Suspended sculpture to be centerpiece of Hilton Anatole's renovation - Dallas, TX
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When the Hilton Anatole in Dallas' Market Center district completes a $125 million upgrade this fall, the centerpiece will be a 100-foot-long, crystal-clad suspended sculpture called The Nebula.
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Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2017
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Dallas NewsA close-up of a portion of artist Reuben Margolin's sculpture The Nebula gives an idea of what it may look like suspended over the hotel's atrium.
An amalgam of 10 miles of cable, 1,780 pulleys and 4,500 amber crystals, the light-reflecting "wave" will hover 50 feet above new eateries and an indoor piazza in the largest of the hotel's two atriums.
The renovation marks the end of the largest upgrade at the 31-year-old hotel since a 27-story tower was added in 1984 to host Ronald Reagan and the Republican National Convention.
And it'll be completed about 16 months before a major new competitor - the Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel - enters the market.
The facelift was at least partially spurred by the hotel's changing its name from Wyndham to Hilton. But it's also designed to supply some lost sheen to help the storied inn lure conventioneers.
"It gives us a solid year and a quarter after the refurbishment is done to show off what we've done," said Jay Best, director of sales and marketing for the Hilton Anatole, which he described as "the icon of Dallas" when it opened in 1979.
While the renovation can't do anything about the economy or the distance to downtown, Best says the renovation will only help to attract new business.
"With the downturn in the economy, this was the perfect time to bring the Anatole back up to its icon self," he said. "When the economy is back on solid ground, the Anatole will be in a perfect position."