Hotel Riu Plaza Guadalajara
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General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Coordinates | 20°39′55.97″N 103°23′37.44″W / 20.6655472°N 103.3937333°W |
Construction started | March 2009 |
Completed | 2011 |
| Opening | June 2011 |
| Cost | US$ 110 million |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 204 metres (669 ft)[1] |
| Roof | 189.2 metres (621 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 42 |
| Floor area | 8,190 square metres (88,200 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
Structural engineer | Ingeniería Básica Diseño Estructural S.A. de C.V. |
| Main contractor | Montecarlo Construcción y Mobiliario S.A. de C.V. |
Hotel Riu Plaza Guadalajara is a skyscraper hotel located in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.[2][3] At 204-metre tall (669 ft),[1][4] it is the city and metropolitan area's tallest building and the twelfth highest in Mexico to date.[1]
Construction began in March 2009, although there were no signs of the construction starting officially until September or October of the same year, and opened in June 2011.[1][5][6] It has 42 habitable floors, holding 550 rooms, in addition to restaurants, meeting rooms and a 44th floor penthouse.[2][7][8] On the roof is a heliport and maintenance rooms. A pinnacle rises above the top floor by adding 16 metres (52 ft) to the building height.[9]
Construction history
[edit]Its construction involved deep excavation, producing three basement floors and the foundation. Around the excavation was a retaining wall. This wall was made with steel and shotcrete. For its part the foundation account employed 113 piles of 0.6 to 2 metres (2 ft 0 in to 6 ft 7 in) in diameter buried at a depth of between 10 and 15 metres (33 and 49 ft).[4]
The area where this building stands is 8,190.99 square metres (88,167.1 sq ft). The main materials were concrete, steel and glass. Its structure has columns and floor made from reinforced concrete and steel facade is formed of glass.[4]
The Hotel is the second hotel in the chain built in a city, while others are beach resorts. The first of these was built in Panama.[5][6][10]
2011 fire incident
[edit]On 16 February 2011, at approximately 08:30 local time, a fire broke out on the first and second floors during the towers' construction. Initial reports stated that one welder was pronounced dead at the scene; meanwhile 27 others were injured, four of whom critically. Two hundred construction workers were immediately evacuated from the premises by civil protection.[11] At least one dozen fire department units[12] battled the blaze for about two hours before getting it under control.[13] By 17 February, the death toll rose to two after another construction laborer died from his sustained injuries.[14]
At a press conference, Guadalajara's Secretary of Public Security said that the fire seemed to have been caused by an explosion in a polyurethane duct.[11] La Jornada stated that at least eight people died during the building's construction, mostly attributed to falls and other workplace hazards.[13]
Characteristics and historical data
[edit]The hotel opened on 17 June 2011 as RIU's first urban hotel in Mexico and the second property in the Riu Plaza line worldwide, after the Riu Plaza Panama.[5][6][15] The building has 42 floors and more than 550 rooms, and was the tallest in Guadalajara and its metropolitan area at the time of its opening.[4][1]
During the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, the hotel hosted competition judges and several athletes.[16] In May 2020, after RIU temporarily closed its hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Riu Plaza Guadalajara was among the first two RIU properties worldwide to reopen, and the first in Latin America to implement the company's post-COVID operational protocols.[17][18][7]
Rooftop Bar
[edit]In March of the year 2025, the hotel opened the 360° Rooftop Bar on the 41st floor, the highest rooftop bar in Guadalajara, with panoramic views of the city.[19][15]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Hotel Riu Plaza Guadalajara - The Skyscraper Center". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Vertical Urbanism. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Hotel Riu Plaza Guadalajara". Travel Weekly. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- ↑ "Hotel Riu Plaza Guadalajara: El ícono del turismo corporativo y de negocios en México". Info Argentum (in Spanish). 7 May 2026. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Hotel Riu Plaza Guadalajara". Edificios de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 Mota, Paco (17 June 2011). "Riu inaugura su segundo hotel urbano, el mexicano 'Riu Plaza Guadalajara'". Alimarket (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 Pike, Joe (16 June 2011). "Riu Plaza Guadalajara Hotel Opens". Travel Agent Central. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- 1 2 "RIU Opens the Riu Plaza Berlin and the Riu Plaza Guadalajara Hotels". Hotel News Resource. RIU Hotels. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- ↑ "Travel Agent's Hot New Hotels". Travel Agent Central. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- ↑ "Los 5 hoteles más grandes de RIU Hotels". RIU Hotels & Resorts (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- ↑ "Riu Plaza is 10 years old". TUI Group. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Incendio en un hotel en construcción deja un muerto y 27 heridos en México" [Fire at a hotel under construction leaves one dead and 27 injured in Mexico]. EFE (in Spanish). 16 February 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2026 – via UltimaHora.
- ↑ "Confirman un muerto y al menos 20 heridos en incendio" [One dead and at least 20 injured confirmed in fire]. Informador.mx (in Mexican Spanish). 16 February 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- 1 2 Ferrer, Mauricio; Partida, Juan Carlos G. (17 February 2011). "Incendio en las obras del hotel Riu de Guadalajara; un muerto y 27 heridos" [Fire at the Riu hotel construction site in Guadalajara; one dead and 27 injured]. La Jornada (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "Suman dos los muertos por incendio de hotel" [The death toll from the hotel fire rises to two]. Informador.mx (in Mexican Spanish). 17 February 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Riu Plaza Guadalajara opens a 360° Rooftop Bar on the hotel's 41st floor". TUI Group. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- ↑ "El Hotel Riu Plaza Guadalajara cumple 10 años". Asociación de Hoteles de Jalisco (in Spanish). 2 July 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- ↑ "RIU opens the Riu Plaza Berlin and the Riu Plaza Guadalajara hotels". TUI Group. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- ↑ "RIU announces the opening of Riu Plaza Guadalajara". Travel2Latam. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- ↑ "Riu Plaza Guadalajara inaugura el rooftop bar más alto de la ciudad mexicana". Forbes España (in Spanish). 21 March 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
External links
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