Heart of Midlothian expect the new Tynecastle Park Hotel to generate seven-figures in additional revenue.
In the past week, the club launched more detailed plans for the hotel, which is to open in February next year. It will be the UK’s first club-owned and operated hotel inside a football stadium and will include 25 rooms as well as a club lounge and a choice of six new dedicated meeting, conference and event spaces, sitting on the second floor of the Main Stand.
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“As part of our ambitious growth plans both on and off the pitch, our in-house hospitality team will take full responsibility for running the hotel and providing one-of-a-kind matchday experience and guest stays," chairwoman Ann Budge said at the time.
“The hotel rooms and additional conference and events space will offer the club an ideal opportunity to host even more events at Tynecastle while appealing to the millions of visitors that Edinburgh attracts each year as the UK’s second most visited city.”
More information was offered up about the hotel at the club's AGM where it was revealed that there will be an additional income of more than £1million through the venture in the first five months of operation.
Budge would not put a figure on how much it was generate over a full year but noted it would be "substantially" higher.
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In the first week of reservations being officially opened there were 300 room nights booked with the first paying guests staying on Saturday, February 3 next year.
As part of the hotel project there will be a re-design of the main reception with a new back office and hotel reception. The Skyline Restaurant will also see a new cocktail bar open.
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