Inside the Hotel del Coronado’s $550M Renovation
By Jackie Byrant
Like that neighbor of yours who is aging suspiciously well, the Hotel del Coronado’s been somewhat quietly getting a makeover. The 135-year-old resort has been under construction in various phases since 2018, with new properties being built on the resort’s grounds and builders painstakingly restoring some of the older sections of the original resort.
When Elisha Babcock and H.L. Story built the hotel in 1888, they dreamed of building a seaside resort that would be “the talk of the Western world,” a phrase they coined that became a slogan of sorts in the early days. Seeing as it’s now 2024, and we’re still very much talking about their project, it’s safe to say mission (mostly) accomplished.
