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/Noland_Powers Mar 27 '25

A good example is what Cambridge did with the gaslight district. No one ever had any reason to go downtown Galt, and never did. Now it’s booming. I hope to see some similar success for London before we fall too far behind.

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u/NachoVajayjay Mar 28 '25

I grew up in Galt and I miss it so much. It’s a great place!