Sky Plaza Hotel, Leicester - April 2013
Visited with a couple of non-members.. West Country on tour, day 2.
Having seen this crop up a month or so ago and knowing that we were heading to Leicester for the meet, I thought we should pay it a visit. After contending with useless car park ticketing systems and out of order lifts, we made it in. Access really wasn't that hard, just some lateral thinking is required in the end.
A slightly odd place for a hotel, at the top of an oddly shaped NCP car park, but who am I to question the design.
There was evidence of the fire in the laundry room too. More on it here.
History seems to be scarce, possibly given that it's a modern place that only closed last year. There was some relation to Days Inn, as it had their name on the back of every room door. Since closure, it seems Sky Plaza Hotels have been terrible at notifying any future guests that the hotel has indeed closed down, carrying on what seemed to be a rather poor service even prior to closure. The hotel has remained closed since the fire, and nothing has happened with it. I don't think, however, that it's coincidence that the car park lifts are now out of order...
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Visited with a couple of non-members.. West Country on tour, day 2.
Having seen this crop up a month or so ago and knowing that we were heading to Leicester for the meet, I thought we should pay it a visit. After contending with useless car park ticketing systems and out of order lifts, we made it in. Access really wasn't that hard, just some lateral thinking is required in the end.
A slightly odd place for a hotel, at the top of an oddly shaped NCP car park, but who am I to question the design.
There was evidence of the fire in the laundry room too. More on it here.
History seems to be scarce, possibly given that it's a modern place that only closed last year. There was some relation to Days Inn, as it had their name on the back of every room door. Since closure, it seems Sky Plaza Hotels have been terrible at notifying any future guests that the hotel has indeed closed down, carrying on what seemed to be a rather poor service even prior to closure. The hotel has remained closed since the fire, and nothing has happened with it. I don't think, however, that it's coincidence that the car park lifts are now out of order...
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