University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 3, 1986
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Hotel room choices soon to grow
By KAREN SAMELSON
Visitors to Lawrence soon will have two new choices when it comes to finding a room for the night.
A new Super 8 Motel, 515 McDonald Drive, is expected to be ready for guests in October, and the renovation of the Eldridge Hotel, 7th and Massachusetts streets, is scheduled for completion in December, said Heather Harper, sales manager for the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Harper said the number of conventions in Lawrence has exceeded last year's total already, estimating that about 80 groups had met in Lawrence so far this year.
Travel-generated expenditures in Douglas County have increased 26.8 percent from last year, she said. Expenditures include transportation, meals and lodging.
The addition of the Super 8 Motel and Eldridge Hotel, coupled with the anticipated opening of two new clubs, should bring 150 more jobs to Lawrence. Harper said.
Nancy Longhurst, general manager of the Eldridge Hotel, said one of the reasons for the hotel's renovation was a market study that showed the community could support another hotel.
The Super 8 Hotel will have 47 rooms and the Eldridge Hotel will have 48 suites, she said.
The hotel won't compete with the Super 8 Hotel, Longhurst said. Instead, the hotel, which recently was put on the Register of Historic Kansas Places, will cater to KU alumni and corporate groups interested in a small, personalized hotel, she said.
Harper said that through events such as athletics, graduation and the Rock Chalk Revue, the University of Kansas makes a significant business contribution to the local hotels and motels.
Jim Glenn, co-owner and manager of the Travelodge Motel, 801 Iowa St., which has 70 rooms, said the University brought in a large part of the motel's business, especially during football season.
On Campus
Le Cercle Francais will have an organizational meeting at 3:30 p.m. today in the French lounge on level two of Wesco Hall. The meeting is open to anyone interested in France and French culture.
*Recreational Services will sponsor an aerobics demonstration at 5:30 p.m. today in the North Gymnasium in Robinson Center.*
The KU Dungeons and Dragons Club will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Trail Room of the Kansas Union.
The Center for East Asian Studies will present a lecture by John Stevens, assistant professor and Aikido instructor at Tohoku Social Welfare University in Sendai, Japan, at 7:30 p.m. today in the Pine Room of the Kansas University. Stevens will speak on "Buddhism in Modern Japan."
The KU Amateur Radio Club will hold its first meeting at 6:15 p.m. tomorrow in room 2029 in Learned hall.
Recreational Services will sponsor an aqua-aerobics demonstration at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at the pools in Robinson Center.
A car stereo and a toolbox full of tools valued together at $875 were taken between Friday and Sunday from a car parked in the 400 block of North Second Street.
On the Record
A 1977 Datusn 280Z valued at $6,000 was taken between 12:15 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. Monday from the Hashinger Residence Hall parking lot. The car was recovered later the same day by Lawrence police.
- Jewelry, radios and cash valued at $820 were taken between Friday and Monday from an apartment in the 1600 block of Haskell Avenue.
- A 1983 Suzuki moped valued at $250 was taken between Saturday and Monday from a building in the 1100 block of West Campus Road.
- Six residents in the Alvamar Estates area reported that their mailboxes were damaged or destroyed by thrown bricks late Sunday night. Total damage was reported at more than $150.
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Another important source of business are the conferences and classes organized by KU's division of continuing education, Glenn said.
Lehew said business activity, such as construction projects and the opening of the new Dillon's store, helped increased the demand for rooms this summer.
John Pattinson, director of conferences and programs for the division, said that when continuing education helped organize a conference on campus, the staff sent the participants lists of overnight lodgings and their prices and let them choose their own lodgings.
Pattinson estimated that the division had helped with 75 to 80 competitions.
The largest convention facility in Lawrence, the Holiday Inn Holidome, 200 McDonald Drive, has 192 rooms.
Although the Holidome is undergoing remodeling, it is not related to the increased business that the hotel is getting, according to Landis Weaver, hotel general manager.
The remodeling is aimed at upgrading the hotel and is a necessary process whenever a new owner buys the property, he said. Landmark Hotel Corporation bought the property from the previous owner a year ago.
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