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Could There Be an Alcatraz Hotel By 2010?

It's very possible that Alcatraz, once the country's most treacherous prison, will turn into a hotel by 2010, so says the National Park Service.

The organization is trying to spruce up some of the Bay Area's national parks and make the most of the land they are sitting on. Thus Alcatraz may have a hotel on it's lonely island. The SF Chronicle reports:

One of the Alcatraz proposals would allow visitors to camp out on the island; another would involve rehabilitating a complex of old buildings and possibly turning one of the buildings into a hotel. Building 64, once used to house guards, could become a science and education center, with classrooms, a kitchen and a hostel for students.

Of course some residents disagree with the building of a hotel so the lodging plan will have to be approved by city residents. And the city's firefighters are concerned about having to race over to the island in case there's a fire or another emergency overnight.

So the Alcatraz Hotel may be a long ways off or it may never even come to fruition. But if you still have a jones for jail hotels, there's a bunch you can try, like the Liberty Hotel in Boston or the Malmaison Oxford.

But if your fetish is strictly Alcatraz-based you can hit up The Rock Love Hotel in Japan. Heh.

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