USA/South: Grapevine, TX
Gaylord Texan Resort Begins $120 Million Expansion
The Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, TX recently announced a $120 million expansion that will include 300 additional rooms and 86,000 square feet of meeting space, bringing the property’s totals to 1,811 rooms and more than 490,000 square feet of meeting space. The expansion, expected to be complete in 2018, will include a new 30,000 square-foot ballroom, 30,000 square feet of breakout space and approximately 26,000 square feet of carpeted pre-function space. In addition, a $5 million expansion of the resort pool complex, Paradise Springs, is expected to be complete in time for summer 2016. Upon completion, the expansion will make Grapevine’s Gaylord Texan Resort the second largest non-gaming convention center hotel in the United States, as determined by total self-contained exhibit and meeting space, and the largest resort convention hotel in Texas. For more information, visit the Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau at www.GrapevineTexasUSA.com