Hillary Clinton Celebrates Primary Win at the Park Hyatt in Philadelphia

Where: 1415 Chancellor St [map], Philadelphia, PA, United States, 19102

4/23/2008 at 9:00 AM
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Hotel News, Park Hyatt Hotels, Philadelphia Hotels, Political Hotels, Election 2008 Hotels

The LA Time political blog, Top of the Ticket was kinda horrified to see that Hillary Clinton celebrated her Pennsylvania primary win at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia.

Why's that? Because the hotel used to be the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel:

[T]he hostelry was the notorious scene of a mysterious illness in 1976 during an American Legion convention, later dubbed Legionnaires' disease. Thirty-four deaths were eventually traced to the Legionella pneumophila bacteria.

Yikes, couldn't Hillary have picked a happier place than that? One suggestion: The Loews Philadelphia which just completed a $9 million renovation.

Fortunately, in the future Philly is going to be getting all sorts of cool hotels so the next presidential candidate will have plenty of options.

[Photo: NY Daily News]