Disney plans 500-room hotel near Washington D.C.

[arcadian]

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/hotelcheckin/post/2009/05/66974089/1

Disney plans to build a 500-room hotel resort on 15 acres at the ambitious National Harbor development about eight miles south of Washington D.C. in Maryland, the Washington Post reports.

The hotel would be another anchor for National Harbor, which includes a 2,000-room Gaylord National convention center, a Westin, an Aloft and other hotels, shops, restaurants and residential units, the story says. The development also has a full-service marina on the Potomac River, where you can catch a water taxi to Old Town Alexandria.

In a press release, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Jay Rasulo praised the National Harbor location as "a family-friendly base camp, from which visitors from around the world can explore the stirring sights and inspirational stories of our nation's capital."


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[MrSlayer]

1. Nice.

That will provide some construction jobs and some permanent positions afterward.

[FrenchieCat]

3. And give shelter for the increased tourism that we will see in the next 4 years....

considering that the White House is now open for business,
after 8 years.

[arcadian]

12. It's actually located at a place called National Harbor

On the Potomac just outside the beltway. It's a monstrocity and can't see how anybody would want to stay there. No Metro and no access to the monuments at all. It's hideous.

[madinmaryland]

2. Disney has a 50,000 seat arena in DC also. The Natinals put on some

amusing performances there.

:hide:

[tammywammy]

5. Bwah

[NeedleCast]

8. The nicest thing about having the nationals in DC

is that we got a new stadium.

[madinmaryland]

10. Uhmm. DC paid for it, not the Natinals. Too bad they couldn't have used

the $650 million on the schools and/or infrastructure.

[NeedleCast]

11. Well, it did bring a lot of construction and permanant jobs to an area that needed them

and the infrastructure in the area around the stadium got a facelift and upgrade as well.

D.C. was smart to pay for it.

[TahitiNut]

4. Well, there's been Mickey Mouse crap in D.C. for a long, long time.

:shrug:

[jobycom]

7. Yeah, it's been goofy. nt

[G_j]

9. ok

got that right

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. Pinocchio will feel at home there too among all the puppets and liars.

[Canuckistanian]

6. Well, it's natural that they go where the clowns are

Saves the transportation costs. Good business decision.