The reopening of a revitalized Americana Motor Hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona, has been postponed to early July, according to a reporter who contacted us with the news.
Peter Corbett, a writer for Flagstaff Business News and other publications, said the motel’s spokeswoman told him about the postponement.
“I did a hard-hat tour last week and they had a lot of work to do inside and outside,” Corbett wrote in a recent email.
According to Corbett’s article in the Business News:
The Americana is a new take on the “classic roadside retreat,” General Manager Zach Miller said. “When you get an historic property, you want to nod back to its heritage and history and then create tweaks that improve it for the future,” he said. […]
The hotel’s upgrades include a heated pool with “dive-in movies,” fire pits, hammocks, a bocce court, cornhole and other backyard games. The poolside bar will serve canned beer, wine and cocktails. Guests can explore Flagstaff on complimentary bikes or use a hotel telescope to gaze into the night sky.
The Americana’s Far Out Food outlet is a walk-up window serving a simple roadside menu of burgers and ice cream, said Miller, who previously managed the Jupiter Hotel in Portland, Oregon, a 1960s motor lodge.
In addition to candy-colored rooms, the Americana’s exterior color palette is equally as bright, much like the original hotel design.
The motel initially announced in April it would open in late spring. The hotel at 2650 E. Route 66, built in 1962, is touted as a “retro-futuristic oasis” that is “reimagining the classic roadside retreat.”
(Image of the Americana Motor Hotel lobby courtesy of Practice Hospitality)