American Airlines Will Open Exclusive 600-Room Hotel
American Airlines is getting into the hotel business. The company is building a $250 million hotel and conference center that is expected to open its doors in the first quarter of 2023. But, most likely, you won’t be able to stay there.
The “hospitality complex” is the final piece of the $1 billion, 300-acre corporate headquarters campus in Fort Worth. The hotel will host only employees, like flight attendants, airport agents, and pilots heading to training. Other staff will also have access to the hotel for things like business meetings, according to American.
American Airlines sent a memo to staff outlining details about its employee-only Skyview 6 hotel, as reported by the Dallas Morning News. The building will feature 600 rooms. The corporate administrative offices are housed in the 1.5 million-square-foot Skyview 7 and 8 buildings on the south side of the campus.
“Each year, thousands of team members from across the operation come to campus to learn — spanning from new hire and recurrent training to team members in new roles,” American said in the memo. “We’re hoping to simplify team members’ visiting experience by building a modern hospitality complex at the heart of our campus. A place where visiting team members can lodge, eat, socialize and work out.”
The building will have a 10,000-square-foot ballroom that will double as a conference center. It will also feature a 73,000-square-foot fitness center with a swimming pool and outdoor basketball, tennis and pickleball courts. The dining room will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner for those staying at the hotel, and a bar will be open to all American employees. The facility will have nine stories above ground and three levels of parking below.
The project was first announced in 2015 and the complex has been under construction since 2019. However, work was halted for over a year between 2020 and 2021 because on the pandemic.
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