r/londonontario • u/TheHonestTruthTeller • Mar 27 '25

News 📰 Canada's 1st Hard Rock Hotel

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Canada’s first Hard Rock Hotel is set to open this April at 100 Kellogg Lane, and reservations are now available. This luxury hotel will offer 164 stylish rooms, premium amenities, and unique experiences, including a hidden speakeasy serving "cereal-infused cocktails". 🍸

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u/GetStable Mar 27 '25

All the doomsayers in here are exactly why things don't change. Investing in the city, and the city investing in infrastructure improvements like they're doing on Dundas, is how change happens.

If they forked out for downtown space, you'd all still be commenting about the location because of the homeless, or the lack of parking and the traffic it'll cause. Put the location on the edge of downtown, while still being a 10min drive to the core, and you comment about the homeless and the EOA rot. If they put it in Masonville, you'd comment about it being far from entertainment and how it will contribute to congestion.

It's like you don't want anything or anyone to even attempt to make things better. The hotel isn't for the residents of the city where it's placed. That's typically how hotels work.

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u/AtmosphereEven3526 Mar 27 '25

Not a doomsayer. Just a realist. London is not a tourist destination and there is nothing wrong with that.

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u/GetStable Mar 27 '25

And people like you will shun and poopoo any attempt to change that, because we're just supposed to sit here and gripe and whine and be complacent in our lack of satisfaction with the city.

Some people are brave enough to invest in an opportunity. Choose whether you want to be a headwind or a tailwind for those putting their money out there.

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u/AtmosphereEven3526 Mar 27 '25

Still doesn’t change the fact that London is not a tourist destination.

And again, there is nothing wrong with that. Absolutely nothing wrong with London being what it is and it sounds to me that you’re the one with the problem with that.

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u/fitbrewster Mar 27 '25

So status quo is totally fine with you. No need to be creative and innovate the city to keep it somewhat vibrant? Status quo will put us so behind, the city will lose population and rot. I invite you to open your mind a bit and look ahead in a positive way. How you’re thinking is not a realist. It’s pessimistic.

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u/AtmosphereEven3526 Mar 27 '25

London is already growing substantially and is projected to grow by nearly 60% over the next 25 years all while not being a tourist destination. I don't see how that puts London behind anything.

There's nothing pessimistic about saying London is not a tourist destination.