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In 1973, the La Concha Hotel was united with the adjacent Condado Beach Hotel into one hotel, known as the Hyatt Puerto Rico. [5] In 1976, [ 6 ] management of the complex was taken over by Hilton International [ 7 ] and the resort was renamed the Condado Beach La Concha Convention Center , with a huge convention wing built between the two ...
The beach itself extends from La Ventana al Mar Park on Ashford Avenue in the west to Punta Piedrita in the east. Ocean Park Beach is located further east. [ 1 ] A smaller beach, called Playita del Condado (Spanish for "Condado's small beach"), is located at the western edge of Condado, directly facing El Boquerón . [ 2 ]
The La Concha Resort is a luxury resort located at the Condado oceanfront within the district of Santurce The Ponce Plaza Hotel & Casino in the downtown Ponce Historic Zone Teatro Fox Delicias (The Fox Hotel)
La Concha may refer to: La Concha Renaissance San Juan Resort, in Puerto Rico; La Concha Motel, a former motel on the Las Vegas Strip, Nevada, United States; Beach of La Concha and La Concha Bay, in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain; La Concha Beach Club, in Havana, Cuba
The 1950s-60s era saw another boom in Condado, with the rapid industrialization of Puerto Rico, this flamboyant locale was becoming a popular tourist destination. Large hotels like the Caribe Hilton Hotel and La Concha Resort were built as part of a government sponsorship program under the Operation Bootstrap brand.
The La Concha Hotel wing closed in 1995 and the state-owned hotel was known in its final years as The Condado Beach Hotel & Casino, before the entire complex closed on June 30, 1997, [22] as it was losing $7 million a year. [23] The properties sat vacant for many years, and the La Concha and Condado Beach Hotels were finally severed in 2004.
It is also increasingly used as a venue for social activities, including destination weddings. [3] The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2001. [4] In 1996, the structure was featured in the American TV series America's Castles. [5]
La Ventana al Mar (English: The Window to the Sea) on Avenida Ashford in the district of Condado, of San Juan, Puerto Rico is a large public space built in 2004 fronting the Atlantic Ocean. The park is flanked by two of Condado's landmark hotels: to the west by the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel (1919), designed by Warren and Whitmore, and to the ...