| Holiday Inn Portland-Columbia Riverfront | |
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| Address | 909 North Hayden Island Drive |
| Town or city | Portland, Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°36′47″N122°40′31″W / 45.61306°N 122.67528°W |
The Holiday Inn Portland-Columbia Riverfront (formerly the Red Lion Hotel on the River Jantzen Beach) is a hotel in Portland, Oregon. The hotel is located on Hayden Island, along the Columbia River east of the Interstate Bridge. Construction cost $18 million. [1]
The hotel opened in 1978 as the DoubleTree Hotel Jantzen Beach. It was sold to Red Lion in the late 1990s.[ citation needed ] Howard Dietrich Jr. owned the hotel, as of 2012. [3]
The hotel was sold to IHG in early 2022 and soon became the Holiday Inn Portland-Columbia Riverfront. [4]
In 2011, various events hosted at the hotel included American Idol auditions, [5] a public memorial for Red Lion co-founder Ed Pietz, [6] a ballroom dancing competition, [7] a Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest conference, [8] and a school gala. [9] The hotel has also hosted a mobilization ceremony, [10] the Junior State of America's Pacific Northwest Winter Congress, [11] the River City Bluegrass Festival, [12] and OryCon, Portland's annual science fiction and fantasy convention. [13]
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