Tonga Room SF (Not) to be demolished? - General Tiki

C croe67 Tiki Socialite Joined: Jan 05, 2003 Posts: 1202	C croe67 Posted posted on Wed, Mar 9, 2011 6:52 PM On 2011-03-09 18:29, dangergirl299 wrote: I don't see why putting a hotel up for sale is a bad thing. Why not get a new owner who is less financially strapped that will not try to demolish the Tonga Room to make way for a parking garage for unnecessary overpriced condominiums? Unfortunately new owners tend to like new, shiny things. Not old things. Case in point: When The Palmer House Hilton was sold ~5 years ago in Chicago, one of the first things they did was give walking papers to a very old & historic Trader Vic's that we still miss tremendously :( I'm not a negative-nelly type. But I am a realist.

On 2011-03-09 18:29, dangergirl299 wrote:
I don't see why putting a hotel up for sale is a bad thing. Why not get a new owner who is less financially strapped that will not try to demolish the Tonga Room to make way for a parking garage for unnecessary overpriced condominiums?

Unfortunately new owners tend to like new, shiny things. Not old things.

Case in point: When The Palmer House Hilton was sold ~5 years ago in Chicago, one of the first things they did was give walking papers to a very old & historic Trader Vic's that we still miss tremendously :(

I'm not a negative-nelly type.
But I am a realist.

Post #579632 by croe67 on Wed, Mar 9, 2011 6:52 PM