Sign of the Apocalypse: Six Columbus To Open Third Week of October

Where: 6 Columbus Circle [map], New York, ny, United States, 10023

9/26/2007 at 10:56 AM
Tags: Six Columbus, Hotel Openings, Thompson Hotels

We were planning on doing a story today where we would note the passing of Summer without an opening of the eternally unopened Six Columbus. While that's true--Six Columbus is still unopened--it won't be that way for long. Can you believe it?

We hit up the hotel website and nearly fell off our chair when we noticed the "Reservations Open Spring 2007" line had been replaced with...wait for it...a real reservations number: 212-204-3000.

We grabbed our phone as fast as possible and called it up. We spoke to the main operator who said, "Good Morning, Welcome to Six Columbus" before we were passed onto the actual reservations department. Since the sun had just risen here at HotelChatter West, we thought we may have still been asleep and dreaming but no, we spoke with a real live reservations agent who told us that Six Columbus is "looking at opening the third week of October." That's about October 15th according to the Gregorian calendar.

Overall, this is great news. And we totally believe it as spies on the ground in NYC said that all of the netting has come off the top of the building. Yes, we bag on Six Columbus a lot but it's just our way of showing Pomeranc just how much we want to see behind the curtain. Well, that and who can resist posting all those photos of Jason hanging with models.

But in the midst of our giddiness, the bad news hit us hard. The smallest room in the hotel, the Pod room, is 175-sq.ft. and is going for $495 a night. Holy Crap. The next size up is a queen superior room at 200-sq.ft. for $515 a night.

Man, those construction costs must have been skyrocketed way past the original budget for Thompson Hotels to charge those prices. Then again, considering the Mandarin Oriental charges $1,000 a night across the street, this probably looks like a bargain to some rich, business travelers with a pocket full of Euros.

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