Stoney Creek Inn & Conference Center |
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| Industry | Hospitality |
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| Defunct | |
| Headquarters | Mason City, Iowa, United States |
| Number of locations | 13 |
| Area served | Midwest |
| Key people | James H. Thompson |
| Website | Stoney Creek Inn |
Stoney Creek Inn's & Conference Center's are a collection of business traveler and family oriented hotel and conference centers operating under the Stoney Creek Inn and Grand Lodge by Stoney Creek brands. The most recent of the company's hotels are designed to be urban lodges with eclectic environments. Stoney Creek is also notable for its efforts to restore and operate American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright's historic Park Inn Hotel, located in Mason City, Iowa.[1][2]
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Stoney Creek Inn & Conference Centers now currently has a collection of 13 properties in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin that range in size up to 180 guest rooms. Stoney Creek’s newest facility located in Wausau, Wisconsin is the Grand Lodge, which opened in December 2009 and contains a 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m2) indoor water park.[3]
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The Grand Lodge in Wausau has 139 newly remodeled guest rooms and 4 meeting rooms. Additionally, the resort hosts Loggers Landing, a 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2). indoor water park that is said to be Northern Wisconsin's largest indoor water park.
The Historic Park Inn Hotel was designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1910. The Park Inn Hotel is the last Wright designed hotel in the world and his design is said to have greatly influenced architecture in Europe.[4]
In September 2010, Stoney Creek Hospitality Corporation took over as the Park Inn’s operator and announced the undertaking of a $20 million renovation of the historic hotel which will result in a 27 room full-service property with 7,000 sq ft (650 m2). of meeting space while maintaining amenities of the era and the restoration of the concepts and designs that the architect intended.