Holiday Inn Portland-Columbia Riverfront

The Holiday Inn Portland-Columbia Riverfront (formerly the Red Lion Hotel on the River Jantzen Beach) is a hotel in Portland, Oregon. The hotel is located on Hayden Island, along the Columbia River east of the Interstate Bridge. Construction cost $18 million.^[1]

Holiday Inn Portland-Columbia Riverfront
Alternative names	Red Lion Motor Inn-Jantzen Beach[1] Red Lion Motor Inn at Jantzen Beach[2] Red Lion Hotel on the River Jantzen Beach
General information
Address	909 North Hayden Island Drive
Town or city	Portland, Oregon
Country	United States
Coordinates	45°36′47″N 122°40′31″W

History

The hotel opened in 1978 as the DoubleTree Hotel Jantzen Beach. It was sold to Red Lion in the late 1990s.^{[citation needed]} Howard Dietrich Jr. owned the hotel, as of 2012.^[3]

The hotel was sold to IHG in early 2022 and soon became the Holiday Inn Portland-Columbia Riverfront.^[4]

Events

In 2011, various events hosted at the hotel included American Idol auditions,^[5] a public memorial for Red Lion co-founder Ed Pietz,^[6] a ballroom dancing competition,^[7] a Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest conference,^[8] and a school gala.^[9] The hotel has also hosted a mobilization ceremony,^[10] the Junior State of America's Pacific Northwest Winter Congress,^[11] the River City Bluegrass Festival,^[12] and OryCon, Portland's annual science fiction and fantasy convention.^[13]