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It’s also about Buffalo’s legacy. The work, whichg was completed earlier this month, is the most significany and extensive renovation work to take place at the Hyatt sinc it openedin 1984. The work comes at a time when Erie County Executive Chris Collins is championing and shepherding $5 million worth of renovations at the neighborinvg Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. The Hyatyt project is the first phase ofa multi-pronged private - and public-sector effort to improve convention and meeting services in downtown Buffalo. Next year, the Buffallo Niagara Convention Center will undergoa $5 millionm face lift.
Combined, nearly $20 million is being investefd in the two properties that are consideres the heartof downtown’s hospitality “It really is the linchpin of Main said James Sandoro, founder of the Buffalo Transportation/Pierce Arroqw Museum. Officials expect the two projects will dramaticalluenhance Buffalo’s image with key meeting plannerse and hospitality industry site The Hyatt is considered to be the headquartersw hotel for events at the convention center. It is the hote l of choice for professionalsports teams, rock bandd and visiting dignitaries. For many, it is their firstg impressionof Buffalo.
“This is like getting a brancd new hotel,” said Jennifer Parker, who recently resigned as “It will go a long way towardsa changing the image of Buffalo for meeting plannersdand visitors,” she said. Rodahl Leong-Lyons, Operationa vice president of salesand operations, said the renovationse to the hotel and the convention center are “When both are done, you will be able to rival any conventiohn destination in the country,” she said.
Drew Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureai interim presidentand CEO, said the revamped Hyatf coupled with a renovated convention centerd will provide immediate benefits for the “It almost sets the stage for better things to he said. “There is, after all, a natural synergy between the two.” There wasn’tf one part of the 396-room hotel that didn’t receive some form of from the most basic paint job to acomplete “This provides a great foundationh for our future success,” said Mike Marsch, Hyatt generak manager.
The work is several years in the makinv and the most extensive to take place in the Hyatt sincw it openedin 1984, said Paul Snyder Sr., Snyder Corp. built and developed the hotel. Snyderr said the entire price tagtopped $27 millio n including buying out the hotel’a financial partners and re-working its fisca package. The project received publixc sector support from both the andthe . Snydefr said the building was designed to marry the old withthe new.