Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center


The Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center is a, 45-story hotel located in the Crown Center complex in Kansas City, Missouri. It was Missouri's tallest building from 1980 to 1986. It is now the state's sixth-tallest building and Kansas City's third-tallest building.

History

Opening

The hotel opened on July 1, 1980 as the Hyatt Regency Kansas City. It is part of the Crown Center complex, built by Hallmark Cards, adjacent to their headquarters, and southeast of the Downtown loop, where most of Kansas City's tallest buildings are located.

Skywalk collapse

On July 17, 1981, 114 people were killed in the Hyatt Regency when the fourth floor walkway in the atrium collapsed on the second floor walkway during a tea dance attended by more than 1,600 revelers. An investigation revealed that tie rods supporting the walkway did not meet Kansas City building codes.

Recent history

The hotel was renamed the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in 1987, and then the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center on December 1, 2011.
It has of function space, a ballroom and a dedicated exhibit hall with. It has 733 guestrooms, including 42 suites.
The hotel was formerly topped by a revolving rooftop restaurant, Skies, which closed along with the hotel's Peppercorn Duck Club when the hotel became a part of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. The former Skies restaurant reopened as the Sheraton Club Lounge, a private club.