Aspen has lost more lodging than it's gaining
There are at least 10 hotel projects in some stage of construction, review or contemplation in Aspen these days, but the resort is nowhere near replacing all the tourist accommodations it has lost over the past decade.
The city's Community Development Department recently completed an inventory of Aspen lodging in an effort to come up with an accurate tally of pillows - actual spots for guests to sleep.
The current hotel boom includes new accommodations and projects that replace lodging that has been demolished. The Grand Aspen Hyatt, nearing completion off Dean Street, falls into the latter category, replacing the old Grand Aspen Hotel, which was razed to make way for the new timeshare hotel.
The Residences at Little Nell, now under construction on the lower slopes of Aspen Mountain, and the proposed Lodge at Aspen Mountain on South Aspen Street, which is still under City Council review, are new hotels.
All of the projects in the "pipeline" - either under construction or approved and considered likely to be built - would add 584 pillows to Aspen's total, according to the city tally. The estimate assumes two pillows per bedroom.
However, between 1994-95 and today, Aspen's "pillow count" dropped from nearly 10,000 pillows to about 7,300. During that same period, the number of lodging properties declined from 73 to 48, according to the city.
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