After almost 3 years on the “closed on account of its gonna-be-torn-down” list, the Edwin Hornberger Conference Center at 2151 W. Holcombe Blvd. — the last remaining vestige of the famed Shamrock Hotel complex that once stood at the corner of Holcombe and South Main — reopened yesterday under new management. The 13,000 sq.-ft. ballroom facility is still owned by the Texas Medical Center, but it’ll now be run by Trevisio Restaurant and will be open to non-TMC events. In 2008, the TMC announced plans to tear down the conference center and build 3 floors of office space on top of an adjacent parking garage.
- Good news for the gala crowd: Hornberger Center reopens for all [West University Examiner]
- Previously on Swamplot: Just When You Thought It Was Already Long Gone: A Second Demolition for the Shamrock Hotel
Ah, cool — I didn’t realize that there is a surviving part of the Shamrock hotel still around.