Conveniently located in the heart of downtown Denver, the $45 million new hotel is situated just a quick walk from the Pepsi Center, the Colorado Convention Center and the popular Larimer Square, LoDo district and 16th Street Mall.
Rates start at $219 per night for weekdays and $149 per night on weekends.
The SpringHill Suites Denver Downtown at Metro State features 150 spacious and stylish guest suites, each with a flexible work space with a well-lit desk and ergonomic chair, as well as a separate sleeping area.Each suite also offers a microwave, mini-fridge, a seating area with pull-out sofa bed and a spa-like bathroom. Hotel amenities include complimentary hot breakfast served daily, a Market, a fitness center and complimentary wireless Internet. The site is also home to MSU Denver"s new Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center (HLC), a 28,000-square-foot educational facility that combines classrooms with interactive laboratories to provide an experiential curriculum for the university"s more than 600 Hospitality, Tourism and Events students. State-of-the-art classrooms include a Sensory Analysis Laboratory for wine and food tastings and a Cellar Management Laboratory, which boasts a 3,100+ bottle wine storage cellar. "We are thrilled to have helped create not only a fantastic new lodging option for downtown Denver, but an amazing student laboratory where future hospitality leaders can get hands-on experience," said Walter Isenberg, CEO of Sage Hospitality. "We're confident that visitors to Denver will be impressed that they can enjoy this unique hotel in a prime downtown location at such a fantastic price. Located on the edge of the MSU Denver campus, students will work in the hotel each semester and General Manager Scott Perry and Director of Sales & Marketing Anne Frye will both teach classes in the HLC. The hotel and HLC also feature more than 650 pieces of innovative and original artwork created by 21 students, faculty and alumni of MSU Denver. "MSU Denver is taking a leadership role in providing Colorado with educated workers through our Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center," says MSU Denver President Stephen Jordan. "This amazing facility will allow us to change our curriculum in a dynamic way that will provide hands-on learning for our students on a daily basis." Jordan adds that there are only 10 other universities in the United States with an operating hotel attached to their hospitality program. The SpringHill Suites Denver Downtown at Metro State expects to receive Silver Leadership in Energy Efficiency and Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Green features include the use of only high efficiency plumbing fixtures and low VOC paints and flooring, plus preferred parking for fuel-efficient vehicles. The hotel features secure bicycle storage plus lockers and changing rooms to encourage employees to use alternative transportation. Over 90 percent of the hotel"s regularly occupied areas offer natural day lighting reducing the need for artificial lighting. In addition, more than 75 percent of material waste from the hotel"s construction was recycled.
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