Hyatt Regency Houston Downtown

The Hyatt Regency Houston Downtown is a 30-story high-rise hotel located in downtown Houston, Texas, United States.

Hyatt Regency Houston Downtown
General information
Location	Houston, Texas  United States
Coordinates	29.75694°N 95.36934°W / 29.75694; -95.36934
Opening	December 4, 1972[1]
Management	Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Technical details
Floor count	30
Design and construction
Architect(s)	JV III
Other information
Number of rooms	947 (total)
Number of suites	21
Number of restaurants	2
Parking	Valet Parking/Garage
Website
https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-regency/en-US/hourh-hyatt-regency-houston-downtown

The hotel opened on December 4, 1972 as the Hyatt Regency Houston,^[2] part of the Hyatt hotel chain. It was designed by architectural firm JV III (a joint venture between firms Caudill Rowlett Scott, Neuhaus & Taylor, and Koetter, Tharp & Cowell).^[3][4] At 401 ft (122 m), Hyatt Regency Houston is the city's tallest hotel ^[5] The hotel was, for many years, topped by a revolving restaurant known as "Spindletop". Today, it is used as function space. The hotel's 29-story atrium, one of the highest in Texas, was used as a filming location in the 1976 film Logan's Run.^[6][7]

Hyatt Regency Houston was a host hotel for the 1992 Republican National Convention, the 16th G7 Economic Summit in 1990, and the 1998 World Energy Congress.^[8] The hotel completed a $40 million renovation in 2008 that included all 947 guestrooms, a redesigned lobby bar, 64,000 square feet (5,900 m²) of meeting space, and the addition of the only Shula's Steakhouse in Texas.^[9]

See also

• Texas portal
• Architecture portal

• Architecture of Houston
• List of tallest buildings in Houston