New York Marriott Marquis

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New York Marriott Marquis Times Square opened in 1985 and was designed by architect John Portman. It is located in the heart of Times Square at Broadway and 45th Street. The hotel, is famous for its atrium lobby rising 45 stories to The View, New York's only rooftop revolving restaurant. With 1,949 rooms and over 100,000 square feet of meeting space, it is one of the largest hotels in the city. The Marquis Theatre is located within the hotel at the 3rd floor level.

The hotel offers six differnt meal outlets, The View [Continental], Encore Restaurant {American], Katen Sushi Bar [Japanese], Atrium Lounge [Continental], Broadway Lounge [Ecletic] and two Starbucks.

As of February 2007 the hotel is in the final stages of $150 million renovation, with new rooms, escalators and a new high-speed elevator system [Schindler’s Miconic 10® Elevator System].

The rooms of the hotel generally face to the sides and not to Time Square because at the time of the hotel's construction, Times Square still had a bad reputation.