AURORA, Colo. — Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center wants to expand by adding hundreds of rooms and some new amenities to its hotel property near Denver International Airport.
The hotel, at 6700 N. Gaylord Rockies Blvd., has submitted plans to the city of Aurora that call for adding 450 rooms and a 47,000-square-foot indoor addition to its water park. The expansion would increase the hotel’s capacity from 1,501 rooms to 1,950 rooms.
With additional rooms, the Gaylord will be able to “attract additional and larger convention groups to the area,” Scott Sickeler, principal at Atlanta-based Blur Workshop, said in a letter to Aurora on behalf of Gaylord Rockies.
The expanded water park will also “appeal to convention groups as well as the family vacation market,” Sickeler said.
The proposed room and water park expansion would take place on a parking lot to the southeast of the hotel. The expansion would reduce the number of parking spaces at the Gaylord to 2,376 spots, and includes the removal of nearly 300 self-parking spots, according to the plans.
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