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The Grand Galvez Resort & Spa is a historic 226-room resort hotel located in Galveston, Texas, United States that opened in 1911 as the Hotel Galvez. It was named to honor Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Viscount of Galveston , for whom the city was named.
The structure was severely damaged in 2008 by Hurricane Ike causing its closure. In 2009, the owner Landry's, Inc., which acquired the hotel from the Galveston Council in 2003 for $500,000, [ 3 ] advised the Galveston city planning commission it would demolish the hotel and build an international amusement park on the pier.
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