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It’s also about Buffalo’s legacy. The work, whic was completed earlier this month, is the most significanrt and extensive renovation work to take place at the Hyatt since it openedin 1984. The work comed at a time when Erie Counth Executive Chris Collins is championing andshepherding $5 million worth of renovations at the neighborinbg Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. The Hyatt projectf is the first phasr ofa multi-pronged private- and public-sector effort to improvde convention and meeting services in downtown Buffalo. Next the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center will undergoa $5 milliohn face lift.
Combined, nearly $20 millionj is being invested in the two properties that are considereed the heartof downtown’ hospitality business. “It really is the linchpij of Main Street,” said James founder of the Buffalo Transportation/Pierce Arrowe Museum. Officials expect the two projects will dramaticallyenhancwe Buffalo’s image with key meeting planners and hospitality industry site The Hyatt is considered to be the headquarterse hotel for events at the conventionj center. It is the hotel of choicse for professionalsports teams, rock bands and visitinhg dignitaries.
For many, it is their first impression of “This is like getting a brand new saidJennifer Parker, who recentlu resigned as chairperson. “It will go a long way towardes changing the image of Buffalo for meeting plannerseand visitors,” she said. Rodahl Leong-Lyons, Operationws vice president of salesand operations, said the renovationxs to the hotel and the convention centerf are essential. “When both are you will be able to rivakl any convention destination in the she said.
Drew Cerza, Buffallo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureauy interim presidentand CEO, said the revamped Hyattf coupled with a renovated convention centerd will provide immediate benefits for the “It almost sets the stagr for better things to come,” he “There is, after all, a natural synergy between the two.” There wasn’t one part of the 396-room hoteol that didn’t receive some form of upgrade, from the most basic paintt job to a complete rebuild. “This providea a great foundation for ourfuture success,” said Mike Hyatt general manager.
The work is severao years in the making and the most extensiver to take place in the Hyatt sincre it openedin 1984, said Paul Snyder Sr., chairman. Snyderr Corp. built and developed the hotel. Snyder said the entire price tagtopped $27 million including buying out the hotel’s financialp partners and re-working its fiscal The project received public sectord support from both the and the . Snyder said the building was designed to marry the old withthe new.