Ponce Plaza Hotel & Casino

Ponce Plaza Hotel & Casino

Historic Casa Sauri converted into the Ponce Ramada Hotel, located at Plaza Muñoz Rivera, Ponce
Location within Puerto Rico
General information
Location Calle Union and Calle Reina
(Facing Plaza Muñoz Rivera)
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates 18°0′43.6″N 66°36′52.8″W / 18.012111°N 66.614667°W / 18.012111; -66.614667Coordinates: 18°0′43.6″N 66°36′52.8″W / 18.012111°N 66.614667°W / 18.012111; -66.614667
Opening 2 July 2009[1]
Cost US$15 million,[2] plus US$22 million (2013 expansion)[3]
Owner

Ramada, Wyndham Worldwide
Key Personnel:
Antonio Muñoz Bermúdez, CEO[4]

Ramón Antonio Bermúdez Grajales, GM[5]
Management Muñoz Bermúdez Holdings Inc.[6]
Technical details
Floor count 4[7]
Design and construction
Architect Bonnin Orozco Arquitectos (BO2A): Fernando R. Bonnín Orozco and Javier L. Bonnín Orozco[8]
Developer Muñoz Bermúdez Holdings Inc.[9]
Other information
Number of rooms 70[10]
Number of suites 6[11]
Number of restaurants 2[12]
Parking 24
Website
Ponce Plaza Hotel and Casino

The Ponce Plaza Hotel & Casino, formerly Ponce Ramada Hotel and Ponce Plaza Ramada Hotel, is a hotel in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The hotel opened in the summer of 2009 and is known for the historic value of its structure: its main entrance is a historic colonial structure known as "Casa Saurí" (Saurí House). In February 2013, the hotel expanded its facilities to include a casino, a cocktail lounge, and a 4-story, 200-car parking garage.[13] On 1 July 2014, the owners left the Ramada namesake franchise and renamed the hotel Ponce Plaza Hotel & Casino.[14]

Location and features

The hotel is located in the Ponce Historic Zone. It has two major buildings. The first building facing Plaza Munoz Rivera is the historic Casa Saurí structure and it houses six colonial-style rooms plus the hotel's Lola Eclectic Cuisine restaurant. The rear building located on the southeast corner of Calle Reina and Calle Mendez Vigo is a modern four-story structure housing 64 additional guest rooms as well as an indoor parking garage on the first floor and a fitness center on the fourth floor.[15][16]

Design

The hotel was designed in 2006-2009 by architects Fernando Bonnín and Javier Bonnín of Ponce, Puerto Rico.[17]

History

The historic 1882 Casa Saurí-Rubert[18] was meticulously rebuilt to accommodate the hotel."[19] On the first floor of this Casa Saurí building the hotel now houses its front desk, lobby, conference room/breakfast room, and restaurant. The second floor accommodates six colonial-design rooms. These six rooms are all designed to follow 19th century historic themes. The hotel was built with incentives under Law 212 of the Commonwealth.[20] Félix Sauri y Vivas was a Ponce businessman and hacienda holder[21] and mayor of Ponce in 1895.[22] Casa Sauri is said to be the third oldest residence still standing in Ponce.[23]

Re-construction

Munoz Holdings invested $15 million in the restoration and development of the original Casa Sauri property and development of the hotel's modern 5-story tower.[24]

Expansion

In August 2011, hotel owners announced plans to enlarge the hotel with the addition of a casino, a large conference room, a second restaurant, and 150 additional parking spaces. The plans call for the development of the property immediately to the south of the current historic Casa Saurí, a property which also faces Plaza Muñoz Rivera. The new casino would boast 9,500 square feet of space, and the new conference rooms would be able to accommodate 200 people in a space of 6,000 square feet.[25]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Concluyen tres años de espera: Abre sus puertas el Ramada Ponce Plaza. Carmen Cila Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 27, Issue 1335. 1 July 2009. Page 7. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Concluyen tres años de espera: Abre sus puertas el Ramada Ponce Plaza. Carmen Cila Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 27, Issue 1335. 1 July 2009. Page 7. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Estrenan expansión en Ramada Ponce. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 27 February 2013. Year 31. Issue 1526. Page 4. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Estrenan expansión en Ramada Ponce. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 27 February 2013. Year 31. Issue 1526. Page 4. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Estrenan expansión en Ramada Ponce. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 27 February 2013. Year 31. Issue 1526. Page 4. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  6. ↑ Hotel Ponce Plaza. Bonnin Orozco Arquitectos. 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  7. ↑ Hotel Ponce Plaza. Bonnin Orozco Arquitectos. 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  8. ↑ Hotel Ponce Plaza. Bonnin Orozco Arquitectos. 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  9. ↑ About Us. Bonnin Orozco Arquitectos. 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  10. ↑ Concluyen tres años de espera: Abre sus puertas el Ramada Ponce Plaza. Carmen Cila Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 27, Issue 1335. 1 July 2009. Page 7. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  11. ↑ Concluyen tres años de espera: Abre sus puertas el Ramada Ponce Plaza. Carmen Cila Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 27, Issue 1335. 1 July 2009. Page 7. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  12. ↑ Encaminan expansión en Hotel Ramada. Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 10 August 2011. Year 29. Issue 1445. Page 4. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  13. ↑ Estrenan expansión en Ramada Ponce. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 27 February 2013. Year 31. Issue 1526. Page 4. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  14. ↑ Apuestan a bandera hotelera ponceña. Reinaldo Millán and Omar Alfonso. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  15. ↑ Concluyen tres años de espera: Abre sus puertas el Ramada Ponce Plaza. Carmen Cila Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 27, Issue 1335. 1 July 2009. Page 7. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  16. ↑ Hotel Ponce Plaza. Bonnin Orozco Arquitectos. 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  17. ↑ Concluyen tres años de espera: Abre sus puertas el Ramada Ponce Plaza. Carmen Cila Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 27, Issue 1335. 1 July 2009. Page 7. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  18. ↑ Hotel Ponce Plaza. Bonnin Orozco Arquitectos. 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  19. ↑ Ponce recalls 19th century colonialism in Puerto Rico. Suzanne Van Atten. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Oct. 20, 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  20. ↑ Concluyen tres años de espera: Abre sus puertas el Ramada Ponce Plaza. Carmen Cila Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 27, Issue 1335. 1 July 2009. Page 7. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  21. ↑ SAURI v. SAURI. 45 F.2d 90 (1930). SAURI v. SAURI et al. No. 2440. Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit. November 26, 1930. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  22. ↑ Ponce: Mayors. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Fundación Puertoriqueña de las Humanidades. 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  23. ↑ Abre hotel Ramada en Ponce con inversión local. NotiUno. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  24. ↑ Concluyen tres años de espera: Abre sus puertas el Ramada Ponce Plaza. Carmen Cila Rodríguez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 27, Issue 1335. 1 July 2009. Page 7. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  25. ↑ Encaminan expansión en Hotel Ramada. Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 10 August 2011. Year 29. Issue 1445. Page 4. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
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