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Old Jul 23, 2018 | 9:40 pm
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Originally Posted by hockeyinsider
I don't know where the Moana Surfrider could expand. It is already over-capacity. It really should be split into two hotels: the old heritage sections being one hotel and the old Surfrider tower being its own hotel once again.
A news article in 2010 discussed plans to replace the Moana Surfrider's 10-story Diamond Wing (the rather ugly structure from 1952 adjacent to the Historic Banyan Wing) with a new 26-story tower.

See Moana Surfrider redevelopment proposal stirs up controversy - Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL

Of course, the 26-story tower never happened. But it makes sense that the site of the Diamond Wing could be used more intensively, and thus more profitably.
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