When was the flagship hotel built

Plans for the Flagship Hotel's reboot and its year history of welcoming guests to Galveston were halted on September 13, , when Hurricane Ike made landfall as a category 2 hurricane. The hotel suffered major damage to its eastern side, front facade and first floor, although in a repeat from Hurricane Carla, the structure of the pier itself was spared. After Hurricane Ike, the remains of the Flagship Hotel sat dormant and crumbling for several years.

By , local news outlets reported that Landry's Inc. Plans to tear down the hotel and replace it with an amusement park — a return to the pier's pre-Flagship function — were officially announced by Landry's in The Flagship Hotel was demolished that same year, floor by floor and piece by piece, and the multi-million-dollar project to construct the new pleasure pier began.

It features 16 family and thrill rides, carnival games, retail stores and several restaurants. Joanne Thomas has worked as a writer and editor for print and online publications since As a specialist in travel, she has penned pieces for USAToday. She has lived on three continents and currently resides in California. Press ESC to cancel. Skip to content Home Popular articles Where is the flagship hotel? Popular articles.

Esther Fleming November 24, Table of Contents. Next Article What does the thumbs-up gesture mean in Afghanistan? Back To Top. The property is now owned by Tillman Ferttita. It will be an amusement park and tourist attraction, and the city hopes, will remind no one of Hurricane Ike.

Official demolition begins Monday, floor by floor. Workers will slowly take the skeleton of the old hotel apart.

McCracken said, "You just got to be careful, anything over the water you got to be twice as careful. Flagship hotel was built in Back in the s, there was a pleasure pier in that location, so the location is returning to its roots.