididdigar kuɗi ya ƙi, ya kai nadir na kashi 32 kawai a cikin 1969, lokacin da zama na kashi 70 cikin 1968 ya zama dole don biyan kuɗin aiki da fitattun rancen banki. A cikin 1969, otal din ya sami riba kaɗan, amma a cikin 1971 da kuma a cikin 1971 Skirvin ya yi asara. Haɗe tare da saka hannun jari mai yawa a cikin Hasumiyar Liberty, mummunan rarar kuɗin ya tilasta Griffin cikin fatarar kuɗi a ƙarshen XNUMX.

A wannan mawuyacin lokaci a cikin tarihin da aka shahara, an sanya Skirvin a hannun amintacce, Stanton L. Young, wanda ya karɓi kuɗi don ayyuka kuma ya nemi hanyar biyan bashi kuma ya mayar da otal ɗin zuwa tsohuwar martabarta. Shekara guda bayan haka, Young yayi shawarwari don siyar da Skirvin Hotel ga CLE Corporation, wani kamfani na Texas wanda ya riga ya mallaki kuma ya sarrafa jerin otal-otal a duk faɗin ƙasar. Farashin sayayya ya kusan dala miliyan 2.

A ƙarshen 1972, sabon mai shi ya sanar da cewa za a canza sunan otal din zuwa "Skirvin Plaza Hotel" kuma ya yi alƙawarin saka dala miliyan 2.3 a cikin yaƙin neman zaɓe na gaba ɗaya - adadi wanda zai ƙaru zuwa dala miliyan 8 kafin 1974. Mafi yawan aikin gyaran fuska ne a waje, kamar su kwalliyar turmi, share bulo, da maye gurbin tsofaffin rumfa. Kowane ɗakin baƙi ya lalace kuma an sake gyara shi a cikin ɗayan salon daban-daban guda takwas kuma an shigar da duk sabbin bututu da wayoyi na lantarki.

Wahala daga zama a ciki duk da saka hannun jari, Kamfanin CLE a 1977 ya sayar da Skirvin ga Kamfanin Assurance na Businessan Kasuwa. Sauran kyawawan otal-otal ɗin, kamar su Huckins, Biltmore, Tower da Black, tuni an yi watsi da su, an rusa su, ko kuma canza su zuwa ofis.

Rayuwar Skirvin, wacce take rataye a cikin mizani na shekaru 16 da suka gabata, ta sami sabuwar dama a cikin 1979 lokacin da ƙaramin rukuni na masu saka hannun jari suka gane mahimmancin otal ɗin. Tare da bangaskiya kamar Bill Skirvin, sabbin masu saka hannun jari sun sayi otal ɗin akan rahoton dala miliyan 5.6. Tare da haɗin albarkatu da hazaka na masu saka jari Ron Burks, Bill Jennings, John Kilpatrick, Jr., Bob Lammerts, Jerry Richardson, Dub Ross da Joe Dann Trigg, masu saka hannun jari na Skirvin Plaza sun tunkari sabon ƙalubalen nasu da zafin rai.

Tare da sadaukar da dala miliyan 1, masu saka hannun jari sun gudanar da yakin neman gyara mai yawa. A zauren, ma'aikata sun cire wani matakalar da aka kara don sake dawo da buɗewar ƙirar ta asali. Bayan haka, yayin rusa sauran ƙari, ma'aikata sun sami wata babbar hanyar baka ta katako, wanda ya zama sifa don ƙirar sauran baka da katako. A saman bangon da aka sabunta, an sake sake bangon bango kuma an girka manyan katako da aka shigo da su daga Czechoslovakia. Skirvin, bayan shan wahala na shekaru ashirin na ƙi, ya sake samun wata dama.

A cikin 1980, makomar Skirvin kamar ta tabbata. Gyaran cikin gida ya kusan kammala kuma al'amuran sun gudana a kusa da Skirvin wanda zai jawo hankalin sabbin baƙi. Sabunta birane, wanda ya ɗan ragu a tsakiyar shekarun 1970, ya sami sabon ƙarfi lokacin da mai haɓaka daga Dallas ya fara aiki a kan Galleria, babban shagon da aka yi alkawarinsa na dogon lokaci da kuma ofis ɗin da ke kusa da yamma da kudancin Skirvin.

Wani sabon gagarumin ci gaban da aka samu a cikin gari shine adana manyan gine-ginen tarihi na cikin birni. Sakamakon wadatar wadata, karfafa haraji, da karuwar bukatar sararin ofis, masu saka hannun jari sun sayi kuma sun gyara gine-gine kamar su Colcord Hotel, da Harbor-Longmire, da Black Hotel, da Montgomery Ward, da kuma Ginin Mai da Gas. Wannan gyaran fuskar ya sanya sabuwar rayuwa a cikin garin na tsakiya.

Mahimmancin Otal din Skirvin a cikin tarihin Oklahoma an amince da shi a hukumance a ƙarshen 1980 lokacin da Gwamna George Nigh ya bayyana wasu alamu biyu. Plaaya daga cikin alƙallan da aka zaba hada otal ɗin a cikin Rajistar isterasa ta Wuraren Tarihi; ɗayan ya ba da alamar irin wannan girmamawa daga Oklahoma City Tarihin Adana Tarihi da markasa Alamar.

Koyaya, Skirvin ya faɗo cikin fatarar kuɗi kuma ya rufe a cikin 1988 kuma ya zauna fanko har zuwa 2007 lokacin da Marcus Hotels da Resorts suka sami shi wanda ya aiwatar da gyaran dala miliyan 55. A ranar haihuwar sa ta 100th, otal din ya sake buɗewa a matsayin Skirvin Hilton Hotel kuma ya sami darajar AAA Four Diamond kowace shekara tun.

“Muna farin cikin yin bikin cikar shekaru 100 da tsohon otal otal a jihar Oklahoma. Skirvin Hilton babban otal ne a cikin al'adar manyan otal-otal, kuma shi ne karo na hudu da aka maido mana da tarihi, "in ji Bill Otto, shugaban Marcus Hotels & Resorts. “Yayinda muke kiyaye bayanan tarihinta a hankali, mun gyara kayan kwata-kwata kuma muka gabatar da dabarun cin abinci na cin nasara, gami da Park Avenue Grill da Red Piano Bar. Muna alfahari da kasancewa wani bangare na wannan biki - kuma muna alfahari da ci gaba da gabatar da ayyuka na musamman ga bakinmu na Oklahoma City. ”

Aikin ya ba da gogewar Marcus Hotels shekaru 50 na dawo da manyan otal-otal. Martin Van Der Laan, babban manajan kamfanin ya ce, “An dauki Skirvin Hilton a matsayin babban kambin garin a cikin shekaru masu wahala da sake haihuwa a cikin garin Oklahoma City a shekara ta 2006. A yau otal din ya zama babban marubucin tarihin garin kuma ya kasance wani muhimmin yanki na garin da ya gabata da kuma nan gaba ”.

Otal din Skirvin Hilton memba ne na otal din otal din Tarihi na Amurka, shirin hukuma ne na National Trust for Adana Tarihi.

* Don samun cikakken tarihin otal din Skirvin Hilton, duba “Skirvin” wanda Jack Money da Steve Lackmeyer, Full Circle Press, Oklahoma City, 2007 suka shirya kuma aka rubuta su sosai.

Marubucin, Stanley Turkel, mashahurin masani ne kuma mai ba da shawara a masana'antar otal. Yana aiki a otal dinsa, karimci da kuma aikin ba da shawara da ke ƙwarewa a cikin sarrafa kadara, duba ayyukan aiki da tasirin yarjeniyoyin mallakar otal da ayyukan bayar da tallafi na shari'a. Abokan ciniki sune masu mallakar otal, masu saka jari da cibiyoyin bada lamuni.

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