Sad to see that vandals have already started destroying this place, but apart from that it's amazing how preserved this place is. Clearly they expected to just reopen after the main part of the pandemic, but they never did.
@thelaylistchannel13762 жыл бұрын
>graffiti in an indoor skate park Seems fine to me
@cagneybillingsley21652 жыл бұрын
taggers are the worst people in existence. they contribute nothing of value to anything. bunch of stupid copy and paste block letters. so original!
@travisgould68022 жыл бұрын
Have scrappers began stripping all the copper yet? It’s sad to see this hotel in this state
@deKay10162 жыл бұрын
I mean to be fair the graffiti seems to be isolated to the pool, which is pretty respectable of who ever already got into the place and didn’t completely destroy it, like they left the piano alone lol
@b0rd3n2 жыл бұрын
i hope you at least water the plants...
@personontheinternets2 жыл бұрын
I worked as a housekeeper when everything shut down and before they fired everyone, there was a couple weeks where travel was shut down but we were still working, so we took the opportunity to do the deep cleaning you dont get to do in the normal season, get all the comforters washed and stuff. So I could see that being done in the time right before going out of business for good, leaving it cleaner than its ever been since it first opened.
@personontheinternets2 жыл бұрын
@@scuffmacgillicutty7509 It was the lodging in a national park. I'm sure lots of hotels did that whether they went out of business or not. I dont think the place I worked at went out of business I just meant "shut down" as in they stopped taking guests for a while.
@Coconutsales2 жыл бұрын
@@personontheinternets I also work in a National Park! Yellowstone, to be precise. What park did you work at?
@Mirrorunlimited2 жыл бұрын
Please don’t tell em
@Coconutsales2 жыл бұрын
@@Mirrorunlimited Uh why do you care? 🤣
@personontheinternets2 жыл бұрын
yeah im not doxing myself lol
@rickstarz2 жыл бұрын
What I appreciate about your exploration videos is that there's no cheesy sound effects and plenty of silence. Everyone else seems to want to make ghost stories out of abandoned buildings, but whenever I watch your vids I end up contemplating the temperality of everything, how the biggest buildings/attractions can fall into irrelevancy at any time.
@appliedengineering40012 жыл бұрын
You wanna talk about how the biggest buildings/attractions can fall into irrelevancy at any time. Talk about "lehman brothers", they were one of the biggest global financial institutions in the world. Founded in 1847. It lasted for 161 years and survived both the civil war and the great depression only to be wiped off the face of the earth by the 2008 recession.
@IsraelCountryCube2 жыл бұрын
@@appliedengineering4001 damn rip their building is it still standing?
@yeeaahhzz2 жыл бұрын
Jake merely panned to a van outside, stated it was concerning and simply continued. So many ubanx'ers will take a minute to go all Blair Witch Proj. So annoying. Jakes vids OTOH are always a vibe.
@colinklang2 жыл бұрын
He also knows how to shut the fuck up and he's respectful. One of my pet peeves about most urban explorers. Nonstop talking about whatever bs comes into their head and messing around with everything.
@JamaicaZ160R1793010A Жыл бұрын
Indeed. So many just need to do something stupid and mindless with places like this.
@carloostazek5924 Жыл бұрын
Hi, I know i'm 11 months late, but it's strange for me to watch this. I was a customer service supervisor here up until closure. You all might be wondering why it was left with beds made and breakfast service ready to go. Unfortunately, the night shift handed over to the morning shift who started preparing for the day, at around 9am we were called, ironically, into the conference room, where we were then told that the hotel would be closing, we could go home and await further instructions as there was no need for us to be in. A week or two went by when we were told it's not necessary for us to return, and things were left pretty much where we left them. The only people who entered after us were managers and a removal team who dismantled/removed workable items that could be relocated to other properties. There was only 1 guest at the time of our closure, but we had a recruitment event being held there 2 days later, hence why Conference Room B was semi-made.
@traingirl09 Жыл бұрын
@TheMusicvideorecords, you must be new to the urban exploration world. It is not encouraged for locations of these explorations to be made widely known. This is to prevent further vandalism from occurring.
@DegenFakeJames11 ай бұрын
@@traingirl09never let them know
@RonLaws9 ай бұрын
Based on the early 2020 planner, I'm guessing this is one of the many victims of the pandemic. Everything shut down and it was no longer viable to keep the lights on? or pay your salaries which i think is the saddest part.
@elronin72gaming268 ай бұрын
hello uh what was the name of this hotel before it closed lol?
@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith247 ай бұрын
@@RonLaws no, it closed because it smelled like poo and no matter how much they spend on cleaner and air designer they could not remove the poo smell so they went bankrupt
@Trades462 жыл бұрын
The restaurant set up, the pumpkin water catchers, the made beds...all point out that the employees here had NO IDEA that the day they came in to do their usual duties that it would have been the last time they would ever set foot into this establishment.
@ranisrikumar5735 Жыл бұрын
True
@Helladamnleet Жыл бұрын
Nah, I'm sure the writing was on the wall at that point. The place was probably hung on as long as it could, temporarily shut down, and a tried too hard to keep non-essential systems running during the shut down and bankrupted itself. Usually for a property that size they keep skeleton crew on for a while, then after that gets too expensive it becomes one or two security guards, then eventually a car that comes in sometimes, so I'd think the skeleton crew put those out.
@kilngoddess424 Жыл бұрын
I think covid hit many places like that. I taught at a community center, one day they called and said semester is over…no time to even come back and collect my stuff in the classroom. Finally allowed back in after a year and a half. They tried to reopen but no one wanted to be in classes with potential covid carriers. Then finally they made the final decision to close forever just keeping the ac running and maintainence was just too much for too long.
@SillyPuddy2012 Жыл бұрын
It’s not unheard of that employees get the shaft the day of. I know of a steakhouse that closed down one day. Employees came into work and doors were locked, pretty crummy.
@ColoradoJoeM Жыл бұрын
I was a valet at the double tree hotel downtown denver in march 15th we were told to go home and will call you when Tom come back oh I was thinking ok maybe a week off cool that didn't happen .few months later my girlfriend passed from covid it was her house I had to move out of colorado to expensive for a apartment had to give up my pets and move to shitty Illinois where my family lives
@chucker625 Жыл бұрын
I am shocked the owners did not have an auction. Those pianos alone go for 16-27k depending on model and condition. But I will say I pleasantly surprised to see it has not been looted either.
@draketungsten28548 ай бұрын
My cousin said you can see fire damage on the top floor while driving by.
@DonnaAskins7 ай бұрын
| But I will say I pleasantly surprised to see it has not been looted either. Wait.
@Ciborium6 ай бұрын
Those rolls of toilet paper could have sold for a hundred bucks each during the lockdown panic.
@lotus_flower20004 ай бұрын
Not looted at the time.. Now thats its been put online there is no doubt that vandals have come.
@noticiasinmundicias3 ай бұрын
@@lotus_flower2000 absolutely, i mean if lived nearby (or not thousands of KILOMETERS away) then I'd go take look. Surely vandals would feel the same way.
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
It would be wild to show this to someone from 5 years ago and tell them, “yeah it’s because of a virus.” How terrifying.
@sadjesus89032 жыл бұрын
Ikr, you would've thought we'd never had viruses before
@athos19742 жыл бұрын
Hmm. That sounds like an awesome movie idea. Time travel back 5-10 years and bring edited video footage of the worst of the pandemic. Use the fear to manipulate and gain control of society.
@commanderjason77862 жыл бұрын
@@athos1974 That, or encourage everyone to take it more seriously, and MAYBE reduce the time spent needed to try and at least reduce the impact of it.
@athos19742 жыл бұрын
@@commanderjason7786 Absolutely true. Trying to make the world a better place uplifting movie theme. I was thinking about more of a world domination mad dictator movie theme though. Lol.
@MatrixDiscovery2 жыл бұрын
Nope. Government lockdowns based on a lie.
@raflamar41462 жыл бұрын
What makes this place stand out so much is the level of preservation. It really looks like they were prepared to reopen after the pandemic. And it never did. It looks like humanity just vanished from this place, and that is whats so fascinating.
@PatWallace2 жыл бұрын
Maybe they’re still planning to…😮
@Rix3172 жыл бұрын
The two weeks turned into until vaccines. And the vaccines didn't change much, so they just made people double triple vax. The only thing that changed the pandemic was when omicron spread like fire and when everyone got over that cold. Things started to be normal again.
@myra02242 жыл бұрын
@@Rix317 The vaccines stopped people from dying left and right. People got much less ill because of it luckily so it did help. But staying at home, washing hands and keeping distance helped to lessen the spread of the virus
@Owlet1012 жыл бұрын
@@Rix317 lol covid (any variation) is far from a cold. Had it twice. Pre and post vaccine. The vaccine made it way easier to get through. My fiance and I had long term damage from the first time we had it. Never had long term damage from a cold. And I've never heard of anyone having long term damage from a cold.
@Ninjabeefyschtick2 жыл бұрын
@@myra0224 Yes, I think the vaccines not only save lives and minimize symptoms (supposedly.... but some people i know still had bad fever and body aches), people were also more ready to go out after being vaccinated. It feels pretty normal in most countries now, i think? Except for maybe China and a few countries in the East.
@LauraK3082 жыл бұрын
2:00 Respect to the servers and bus people who cleaned and set those tables that one last time. I hope y'all are doing okay. ♥
@BilisNegra2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, respect. Most probably, not 100% of them are doing ok...
@bfg9000d12 жыл бұрын
@Sun 🔆 Shine 🔆 I use to work at a steakhouse that closed due to a owner that had a major loss due to investing to much money in the stock market as a result the restaurant didn't have enough capital to physically keep its doors open. We didn't find this out till numerous days later. At the time we just assumed we weren't making enough business which left us dumbfounded because I thought are food was pretty good. Of course we weren't Ruth Chris but I thought for the money we were at least above average. Our last day we were told to clean the tables , roll the silver in napkins, restock the condiments if they are low and various other things. It didn't make any sense considering it was our last day and we were closing. After we left I assumed they were going to take stuff out. But Months later are setting of the tables was still in place like it was set for another day. The intruders could have very well done this. But I wouldn't put it past the restaurant to have the tables set, they do weird $hit like that.
@Chocolate_dragon2 жыл бұрын
@@BilisNegra are any of us ok
@cartoonfreack96712 жыл бұрын
@@lifequest7453 there was a guy who replied before you that gave a pretty good story but when stuff like this closes the owners know waaaay in advance regardless of how or why it happens. The actual workers are always the last to find out officially. My guess is that they want the place to look good if they're selling the property later. Also shout out to this guy for confirming that every room still has a tv and they left an entire piano behind ima get it if I lived there
@noticiasinmundicias3 ай бұрын
@@Chocolate_dragon fr
@kewkabe2 жыл бұрын
This was one of the Holliday Inn "Hollidomes" from the 70's/80's and it wasn't just for conventions. In the northern US it was a cheap vacation for people who would go to the hot, humid Hollidomes where you could walk around like you were in Florida, that also had a pool, arcade, shuffleboard, fooseball, bar and restaurants.
@skytheguy04382 жыл бұрын
If I was homeless and found this I'd be stoked
@utubethumbsup2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same...those hotel room beds still looked pretty damn cozy
@Diana452512 жыл бұрын
Same 😊
@spinozilla24212 жыл бұрын
Same, would start setting camp here
@prevails852 жыл бұрын
Seriously!! I’d do my best in making it look abandon still & live there as much as I could!
@vanessarichardson1102 жыл бұрын
And I'd be creepy living in that large space alone
@stevew85132 жыл бұрын
It's a shame that the building can't be repurposed into, say, apartments. I love seeing unusual buildings being made into apartments - my sister's old co-worker was a teacher who had retired, the school she taught at was closed right afterward and was converted to apartments for seniors. The room she moved into turned out to be her original homeroom. I wish more landowners would repurpose perfectly fine, structurally sound buildings into something other than a future pile of rubble.
@gretchinmiller1502 жыл бұрын
I think this would made a great senior citizen living space
@rkenzie52352 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. The space and furniture could be used for so much. I know it’s not that simple but still sad to see.
@MyrddinREmrys2 жыл бұрын
You would think that it's a lot more reasonable to renovate and repurpose for a quickly growing need to do just that to adequately care for and keep expenses from skyrocketing as is happening with each new facility and something like this could contain a whole suite of support services under one roof.. so to speak. 👍👍
@KeithCindyPanama2 жыл бұрын
There’s a lot of repurposed properties happening like one mall and as turned into a collage and a school was turned into apartments.
@KeithCindyPanama2 жыл бұрын
An old elementary school in Fairfax va was kept as a condominium front office.
@SilvaD7022 жыл бұрын
I can't believe how much stuff is left behind in some of these places. You'd think they would sell/liquidate or donate or something...
@BrightSunFilms2 жыл бұрын
It was likely a case of the owners attempting to retain the interiors and sell it as a turnkey property with everything ready to go. Obviously something went wrong in the process
@SilvaD7022 жыл бұрын
@@BrightSunFilms Something for sure... This one appears to me like its stuck in receivership limbo. Some of your other video visits, like even the empty malls have so much equipment and fixtures left behind to rot. It amazes me why its not sold/liquidated before the scrappers get to it. Regardless, thank you for your videos, they're real eye openers.
@robertpettit53942 жыл бұрын
Right? He said they sold it for 15M, if I had been the new investor, I would have immediately salvaged what I could into storage or sold as soon as I realized I wasn't going to be able to open right back up. Most of that stuff is going to have to be removed for refurbishment or renovation anyway, just because of the mold.
@RevengeofGothzilla2 жыл бұрын
@@BrightSunFilms That's what usually happens when everything is left behind. That or legal issues.
@ShxkeGFX2 жыл бұрын
@@robertpettit5394 Furniture isnt worth much brother
@dominicfaga15972 жыл бұрын
me and my friends just found this hotel its crazy how good condition it's in. I hate when people destroy it. It's been 2 weeks since this video and all the dishes in the restaurant are broken on the floor. I hate people that's trash these places and ruin it for the rest.
@FrankFox-yu1xf Жыл бұрын
If they have the homeless living there, and responsible for take caring of the place, and maintaining it, and protecting it from vandals, that would be putting it to good use. It could be a self-sustaining place. They do the cooking, they do the laundry, they do the cleaning oh, they do the maintenance, and the security. It will give them a place to go and something to do.
@benscovil Жыл бұрын
@@FrankFox-yu1xfyour ideas are not typical of those who are homeless. You don't see tent villages in spotless condition. Sadly many homeless have no pride in what they do. It's unlikely they would ever upkeep this huge facility
@RAAM855 Жыл бұрын
I bet that piano has been smashed and torn to pieces
@L.Ron.Hoyabembe Жыл бұрын
@@FrankFox-yu1xf Homeless taking care of a place and maintaining it. Have you ever been to a big city?
@FrankFox-yu1xf Жыл бұрын
@@benscovil Sad
@shanemoriarty74372 жыл бұрын
Honestly a lot of these abandoned hotels and motels could be easily turned into homeless shelters or cheap apartments
@jupiterskiss34732 жыл бұрын
Yep. Smart and sustainable solutions.
@brightsonaEnt2 жыл бұрын
You can but think how can they eat
@jcsoundguy2 жыл бұрын
The liability issues involved is why this rarely happens. Nearly impossible to get insurance when you do that. Cities can't afford to purchase and operate it.
@samu-chan Жыл бұрын
@@brightsonaEnt dumb question
@GalaxyJazzGirl Жыл бұрын
What if they’re haunted? 😱
@SpaceGhost9992 жыл бұрын
I just wanna say that you mentioned "it's surprising there's so much decay on a short period of time". But I think people tend to forget these old buildings arent usually abandoned in perfect shape. Generally they're already having various issues by the time they're abandoned.
@walker1984 Жыл бұрын
Or they had small issues that were fixable and maybe even had work orders to get them fixed but the shutdown happened and then the complete closure happened, so those small problems aren't so small anymore.
@danielalexander8588 Жыл бұрын
@@walker1984 that's probably whats happened.
@harlowblackadder3562 жыл бұрын
I remember those Holiday Inns designed with all the rooms facing an indoor pool! So fun for us kids on road trips to swim at night.
@295g2952 жыл бұрын
3:45 - This hotel was built with an exterior pool between interior-hallway rooms; then the pool was roofed-over to have more interior area. I have seen *Holi-dome hotels* that are hotels with exterior-corridors, built about sixty years ago; and renovated by roofing-over the pool area.
@ToddRileyRealEstate2 жыл бұрын
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@harlowblackadder3562 жыл бұрын
@@295g295 Interesting! Thanks for the info! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@MarksKicksOnRoute662 жыл бұрын
There's absolutely no one that delivers such amazing content like Jake and Company! Six stars rating!
@ihatemybosses2 жыл бұрын
The proper people are interesting too. I stopped watching them after tiring of their hate for the US. They keep coming back here though. Confused as to why.
@EVIL-C2 жыл бұрын
@@ihatemybosses They ARE American.
@jgood0052 жыл бұрын
@@ihatemybosses The Proper People's hate for America? The only remotely political thing I've ever heard them say was when they were in the New Orleans prison that flooded during Katrina while prisoners were left locked up.
@dannybryant31412 жыл бұрын
Right! Crazy to see the awesome growth… naturally gifted! Another great production.
@debbiem92182 жыл бұрын
Make that a twenty star rating!
@SirBilliam962 жыл бұрын
I've been to a few hotels that have a large closed in atrium, and for some reason, I have always really liked that style of hotel. You can go outside your room to the amenities without having to actually go outdoors, which is nice when the weather is really cold or hot. Something about those hotels has always stuck with me, but sadly more and more of them are closing.
@Youngthunder72 жыл бұрын
Yeah just like how all the indoor malls have closed too. Why do people want everything outside?
@Slaptop. Жыл бұрын
@@Youngthunder7 cheaper
@andrewc1199 Жыл бұрын
The Orlando World Center Marriott is like that and it's awesome!
@dchawk81 Жыл бұрын
@@Youngthunder7 Quicker in and out. Park directly outside the actual store you want instead of walking all the way around, through, or across. Especially with arms full of merchandise. Malls suck.
@Michael-uy1tz Жыл бұрын
Although Atriums are gorgeous, they take up space that can generate revenue and are costly to heat and Air.
@Lyna-vr3tk2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. I'm a huge fan and love everything you make, but this one really hits home for me in a very tender and profound way. I apologize in advance to everyone for such a lengthy comment, but I've never gotten the chance to talk about this before. This is the first time you've explored a location I've actually been to myself when it was in operation. It's very spooky to me because not only do I know this place, I know it intimately: I have extremely personal and special memories of this hotel, and staying there was a formative event in my life. I attended a conference here almost twenty years ago now - I can't remember the exact date - and I got to stay in one of the first floor atrium rooms. The experience changed my life. I'm not a frequent traveler or anything, but I've stayed in a few hotels over the years and have even been lucky enough to stay in a handful of really nice ones. I'd never stayed in a hotel like this one before, and I as write this I haven't ever got the chance to do so again. No other hotel I've ever been in has left this big of an impact on me: Those few days I spent here are burned into my psyche and have continued to inspire me ever since. That atrium was so, *so* beautiful when the hotel was operational. My nervous system is hypersensitive to stimuli, and walking through those doors into the atrium for the first time was overpowering in the best possible way: To me everything felt bright, warm, colorful, inviting and welcoming, and the banners hanging down from the ceiling added just the right touch of grandeur. It felt alive and bustling as guests and conference attendees mingled, toed and froed, but it also felt cozy at the same time. It was like we were all in living in our own little community together: That wide, spacious concourse was like our own Main Street, we had our own community swimming pool (with hot tub!) and, when I was there at least, there was even a video arcade in that second floor kiosk-room you can see in a few shots. At night we'd all "go out on the town", sit by the pool and socialize, then go upstairs and hang out at the arcade into well into the wee hours of the morning. Some kids would even play tag and hide-and-seek by ducking and weaving between the atrium, the surrounding hotel and the maintenance areas! It was so lovely and so much fun. I caught myself repeatedly thinking how nice it would be to live in a place like this, especially given its location and what the weather gets like there 'round about February or March. For years and years after that conference this hotel stuck out in my mind, and I never could completely explain why. Sure, it was a delightful weekend or whatever, but something about the building itself touched my heart too and it frustrated me I couldn't identify or articulate what it was or why. Over a decade later I discovered the philosophy of themed spaces and, entranced, I read all I could about design theory, Victor Gruen and the mall concept. Only then did things finally "click" for me: The reason I felt so happy in places like (good) malls, the ski mountain I live by with an outdoor plaza stylized as an Alpine village, the Contemporary Resort and EPCOT in Walt Disney World and this hotel is because I have some kind of innate, deep-rooted affection for modernist architecture. I love inhabiting a space that's been meticulously designed from the ground up around a theme and to service a need for people in a creative, elegant way. It's probably also why I have a huge thing for ocean liners too. I now consider 20th Century design theory a true passion of mine, it's helped mould my creativity and imagination in all sorts of new ways and allowed me to learn much more about who I am as a person. I'm confident in saying that never would have happened if I hadn't stayed here all those years ago. I knew the hotel had changed hands a lot over the 2010s, went through some hard times and eventually closed in 2020. Even so, it's still so surreal seeing it like this. I'm happy it's more or less untouched (or at least it was when you were there), and I echo the sentiments of a lot of the other commenters calling it for it to be turned into a residential community. The housing situation in this country is so sad and it breaks my heart when people go homeless while places like this are torn down and forgotten. It's a cliché, I know, but in the case of this sort of modernist design in my (admittedly very limited) experience, "they really don't build them like they used to anymore". It's infuriating, too, because this is pretty much the exact problem this type of architecture could have helped solve in the first place. I don't know if anybody will read this given the absurd length and lateness both, but I'm grateful for the opportunity to share my story all the same. I literally cried genuine tears writing this. Please keep doing what you love: Art like this touches people.
@CrakenFlux2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully said, thank you
@Qwerty-uiop2 жыл бұрын
😢I would’ve looked amazing. Wish I could’ve saw it when it was in service
@strengthful60582 жыл бұрын
Youre a beautiful person
@Lyna-vr3tk2 жыл бұрын
@@strengthful6058 Thank you so much! I'm deeply flattered, and this made my night😊
@Lyna-vr3tk2 жыл бұрын
@@CrakenFlux Thank you for reading! It means a lot.
@kathryncoffey89612 жыл бұрын
Wow, two pianos in mint condition for the price of one? That's crazy! I'd hate to see them deteriorate or get wrecked
@Forrest_O.2 жыл бұрын
That’s surprising
@JohnWayneCheeseburger2 жыл бұрын
The comment section always loves a piano lol
@GRosa2502 жыл бұрын
How’d you leave a comment 7 days ago when it says the video was posted 2 hours ago?
@opekamma2 жыл бұрын
@@GRosa250 probably through patreon support. folks can often get content early for supporting channels that way
@GRosa2502 жыл бұрын
@@opekamma I think you’re right. I just always thought they were posted early on a different platform not on YT. I didn’t realize you could do that.
@ckilbarger012 жыл бұрын
It's a little sad that clearly all the workers were intending to come back. It makes me wonder how much heads up they had that it was closing
@thisisme32382 жыл бұрын
Probably not much, if any at all. In March of 2020, most businesses were open before being told to close by the government shutdown. It's like the saying, "Here today, gone tomorrow." The shutdown shuttered so many businesses, a lot of those businesses, never were able to open, ever again. 😢😥
@Ncyphen2 жыл бұрын
While a shutdown was expected, no one was ready for it. More than likely, the restaurant was preparing for breakfast when they were likely informed they were being forced to close and kick guests and non-essential staff out.
@danw10892 жыл бұрын
Make no mistake this was a government problem not a virus problem
@dannysdailys2 жыл бұрын
@@thisisme3238 Actually, 40% of them shut down for good.
@thisisme32382 жыл бұрын
@@dannysdailys Do you have a link to backup the statistic numbers, that sounds a little high...unless those are world wide statistics.
@thegrahammer2 жыл бұрын
I love old atriums or 'holidomes' in those hotels. I stayed in a hotel like that with my aunt as a child on a staycation. We had so much fun. Indoor pool, mini golf, water features, tropical foliage, globed lights elicit nostalgic feelings for me.
@katharine24352 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@Golfing4222 жыл бұрын
I remember staying in them in the late 70’s early 80’s as a kid when they were the place to go. Today’s hotels are so lame for kids compared to what it used to be. You could never leave the hotel and never get bored.
@8polyglot2 жыл бұрын
I stayed at a couple “holidomes” as a kid. One in the midwest and one in Colorado. They were very “of the time.” I think staying there is what gives me my love for tacky faux tropical decor in adulthood. 😂
@Chellariat2 жыл бұрын
your videos are always insanely good, i've reccomended them to countless friends
@BrightSunFilms2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
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@acbvisuals66212 жыл бұрын
It is a shame we have overpriced housing and so many issues related to the subject, yet so many abandoned completely livable spaces like this. This would make a super cool community.
@Sn0w_Official2 жыл бұрын
It is cool but it is also just as easily gonna be bought out by another firm to just be made into more upscale living rather than affordable living for the masses
@HalianTheProtogen2 жыл бұрын
Some rich polycule needs to get this fixed up and turn the buildings into affordable apartments. :P
@spankulator2 жыл бұрын
I live in room 103. We have party's every night. Free rent
@JBS75512 жыл бұрын
@@HalianTheProtogen my business does just this, it's a great solution. Makes us money and helps folks out. Win win
@vincent212122 жыл бұрын
This hotel isn't totally abandoned. Trust me, it is definitely an asset in someone's books. By the time this building was bought from whoever it belongs to, retrofitted with individual kitchens and other essential amenities it wouldn't be affordable. And who knows if the surrounding area has demand for a bunch of studio apartments with no kitchens. Like, how useful is that? People aren't homeless for lack of living spaces. They're homeless because they aren't able, for whatever personal reasons, to stay the f in a single place without upheaval. Some people's natural disposition is to wander, and that is A-OK. Let go of the insane belief that every single person wants to or belongs in a stationary box. That's blind madness! Give them the dollar they ask for or leave them the hell alone.
@jcsrst2 жыл бұрын
It always amazes me that businesses are allowed to just "walk away" and leave a building to rot. Somewhere down the line it becomes someone else's financial problem.
@austinlawler37392 жыл бұрын
I don't think that's the case here. The hotel was clearly closed abruptly as the tables are set, rooms made and ready to go, and it looks like it closed either with the intention to reopen fairly quick, or the owners ran out of money form it being closed longer then they had anticipated. Either way this is not a case of the owners just letting rot, especially since it was bought so fast.
@adondriel2 жыл бұрын
not to mention how many people this building could house... if you aren't using it, let others occupy it.
@williamharris83672 жыл бұрын
@@adondriel Well, squatting in vacant buildings is very definitely a thing, though the lack of electricity and running water would may make conditions less than ideal. There is also the issue of who is responsible if someone gets injured on the premises. That said, it is my impression that this hotel is not located in a major urban area so presumably there is little local demand for free housing.
@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe83072 жыл бұрын
Please inform us what silly laws you would have in place to stop people doing what they want with their own property?
@mrb1522 жыл бұрын
I mean what would you have done with it? It wasn’t profitable. If it was it would still be open.
@draff16622 жыл бұрын
I get the sense that one afternoon, staff was about working and suddenly just ‘walked out’ by security and the hotel closed (I’ve known of situations like that). Too many things were left as just is. The restaurants, though, seemed to have been cleared out of food. I remember going to conferences in mega-hotels like this, so many attendees with sometimes multiple events happening at once. Like a small city. Weird seeing it still basically in place but void of people. Great video.
@foabmoab2 жыл бұрын
The Last of Us, the early days :P Kinda reminds me of an old retirement home I visited during my school work placement week. Everything had been left behind, including belongings, coats hanging up. One door in a hallway had been smashed, but other than that, looked like everyone had just vanished. Was very eerie.
@theprinceoftides6836 Жыл бұрын
Tru Dat, coming to a theatre near you. Lookin' forward to seeing that film BTW.
@davidhibbs6989 Жыл бұрын
My brother worked as a security officer at this location when the pandemic first happened they and the whole staff would be notified when they could return to work. It never happened! To this day it's still not known why it never reopened and impossible to contact anyone in control. My brother always questioned why they were so concerned about security in this place. He said it was like guarding fort Knox. They spent a third of their revenue on security alone. They had backups on top of backups! Your every move was more than likely recorded!
@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley2 жыл бұрын
Imagine renting one of those convention floor rooms and then right outside your door is the full-blown convention that you'd have to fight your way through if you want to leave your room for anything 😅 And even if you don't leave, everyone is just right there, making noise.
@brookeg59792 жыл бұрын
That was my thought exactly. If the noise wasn't bad enough, imagine trying to sneak away from some corporate event after just being done with socializing and everyone being all "ooooooh I see you up there Sally trying to leave early! Get back here you!" Ooof, my worst nightmare.
@traceytrotter99342 жыл бұрын
I never thought of the noise but I did think how freaky it would be to have that indoor pool and convention area outside your window when you wake up in the morning. Yikes! 😬
@BillLaBrie2 жыл бұрын
Happened to me in Denver. Trekkies. Those were some amusing elevator rides.
@lunayoshi2 жыл бұрын
@@BillLaBrie I want you to elaborate. What kind of hijinks ensued in the Trek convention? :)
@benjaminrobinson38422 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I thought it was a pretty odd decision to have the room doors open directly onto an interior courtyard. I've seen plenty that have patios that open onto a common area (albeit an exterior one), but the "main" room door would face a more private hallway.
@svpracer982 жыл бұрын
What is really spooky about this is there were people who went home one night in early 2020 and never went back to the same work place again.
@RockwellsWildLife2 жыл бұрын
Happened to me. Clocked out at the end of my shift on a Sunday in March 2020, woke up the next morning to find a voice mail from my boss telling me that we had all been laid off. The company ended up being sold two months later and the new owner decided to close our location.
@svpracer982 жыл бұрын
@@RockwellsWildLife oh no! I'm sorry that happened to you. I work for a school and it was the creepiest thing walking through deserted hallways for the remainder of the 2019/ 2020 school year.
@Dumbrarere2 жыл бұрын
“You’d think that silence would be peaceful. But really, it’s painful.” ― David Levithan This quote couldn't be any truer, than in an abandoned hotel that was lost to the COVID-19 economy, literally frozen in time. Just like the one you have shown. Thank you for filming this video.
@BilisNegra2 жыл бұрын
Quite a quote, really.
@mrbiglarge8820 Жыл бұрын
that hits really hard.
@Ivyrose42 жыл бұрын
I never understand why they don’t just give the furniture to another hotel. Everything looks so pretty, besides the small indications of decay. The restaurant was beautiful, and apart from a few cracks and dust, it still looks wonderful. The furniture doesn’t look bad at all. It literally looks frozen in time, when you don’t notice the little decays. The architecture is beautiful, and the beds almost appear to be clean. I’d camp out there on a cot, and just enjoy the scenery for a couple days, taking pictures of the almost pristine looking restaurant. It’s so strange to see a hotel so clean, and with little vandalism. I might lay on those made beds, but it would feel wrong to disturb them as they’re frozen in time.
@Wolfrover2 жыл бұрын
Mostly because hotel furniture is cheap by definition. All of the other hotels in the line already have it, and other lines have their own style and don't need it.
@daisymae3883 Жыл бұрын
Or did they offer to give anything to employees?
@Mrbigmike311 Жыл бұрын
Simply put creditors would prefer to see it rot away or find a buyer rather than to give it to those who need it. Creditors are the worst kind of people out there
@godozo Жыл бұрын
Towards the end of the video the narrator says they tried to sell it as a "turnkey hotel," implying that the furnishings came along with the hotel. Been a couple years since then, of course, and it's likely the furnishings have started falling apart on their own.
@dchawk81 Жыл бұрын
What hotel would want cheap contaminated furniture that doesn't fit their décor?
@ZacharyNeuberger2 ай бұрын
2024 update! The hotel has changed hands a few times since this video. In 2023 a fire broke out on the 5th floor. The fire was contained to one room. It was suspected to have been started by accident by someone homeless. I passed by this hotel the other day and there are lights on inside and looks like renovations are taking place. It’s still vacant and apparently the property is getting foreclosed on.
@rockylove45712 жыл бұрын
It’s so sad to see a hotel that was thriving to now being abandoned. Wish this hotel would be still thriving.
@Xander-dx6mw2 жыл бұрын
My wife had her bridal shower there 20 years ago. I don't remember it being open in December 2019, and we literally stayed right next door. Sad to see a building like this, but travel priorities have changed, and it would take $3-5 million to get that place up to spec. With as many hotels on that strip, and sandwiched between 2 very new ones, it would be a tough uphill battle.
@tammyboykin5285 Жыл бұрын
Where is it?
@cshughes77 Жыл бұрын
Yes, location ???
@SayaddinaBeneGesserit Жыл бұрын
Wayyyyy more than 5mill imo
@greatwolf855 ай бұрын
@@tammyboykin5285 Quick search yielded 205 wolf rd colonie ny.
@NivisonsMilk2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if they ever get nervous going in abandoned places. What if you accidentally stumble upon someone's living quarters, or come across a dead body. Its amazing that you risk your safety like this to provide us first hand footage of the abandoned places of America/Canada. Love from Toronto 🇨🇦
@RandomEdits0842 жыл бұрын
And I wonder if it’s still private property and if they broke the law when I see those kinds of KZbin videos.
@12ed12evolver2 жыл бұрын
both have happened if you follow enough urbex channels. And yes, its still tresspassing but if you didnt break anything to enter and dont have any destruction tools on your person the cops will typically just tell you to leave but that is all subjective to who finds you.
@12ed12evolver2 жыл бұрын
unless its florida door, then they will 100% shoot you lol
@tammyboykin5285 Жыл бұрын
Shocked no bugs lol
@annalisa22 Жыл бұрын
I’m sure they get nervous
@Sean4fun11 Жыл бұрын
I grew up a few miles from this hotel. I recognized it as soon as I saw the placement of the pool in the middle of the courtyard. My family actually had a swimming membership of sorts here that the hotel offered to locals who wanted to swim indoors during the winter. It's a bit odd now as I think back but it was so fun as a young kid getting to swim and play at the arcade in the middle of winter. The arcade consisted of 3 games at the time - one was Asteroids. The restaurant was actually pretty decent at one time. I recall a Mothers Day buffet one year. Sad to see it in this condition but I'm surprised it made it to 2020. It was pretty dated in the 90s when I last saw it. I hope people don't destroy the place while the new owners figure out what to do with it. I think it would be rather nostalgic to stay here on a visit home with my family if they could bring it back to life. I wonder if the area could support another hotel - there are plenty of others that popped up around it - but none with a cool history like this place. Thank you for sharing the video.
@moneyguy2008 Жыл бұрын
What is the location of this hotel?
@SunnyWu Жыл бұрын
@@moneyguy2008 You know you can reverse image search in Google Chrome. It's not too hard to find considering some of the photos were pulled off the internet.
@janinenovy9422 Жыл бұрын
Hi. Can I ask where this is? I think I've been here. Ohio PA border ?
@aeugenegray Жыл бұрын
@@Matt_from_Floridadefinitely not Florida i4. I grew up there part of the time, there would be palm trees for sure. Part of the "Florida experience"
@jvoulo11 ай бұрын
As a local inspector in that county, I remember in the beginning of 2020 inspecting their kitchen right before they closed. They had no idea it was coming. Recently, from what I have been from the local codes department, it has been vandalized so much that no one wants to buy the property. Apparently the homeless were burning the mattresses in the pool to "heat" the place while people have been stripping copper and other valuables out of it for the past few years. It's changed hands a few times but so far no one has actually done anything with it. The other high rise hotel that is adjacent to it also belongs to the facility and has since had a large fire in one of the top floors. I don't believe anything will come of the place as it stands. Time will tell.
@michaelb82452 жыл бұрын
Great video Jake! My first job while still in hs was as a "isle attendant" at our local Marriott. When it was discovered I could cook I was promoted to "omelet boy" as a member of the Sunday brunch crew. I quickly found myself doing just about every F&B job the hotel had and really enjoyed working there. The '90's corporate aesthetic defined my hotel. Mostly business travelers. We also took in many flight crews coming in from international flights. We enjoyed serving all our guests. Over the years I have stayed at hotels like this one and it always brought back fond memories of Marriott when times were simpler.
@robloxvids22332 жыл бұрын
Cool video. You said "it's interesting to see a place this early on after being abandoned" like 4 times lol. I'm a building inspector and I've been in a couple creepy abandoned buildings. They are definitely unsettling. One was a midrise office building that had 1 small tenant on the first floor. It had been Compaq computers building but they went bankrupt. I walked around the abandoned upper floors alone and it was creepy. Another was an office tower that had done some remodeling in the basement. Went to inspect it with maintenance guy and we walked through an abandoned basement tenant space frozen in time. The basement had flooded like 7 years earlier during a tropical storm and so all the calendars on the wall were from 2001. It was very strange.
@mlwakat2 жыл бұрын
In the Houston area
@vectr0nmusic2 жыл бұрын
Jake, this is crazy. I know this hotel; I grew up nearby. I went there once with my dad in the mid-00's and there was some sort of boring event in the center atrium that I had to be at. I don't remember what it was. I just remember finding the indoor pool afterwards and wanting to go swimming. Probably won't come as a surprise that all that decor was the same back then. Sad to see it like this now.
@HeyitstheoriginalKay2 жыл бұрын
What city/state? I think it might be near me.
@Lazarus10952 жыл бұрын
GET. THE. PIANOS. They're right there for the taking, man.
@lehsu2 жыл бұрын
@@Lazarus1095 That would be theft. Just because the place is closed doesn’t mean anyone can go in and steal from it.
@vectr0nmusic2 жыл бұрын
@@HeyitstheoriginalKay I'd love to say where, but I can't really give it away in an open comments section
@ChefPierrette2 жыл бұрын
@@vectr0nmusic why? Not like people will actually go to it. Plus people in the local area already know it’s abandoned and will go vandalize it anyway
@ewabbott Жыл бұрын
Great video. Unfortunately the vandalism has become worse and there was a fire last month. The new owner claims that they are going to make changes but none have been forthcoming. The local newspaper has been covering this fairly well.
@jamescook9661 Жыл бұрын
Location.
@SunnyWu Жыл бұрын
@@jamescook9661 Reverse image search the photos pulled from the internet with Chrome. :)
@the_mariocrafter9 ай бұрын
Hello?
@ronaldsteele61512 жыл бұрын
It's a shame how vandal's have already started trashing it. Extremely eerie how a virus can do such damage. You see it in the movie's but never think of it happening in real life.
@ChickenNugget-ev8zd2 жыл бұрын
Somehow this is even scarier than the buildings that have been abandoned for many years
@carlgriffith4660 Жыл бұрын
Can you imagine what would happen if Biden and company treated the flu, that kills tens of thousands each year, like the covid scare. We would be in a perpetual state of hysteria called for by these democratic tools and the nation would die much faster than they are killing it now.
@L.Ron.Hoyabembe Жыл бұрын
@@ChickenNugget-ev8zd Is it due the eerieness of it being a liminal space?
@helenem.88892 жыл бұрын
This is so sad.... when I was a teenager in the 70's, one of my friends had a pool party for her birthday here. This used to be a really nice place! Thanks for the tour and memories.
@sham9505Ай бұрын
What hotel is this?
@michael-carnes2 жыл бұрын
This is so wild! I have always wondered if this hotel was going to make it. I stayed there for work in 2018 and it was very slow and definitely needed a remodel. Also, those buttermilk pancakes were amazing ! :) Great video as always!!!!
@TedKidd2 жыл бұрын
Where is it?
@morganoconnor94092 жыл бұрын
@@TedKidd upstate ny
@rahulmoitra48172 жыл бұрын
Which hotel was it? Fairfield Marriott?
@tammyboykin5285 Жыл бұрын
@@morganoconnor9409 catskills?
@amandapoore9481 Жыл бұрын
@@rahulmoitra4817 Thank you it is so hard to figure out where these places are, thank you
@bfrides78002 жыл бұрын
Holiday Inn had a few of these same convention/hotel with covered atriums spread across the northeast. They did well with trade shows during the week and wedding expos, car shows, home improvement shows, Sunday church services, etc on weekends. The rooms need an update for this to reopen. Figure $10-15K per room times 300 = $3-4.5M and $300K minimum for common areas.
@gringa9782 жыл бұрын
No way that much to renovate and gets these rooms up to par
@kellypage8232 Жыл бұрын
Breaks my heart. So much could be given away. What waste.
@kcindc55392 жыл бұрын
I remember this hotel from the 70s. It was at about the mid point when we’d drive from the Philly burbs up to visit my aunt and uncle who lived in Burlington VT. I used to think that place was the coolest kid paradise.
@Dr-Random Жыл бұрын
What’s the name of the hotel?
@JDeubel Жыл бұрын
@@Dr-Random it was a Holiday Inn
@JDeubel Жыл бұрын
What city was this hotel in?
@tammyboykin5285 Жыл бұрын
Where is this place?
@JDeubel Жыл бұрын
@@tammyboykin5285 somebody told me in New York somewhere
@linall23452 жыл бұрын
This would make one hell of an assisted living facility!
@fart3312 Жыл бұрын
It's so weird to me how a building can receive little to no maintence over 3-5 years and be total fine but as soon as people are no longer around, it starts to decay quite quickly
@dynagaming2693 Жыл бұрын
The key is that there ARE people doing things to keep buildings maintained, you just don't often see it because it's little things, like fixing the small leak in the roof or pulling weeds. Combine multiple tiny fixes over the course of a week, and that's how buildings stay in decent shape for years. What you're seeing is the lack of those little fixes compounded over a couple years.
@riverc6638 Жыл бұрын
Plus modern day architecture doesn't stand a chance against humidity. Too cheap for that. Turn the AC off and interiors start to rot immediately.
@tiggerbear3 Жыл бұрын
Houses and hotels are meant to be lived in. It doesn’t take long for things to fall into disrepair
@lgannawa2 жыл бұрын
I stayed in an open and functional hotel in MUCH worse shape than this in Lake Havasu a few years ago. It’s really a shame to see such a nice property go in to disrepair like this. Thank you for sharing!
@sunshine39142 жыл бұрын
Yup, I’ve been in worse hotels.
@keithwendl83282 жыл бұрын
The islander? I’ve stayed at some real crappy hotels in Havasu!
@UnchartedTravel2 жыл бұрын
Was truly surreal exploring a location as untouched as this one with so much left behind! Great video as always man!!
@ajw205 ай бұрын
This is my favorite kind of abandoned building. A large, grandiose building still in early stages of decay with stuff still inside. Everything is so perfect, as if the staff just left one night and could be back the next day. As you said in the video, it’s weird to explore a clean building. It really makes you imagine what it looked like when it was operating, because it’s not hard to imagine. It almost feels cozy and comfortable. It reminds me of my mom’s old office, where the power is still on. One day they just packed up the computers and left, but the place is still in mint condition. I’d kill to get inside…
@draketungsten2854 Жыл бұрын
My cousin travels thru that area regularly. He told me that it seems like all the ground floor windows are now boarded up, whereas originally it only seemed like a few were. On his last trip driving past, he saw graffiti showing up on the outside of the building or at least the part facing the road. He won't go inside, due to occasional sightings of police cars nearby, but I can't imagine the inside of the place is much better off.
@draketungsten2854 Жыл бұрын
My cousin said that over the last few weeks, they've seen large dumpsters outside this main part of the building. Maybe they're actually doing something with it. They also finally towed away the abandoned hotel van you saw in the video.
@aaaa-fq1ue Жыл бұрын
@@draketungsten2854saw it last week and the front burned down
@draketungsten28548 ай бұрын
My cousin said somethings going on there. He's driven by it after dark several times over the last two weeks and he said he's seen hallway lights on.
@ryanroberts11042 жыл бұрын
This does a good job of showing why so many buildings decay so quickly when empty. So many little things that add up, a drip here, a broken window there...it's a full time job for more than one person to simply secure a building like this, let alone fix it. If it isn't making money they aren't going to pay a crew six figures to keep it like it was... Once it gets to the point of no return and they have to tear it down, they just leave it because that cost money too and now at least they have nothing else to lose. You can't steal the land. So many people don't realize what goes into maintaining a building...especially anything of this size. Including the dumb developers that tend to buy the old hotels on their 5th, 6th, 7th owner/brand name...
@Richy.Boi.2 жыл бұрын
Back to the original format of abandoned exploring, love it!
@PaxtonPackman2 жыл бұрын
its truly sad to see how a building can be let so perfect and get no use. Great video dude. love the content.
@angelafitzgerald74072 жыл бұрын
So sad to see such a unique place go down, and those vandalizers going in marking it up, so very sad.
@kaner12341 Жыл бұрын
Yep. Trashy graffiti "artists" are pathetic
@drkmagneto Жыл бұрын
Very cool video Jake. Interesting to see a hotel in the early stages of decay as opposed to many of your other videos like the snippet you inserted in this one.
@PeterQTaggart2 жыл бұрын
I stayed here twice, once for a convention, once when I was in town teaching. The first time I got a room near the pool and the chlorine smell was so bad I had a headache within hours. The second time spent half the night in the arcade playing video games! We always speculated that the design was a true motor inn (motel) when built (the rooms facing the pool would originally have been outside, and thus no smell) but were enclosed to provide the indoor convention space to compete with nearby “resorts.” The structure of the steel supports for the metal ceiling (and the generally echoey, poorly lit result) kind of lend credit to that theory, but we could never prove it. Love to see some original photos of the building from the 70’s to see if it was a motel first.
@randymyers5122 жыл бұрын
Where is this? I live in the 518 area and didn't know about this
@not_them2 жыл бұрын
I wondered if that roof was added later, it's an odd layout for indoors
@jasoncardinale13802 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this Jake! I stayed here once when I was a kid, but I recognized it right away (I’m local to the area). I remember staying in one of the rooms overlooking the pool. Amazing to see it again one last time!
@jaysherwood52642 жыл бұрын
do you know if they plan on taking it down or building something else there or will it just remain as is?
@jasoncardinale13802 жыл бұрын
It does seem like they plan on using the existing building in some capacity, but nothing has been announced.
@Cyber_Cowboy2 жыл бұрын
What city is this in?
@thedownwardmachine2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Pripyat, like one day people walked away expecting to return but they never did. As though a catastrophe happened, and I guess one did.
@RookV2 жыл бұрын
It's absolutely wild to think that you could house 300 families here with little issue, but instead it's left to rot because making money is more important than using the structure.
@Jishere2322 жыл бұрын
That's true, but unfortunately it's not that simple. Someones still gotta pay the water and electric bills, and health stuff has to be up to code, it's kinda difficult to convert a convention lodge into practical "apartments. "
@Filmstarindamaking2 жыл бұрын
Not really. It’s actually more cost effective for the local government to run this facility as a homeless shelter or shelter for battered women. This would safer and more decent accommodations than are presently available.
@alessandrolira40352 жыл бұрын
What a painfully asinine opinion...
@manyyoumas2 жыл бұрын
@@alessandrolira4035 ok
@steveh53072 жыл бұрын
So what. You wouldn't just hand over your property to homeless for nothing either. Why is it that if YOU own it, it's "your property" and if someone else owns it, it's "oh don't be go greedy and give up your asset for 'the greater good'". What a ridiculous thought process.
@CaptainJLinebeck2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of how I was working in a hotel as a network technician just as the pandemic hit back in March 2020. They'd started the year off talking about their plans for said year, and the hopes they had for growth. And then the pandemic hit, so we had to close for what we assumed would be temporarily. Unfortunately the hotel permanently closed down later that year as we all lost our jobs due to financial issues. I still remember getting the message from my supervisor about how we weren't allowed to go back to the office the following day due to the temporary closure, on what I didn't know at the time would be the last day I worked there. I've been back to that building where I've worked at since then as recent as July of this year, and from the outside it looks pretty much the same, but all the signs of the hotel are gone by now, and I'm left wondering what the interior is like now.
@AndroidSunner2 жыл бұрын
I Visit a ton of Holiday Inns on Road Trips, so seeing a modern one in a condition like this is very eerie.
@itr08632 жыл бұрын
this one wasnt a holiday inn
@puddycat23252 жыл бұрын
I like the graffiti artist who made the pool-based puns like “don’t be so shallow” and “it’s not that deep, bro”. If you must, that’s how you vandalise something.
@SnackAttack772 жыл бұрын
This was pretty cool. High five to the graffiti artists who just chilled out and didn't decide to destroy the place.
@danielmorris76482 жыл бұрын
Graffiti is destruction of property poor boi
@SnackAttack772 жыл бұрын
@@danielmorris7648 you know what I mean. That'll come off with a pressure washer.
@gammaray46892 жыл бұрын
That was what I thought. It could have been totally covered in graffiti, but it was confined to the pool.
@ShellShock7942 жыл бұрын
@@danielmorris7648 I'm going to say what is probably an unpopular opinion on this channel: if someone leaves their property abandoned, vacant and with absolutely zero security for longer than a year, you clearly don't care about it and vandals don't bother me. I understand the market can be rough and finding a buyer and dealing the deal can take months or years but at least hire a one or two person maintenence crew and a couple security guards/measures in the meantime
@Nderak2 жыл бұрын
tbh idgadf about the pool, it wasnt obscene or edgelord satanic shit, and pool liners dont last forever if they've been dewatered
@PositivelyPixelated Жыл бұрын
This is the first time I've seen an abandoned place video that REALLY accentuated the creepy "liminal space" feel, and the added music at the beginning when they were going through The Grille gave me the most uneasy feeling I've ever experienced. I honestly enjoy these kinds of videos a lot, but yea, this one is the first to give me the heebie-jeebies. Backrooms vibes in abundance.
@Zaio22ar2 ай бұрын
I can't put it in words, but watching this kind of videos brings up a unique feeling that is a mix of sadness, dread, loss, wonder, and somehow nostalgia. The people, the stories, and the lives that one day occupied such space. If inanimate objects could speak, I wonder what would they say.
@gogogojohnstamos2 жыл бұрын
Just love your channel - great video!!! You’re right, it’s amazing to capture a place like this in a unique stage of decay.
@willjam4652 жыл бұрын
With such an issue with homelessness, it would be great to see this turned into a community for people to help them get back on their feet. Have counseling on site, maintain a sober living, have it be a co-op to where part of living there is helping to maintain it (cooking, cleaning, maintenance, etc.). It could be a very nice facility for that.
@Iwatoda_Dorm2 жыл бұрын
3:52 real backrooms vibes. You get alot of inspiration in these shots- who ever thought that whatever architecture they make have a shelf life? At least in the sense that it once fulfilled a purpose instead of it’s physical structure.
@JamieElli Жыл бұрын
Honestly, this hotel is in better shape than a lot of hotels that are still running.
@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts2 жыл бұрын
Very eerie. Hope they do something with it before it gets worse. Thanks for sharing. ❤
@tammyboykin5285 Жыл бұрын
The empty pools creepy and the green water. Wonder whats creepier an empty or full pool
@JagerLange2 жыл бұрын
The Halloween stuff gives this an exrta Fallout vibe too (as in that timeline, The Great War took place in late October and so the Wasteland still had Halloween decorations and things around.)
@idrawpeopleandanimals2 жыл бұрын
I love your adventures with your crew Jake. You make it so interesting and I love you respect the integrity of the building you're exploring. You just document. The knowledge and research your give your audience... one of the BEST documentary makers EVER! Thanks again for another exceptional piece of art! 😁 Anne.
@BrightSunFilms2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@Michelleft2 жыл бұрын
Woah it looks like the rapture happened the way everything is in the exact same place. This is spooky and awesome
@lisahenigan45682 жыл бұрын
He said “it’s so quiet” I sure would hope it’s quiet. I’d be reallllllly scared if there were ANY noises other than his crew. 😅😂
@iloveDogslol-y9u Жыл бұрын
@CoolDino38 personally no, if there were noises you don’t know where it’s coming from it would be scary while when it’s quiet there’s a less chance you think someone’s watching you but that’s my opinion
@iloveDogslol-y9u Жыл бұрын
@CoolDino38 Alright! Thank you for sharing your opinion with me! :)
@dorisrosa622 жыл бұрын
It’s sad that in two years it coming apart, I don’t understand why they let it go and not re open. I heard stories of this place, that ppl were asleep when everyone was being notified that they needed to abandon the hotel due to the pandemic, I believe this story is to this hotel cause I seen same hotel in other videos.
@DatOneCat2 жыл бұрын
There's always something sad and mesmerizing about places like this. Especially one in this condition. I do wish this place gets rejuvenated.
@kingdomkey23972 жыл бұрын
Man, that is so crazy to see an abandoned place in its infancy. You should come back a few years later to compare and contrast. Still can't believe they left two pianos in pristine condition here. I'm going to be honest, when you were approaching one of them in the dark, I was imagining it coming alive with big sharp teeth ala Super Mario 64. Lol
@TheCriminalViolin2 жыл бұрын
Every time I see abandoned hotels and resorts like this, I immediately think of one thing - Make it into a Community & Resource Center. Have the main building with the Atrium and all that house the Resource Center where people from the community or passing through in need, whether homeless, disabled, mentally ill, or otherwise at risk in some way can come in and get the resources, information and even some help they need. Meanwhile, you very easily could make the room portion (the tower) become a proper community for the at risk, struggling, halfway, recovering, homeless & mentally ill to live/stay. Take advantage of the space on the property and in the buildings still relatively open & free to allow for a community kitchen, community space (common spaces/shared) and with the remainder, a proper kitchen for volunteers/employees to cook for residents that can't or don't otherwise cook. You would even host classes for the residents and community for various basic life skills, from job vocation & resume building, to things like home eq (things like cooking, cleaning, organization, etc), basic DIY & repair, mechanics maybe and the like. This gives them skills to use out in life and for work, and thus some extra self-confidence and value as well. Etc.
@SamSitar2 жыл бұрын
you are smart.
@Anna-ny7ks2 жыл бұрын
That would be a great use of the space but unfortunately unhoused/people living in poverty are seen as dispensable, not something to use money or resources on :(
@TheCriminalViolin2 жыл бұрын
@@Anna-ny7ks Oh I know full and well. I live just west of Portland, and though it's harped on all the time, the homeless, drug addicted and mentally ill (often a combo of the above) are in very high numbers, with absolutely nowhere to go to try and even survive/live. It's the reason the term "the dispossessed" became a thing. Low income, struggling, halfway, addicted, mentally ill, otherwise disabled, and the like are all what the term is made for. They are the dispossessed. Dispossessed meaning abandoned and ignored by governments, business & more well to do people and groups.
@gringa9782 жыл бұрын
and Uncle Sam would most likely pay the vouchers for people to stay since it’s not just emergency housing but temporary to long term housing. In addition to the community kitchen you have a commercial kitchen prepare 3 meals per day and people can pay with their food stamps card. There’s lots of ways it could be set up for homeless and housing insecure. It’s a missed opportunity for someone to make $, help people in serious need, and get some decent $!
@rtsyfrtsy9242 жыл бұрын
Almost all the things you mentioned are things the facility itself needs...people who are interested could learn their skills with hands on experience within the facility. Offer further training on the business side of things. There's money out there to help people start a business; teach them how to navigate that whole process. Help them become licensed if necessary. A place to fill the gap between being a laborer and being a professional.
@crystaldixon67872 жыл бұрын
Pls, let us know if anything great happens with this place I am praying that they fix it up and open it back up. It's such a nice place that they can still make money using it. I think it's a shame that a company bought it just to let it get broken into and they are letting mother nature wreck the place. It's either fix it or get rid of it. There is no need to leave it like this. So keep us up to date on its future and keep up the great videos you make.
@geniferteal41782 жыл бұрын
8:50 pool and restaurant photos look amazing!
@CC_26172 жыл бұрын
Been a while since you done a walkthrough, absolutely loved this! Hope to see another full length documentary from you guys, Closed for Storm was fantastic.
@Kaitydid742 жыл бұрын
That documentary was great!!
@Himesua2 жыл бұрын
what's really sad is, there are so many people that need a place to live and here is a prime piece of property rotting away that could easily be used to help people - what a waste.
@deborahmatatall2 жыл бұрын
This looks like a it was a Holiday Inn Holidome. The open areas may have had a bar and a playground area. They were really popular in the ‘70s and ‘80s. They were designed to feel like a year-round resort and had lots of indoor activity space. Just my guess from staying at a few when our kids were little.🌸
@franklinstephen3268 Жыл бұрын
Hello how are you doing?
@MrNoobslayer654 Жыл бұрын
thats insane i was there in 2020 in February for a convention and saw it in working order. this was literally right before covid. it was strangely cool to see this place that i have been in before closing now abandoned. sadly the area around it is very uhhhhhhh sketchy to say the least. but hey theres a mall down the road that's not been doing so well and since its so close to the airport i bet it'll be a real soon
@rjpolakowski2783 Жыл бұрын
where is this?
@marceloswifeboricua Жыл бұрын
Very beautiful life and such a pure soul this child. Treasure your elders and live the life you have, in a pure way. God bless you Ahmet
@Pluvillion2 жыл бұрын
Normally with abandoned buildings, they’re either too late into deterioration or barely recognizable anymore. I really hope this building gets to see the light of day again - it doesn’t look *_too_* bad imo.
@stevemeehan46612 жыл бұрын
I love that old holiday inn hotel style with the large atrium with the pool, there’s on like that in Massachusetts and it will probably be adbandoned soon too
@Red_Lanterns_Rage2 жыл бұрын
the graffiti in the pool had me laughing "don't be so shallow"? perfect! lolz
@sierralvx11 ай бұрын
Damn, really cool to see that you've been able to find an abandoned property so soon. It's haunting to see everything just frozen in place like that. Looks so new in fact, after a little renovation, it could be a perfect temporary housing solution for homeless people. Just wish there was the resources for that to make it possible.
@christianehuber11452 жыл бұрын
Beautiful place. Sorry for it's lost! I like it very much!
@Zapruderfilm19632 жыл бұрын
That pool is perfect for skating!! Just drain out the rest of the water, grab your board and go. 👍
@user74027nh Жыл бұрын
The "cd player" on that second piano is most likely a Disklavier or PianoDisc system - basically a modern version of the player piano. It reads MIDI files (usually via usb or CD) instead of paper rolls. And like most niche instruments, they also tend to be extremely expensive. Both of those pianos are in shockingly good condition though. Its a shame they were just left behind.
@formerbabyfutureghost10 ай бұрын
It’s so funny because my parents have a piano with a player piano disk system, but it took floppy disks 😂
@squabbbb2 жыл бұрын
My guy walks into an abandoned hotel, sees a mess of wires and electronics lying on a table, and doesn't immediately duck and pray. Respect lol
@MrJasonshores3642 жыл бұрын
It kills me to see those places closed down. So many jobs lost, it looks like such a nice place.
@MrJasonshores3649 ай бұрын
@jayaCatLvr-ys5ix that's not the point. This place could house the unhoused, serve a purpose, but instead it'll rot, decay, and get torn down.This country, this world, is so broken. You see a reason to make your comment, I made my comment because of my reasons.
@MrJasonshores3649 ай бұрын
@jayaCatLvr-ys5ix that's not the point. This place could house the unhoused, serve a purpose, but instead it'll rot, decay, and get torn down.This
@LordPoppy2 жыл бұрын
Something makes me feel so uncomfortable when a place is basically untouched. Homes mainly because it's like...what happened to the people. A place like this makes me uneasy as well. Cause it's like one day they went in for their last day of work and no one came back after that last day, nothing packed, but everything was cleaned