Hilton Memphis

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Hilton Memphis
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Hilton Memphis
Hotel chainHilton
General information
Location United States
Address939 Ridge Lake Blvd.
Memphis, Tennessee
OpeningSeptember 15, 1975 [1]
OwnerLinchris Hotel Corporation
Management Hilton Hotels
Height329 ft (100 m)
Technical details
Floor count27
Design and construction
Architect(s)Francis Mah [2]
[3]

The Hilton Memphis [4] is the tallest hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. [3]

Located off Interstate 240 in East Memphis. the 27-story hotel was designed by Hawaiian-born Memphis architect Francis Mah [2] and was built by Boyle Investment. [1] Originally opened on September 15, 1975 [5] as the Hyatt Regency Memphis, the hotel became the Omni Memphis Hotel in December 1989. [1] Just over two years later, it was sold to Adam's Mark Hotels and became the Adam's Mark Memphis [6] in May, 1992. [1] It was sold again to Wilton D. "Chick" Hill, a Memphis investor, and Crow Holdings of Dallas [7] on April 1, 2003. [8] The hotel was managed by Hill's Davidson Hotel Co. [9] It was briefly renamed the Park Vista Memphis Hotel [10] while it underwent a $12 million renovation to bring it up to Hilton brand standards, [9] before Hilton Hotels assumed management in 2004. [11] The Hilton was sold again to RockBridge Partners and Davidson Hotel Co. on May 14, 2007 for $45 million. [7]

The hotel is known for being a convention hotel; both MidSouthCon in 2011 and Airliners International in 2012 were held there. The hotel has a gift shop, outdoor pool and whirlpool, and restaurant. [12] It is commonly used by politicians on election nights, and is known as where Lisa Marie Presley stayed when she visited Memphis. [11]

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