The Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel is a skyscraper

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, Canada. It is located at 1201 René Lévesque Boulevard West in

downtown Montreal Downtown Montreal (French language, French: ''Centre-Ville de Montréal'') is the central business district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The district is situated on the southernmost slope of Mount Royal, and occupies the western portion of the ...

, between Stanley Street and Drummond Street. Le Centre Sheraton has 825 rooms and stands tall with 38 floors. It was built by

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and was completed in 1982.

History

The hotel was planned to open in time for the 1976 Olympics as the world's largest

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. However, the project suffered from cost overruns to the tune of $81 million. Construction took eight years and a different hotel chain opened the building. The mayor of Montreal officially opened the building in May 1982. Baseball Hall of Fame member

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died in room 2518 on July 3, 1993. It hosted a meeting of

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finance ministers and central bank governors on October 24–25, 2000. It also hosted

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, attended by Civil Rights Movement historian

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and 914 others.

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* 1982 establishments in Quebec Buildings and structures in Downtown Montreal Hotel buildings completed in 1982 Hotels established in 1982 Centre Sheraton Sheraton hotels Skyscraper hotels in Canada Skyscrapers in Montreal 1982 in Montreal {{Quebec-struct-stub