Six Columbus: What Delays A Hotel Opening For 27 Months And Counting?

July 11, 2007 at 12:23 PM | by juliana | Comments (0)

Twenty-seven months and counting. That is how long we have been tracking Thompson Hotels Six Columbus hotel "opening" in Manhattan. Here at HotelChatter we have tracked many hotel openings, both new constructions and renovations, and this little renovation of the West Park Hotel is by far the longest hotel "opening" we have ever tracked.

Over the years, yeah, that is plural, we have been teased with first with seasonal opening dates "Fall 2005", "Summer 2006", and then with actual opening dates, one in April and one in June of this year. Of course, much like Axl Rose's Chinese Democracy album, all opening dates have come and gone with no actual opening.

Lately we have heard rumors that August 12th is the newest in a long line of "opening" dates. This place has to open by Labor Day, it just has to right? But we know better than to believe it before we see it. Really, how many city permits can be tied up this long for this hotel? If anyone out there knows why on earth this renovation has taken over 27 months, you know where to find us.

Anyways, to give you an idea of the type of 6 Columbus fatigue we have endured, we've put together a list of some of the "major world events" that have happened since Six Columbus was first announced back in 2005.

To be honest we really wanted some sort of countdown clock, but we were afraid we might run into the Year 2038 problem, so we settled on a Six Columbus retrospective.

SIX COLUMBUS RETROSPECTIVE

Jason Pomeranc parties in 2005.

· Spring 2005: Jason Pomeranc and Thompson Hotels announce plans for Six Columbus at the old West Park Hotel.

· July 5, 2005: First opening date for Six Columbus is pushed back. Tipster says: "the project is running a little behind schedule, hopefully it will be finished up by the end of summer."

· July 2005: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt adopt a baby girl from Ethiopia named Zahara.

· September 14, 2005: Britney Spears has the first of two kids. K-Fed becomes proud papa of third child with two different baby mommas.

· October 2005: Six Columbus opening moved to "sometime in Q1" of 2006.

· February 2006: Winter Olympics game in Turin, Italy.

· March 2006: Six Columbus pushed back to August 2006.

· May 2006: Brad and Angelina have a biological daughter.

· June 2006: Six Columbus became a verb.

· July 2006: Lance Bass came out of the closet.

· July 2006: Jason Pomeranc rumored to be a baby daddy. Turns out he is just the kid's uncle.

· August 2006: Ian Schrager opens the Gramercy Park Hotel...on time.

· September 2006: Britney has second kid. KFed now daddy of four.

· December 2006: Three years after being captured, Saddam Hussein is put on trial and executed.

· January 2007: Six Columbus doesn't open despite a major magazine plug.

· February 2007: Anna Nicole Smith dies.

· March 2007: Brad and Angelina adopt a boy named Pax, from Vietnam.

· March 29, 2007: We get wind Six Columbus will open April 16th.

· April 10, 2007: Larry Birkhead named biological father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, Dannielynn.

· April 16, 2007: Six Columbus doesn't open.

· April 23, 2007: Ads for unopened Six Columbus debut. Pomeranc's partner, Stephen Brandman, surfaces.

· April 24, 2007: Page Six mentions a new name for the unopened hotel, The Thompson Six at Columbus Circle. We find out later it won't hold.

· May 2007 Six Columbus turns on the lights and a rep says hotel to open in June.

· July 2007: Six Columbus still not open.

· August 12, 2007: The newest opening date rumor.

Other Notable Events
· Most of our friends got married (including us) and some even had kids.

· American Idol churned out three new idols.

· Apple released the iPod Nano, a new edition of the iPod shuffle, the video iPod, the MacBook laptop line and the iPhone.

· We lived through an entire summer of World Cup action.

· Dancing with the Stars TV show premiered and has churned out four champions so far.

· Nicole Richie and DJ AM got engaged, broke up, reunited, broke up, she then dated Steve-O, got serious with Joel Madden and is now pregnant.

· Paris Hilton went to jail.

· Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson got together and broke up the same amount of times Six Columbus pushed back their opening dates. (Ok, we're not sure of that one, but it seems like it.)

· HotelChatter has written at least 32 stories about this hotel, received countless email tips, web comments, photos, and cell phone photos. And it isn't even open yet. Greatest hotel buzz ever? Or just a case of everyone leering at a train wreck.

Someone works on 6 Columbus--April 2007

Jason Pomeranc parties in 2007

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