Over 1,000 hotel rooms added in Minneapolis this year

In anticipation of next year’s Super Bowl visitors, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal is reporting that Minneapolis alone has added 1,000 rooms with new hotels this year, and more coming.   The Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel renovated and added 110 more rooms for a total of 312, the Radisson Red opened with 164 rooms, and the Embassy Suites by Hilton opened with 290 rooms.  The Hewing Hotel with 124 rooms and the AC Hotel Minneapolis Downtown with 245 rooms will both open this fall.   Meanwhile, United Properties is working on a Four Seasons hotel for its Nicollet Hotel project, Sherman Associates are planning another hotel in the Thresher Square project and Graves is pitching a Marriott Moxy hotel plan.