Famed Hotel to be Rebuilt?
KESQ NewsChannel 3 Palm Springs, CA: Hearing tomorrow on proposal to rebuild famed hotel
Some native Hawaiians are opposed to the rebuilding. Kauai architect Avery Yuen says the resort is built on property that historically has been the home of Kauai alii and in the mid-1800s was the home of Kauai's last reigning queen, Deborah Kapule, wife of King Kamualii.
The hotel was the location for much of Elvis Presley's 1961 movie 'Blue Hawaii.' Presley and his bride, Priscilla, honeymooned there after their 1967 wedding in Las Vegas.
The resort was heavily damaged by Hurricane Iniki on September 11th, 1992, and never reopened."
Famed Hotel to be Rebuilt?
LIHUE The Kauai Planning Commission will hold a public hearing tomorrow on a request for a special management area permit that would allow the famed Coco Palms hotel to be rebuilt.
South Carolina developer Richard Weiser wants to spend 200 (m)million dollars to rebuild the hotel to look the way it did at the peak of its popularity in the 1950s and 1960s.Some native Hawaiians are opposed to the rebuilding. Kauai architect Avery Yuen says the resort is built on property that historically has been the home of Kauai alii and in the mid-1800s was the home of Kauai's last reigning queen, Deborah Kapule, wife of King Kamualii.
The hotel was the location for much of Elvis Presley's 1961 movie 'Blue Hawaii.' Presley and his bride, Priscilla, honeymooned there after their 1967 wedding in Las Vegas.
The resort was heavily damaged by Hurricane Iniki on September 11th, 1992, and never reopened."
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