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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 11:22 am
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Eugene
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Originally Posted by EWC-JMU
The hotel is new as a Hampton but wasn't really a new build. The building was a very dodgy Days Inn (I think, not 100% sure of the brand) for a while, then was vacant for a few years before it was reinvented as the Hampton it is now.
Some useless trivia about this property: it was originally built as the Bel-Air East hotel (in 1963). At various times in its history it has been a Days Inn and a Ramada Inn, before being totally reconstructed to become a Hampton Inn at the cost of more than $20 million.
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