BondTrader wrote:
Harddrive43228 wrote:
I wouldn't want to think how many millions of dollars would be needed to renovate the Del Rey so that they could compete in the eco tourist / standard tourist market. And then it would be a lifetime before that investment was recouped given the competition and the pricepoints of other hotels (non-mongering) in the area. Also, the entire close-in neighborhood would have to be "gentrified" before a regular tourist would be willing to stay there.
If they don't plan on reopening with a similar business model as before, without making significant investments in remodeling, they might as well raze the hotel site and sell the land to someone willing to try something different with it.
Agree here. The idea of renovating and converting this to a "non-monger" maybe "eco-friendly" type hotel is simply idiotic. Afterall, who in the world comes to San Jose for non-monger reasons. What does Downtown SJ have to offer a normal traveler? Not much. Even if they did that, the immediate area around that hotel is the Shits. They would have to renovate ALL of that part of Downtown SJ sort of what happened to NY and the 42nd St./Bryant Park area years ago. CR should legalize Prostitution, Tax it and maybe convert the DR to something along the lines of the Moulin Rouge in Paris. Have a nice day.
Hey, everyone has their opinion. But downtown San Jose already has a lot more hotel space dedicated to non-mongers than to mongers...by far. And there is no need to make prostitution legal in CR, it already is. Or to put it more accurately, it is not illegal.
Anyway I also am one who wishes that it could go the way you suggest...that would be great. Just don't think that's what the country wants. As evidenced by the law against external promotion of prostitution, as in the Cuba Dave. So all I'm saying is "don't hold your breath for it to reopen in any way like in the past".
The place is within 3 or 4 blocks of several important tourist attractions - National Museum, Museum of Culture, Jade Museum, the National Assembly...anyway, without the DR and associated crime I suspect the area would be a tourist draw. Whereas now they quietly tell normal tourists to avoid the area around the DR because of crime, drugs, and of course prostitution.