lwood Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Has anyone heard what the schedule is for Tillman to reconstruct the Flagship Hotel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 For personal reasons, I hope that hotel and its pier crumble into the Gulf of Mexico. I give them the one-finger salute everytime I drive by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabanaboy Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Has anyone heard what the schedule is for Tillman to reconstruct the Flagship Hotel?He has to kick the current tenant out first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 He has to kick the current tenant out first.Actually, I think he has to BUY the current tenant out. Fertitta lost his lawsuit that the current tenant violated his lease. Unless it was overturned on appeal, that leaves a buyout or expiration of the lease as the only options. I think the lease runs to 2030 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapata Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 For personal reasons, I hope that hotel and its pier crumble into the Gulf of Mexico. I give them the one-finger salute everytime I drive by.Sorry to hear...Why is that...??? Can you disclosed what happened ..??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Sorry to hear...Why is that...??? Can you disclosed what happened ..???Long story short, some friends and I got arrested there for "criminal trespassing" about 15 years ago. Although we weren't guests of the hotel, we were parked in their parking lot...same as the 10 carloads of fishermen right next to us. However, we had a surfboard with us. As we were backing out of the parking spot to leave, a Galveston police car pulled up behind us, blocking us in. We were arrested and taken to jail for criminal trespass...but none of the fishermen were.We bailed ourselves out of jail that evening and went to court the next morning to defend ourselves in court. The Flagship employee there claimed that we were warned several times to leave, and that the police had been called. Both of those statements were untrue...we were never asked to leave at any time, nor did anyone warn us that the police were on their way. They also claimed that they had a sign posted at the entrance to the parking lot warning that no surfboards were allowed. That's true, there was a sign there AFTER we were bailed out of jail...a handwritten sign on construction paper, taped up at the entrance. The sign was not there when we pulled in. The Flagship employee (who identified herself as the manager) also testified that she was working the front desk when we pulled into the parking lot and that she could positively identify each of us as the people who pulled into the parking lot. She must have been one eagle-eyed lady to have identified three people inside a car in the split-second that we passed by the front door of the hotel.Basically, it was the word of the Flagship (big $$$ maker in Galveston) versus the word of three young college students from Houston. Despite being under oath, the Flagship employee told a number of blatant lies to the judge. Despite our protests, we were found guilty. Not a big deal, financially...our fines were $120 each (although that was about two months worth of entertainment expense for me at the time).After my one and only experience there, though, I have ZERO respect for the Flagship Hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.S.O.N. Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 The Galveston Daily News reported a couple of weeks ago that a deal had been reached between Landry's and the hotel operator, and Landry's would take over operations in about 5 years, instead of the 2030 lease deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpstown Bill Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 we stayed there several years ago & it was in horrible shape--rusty fixtures, creaky elevators & rude employees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.S.O.N. Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 we stayed there several years ago & it was in horrible shape--rusty fixtures, creaky elevators & rude employeesIt's still like that. I went in a couple of months after Rita and was in sad, sad shape. Quite a few people from Beaumont and Louisiana were staying there. The hallways reeked of urine, there was blood smeared on the elevator walls, and the carpet in the lobby was soaking wet from a dripping air conditioner. I'm not blaming the evacuees, on the contrary I think the hotel staff and managers have done a horrible job keeping that place up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 It's still like that. I went in a couple of months after Rita and was in sad, sad shape. Quite a few people from Beaumont and Louisiana were staying there. The hallways reeked of urine, there was blood smeared on the elevator walls, and the carpet in the lobby was soaking wet from a dripping air conditioner. I'm not blaming the evacuees, on the contrary I think the hotel staff and managers have done a horrible job keeping that place up.It's really ashamed. The current owner has brain cancer, or claims to have, and is behind in IRS and sales tax payments. It took all of this lawsuit crap and Tillman Fertitta to rescue this site for future development, but for now Galveston has to put up with this pitiful place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97saturn Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Any update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 It's still like that. I went in a couple of months after Rita and was in sad, sad shape. Quite a few people from Beaumont and Louisiana were staying there. The hallways reeked of urine, there was blood smeared on the elevator walls, and the carpet in the lobby was soaking wet from a dripping air conditioner. I'm not blaming the evacuees, on the contrary I think the hotel staff and managers have done a horrible job keeping that place up.Someone should stay there for another night to see if it's still like that. If so, he or she needs to take photos and film videos of the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Someone should stay there for another night to see if it's still like that. If so, he or she needs to take photos and film videos of the place.I stayed there last fall, in July or August as I recall; the evacuee population was gone. It was the crappiest hotel I've ever stayed in that was able to draw white middle-class families with children.No blood on the walls, no urine smell, no wet carpet (that I noticed). It wasn't clear that the elevator was not going to plummet to the bottom of the shaft, break through the floor, and send its occupants straight to the beach, however. And various light fixtures were missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Has anyone heard what the schedule is for Tillman to reconstruct the Flagship Hotel?http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metrop...an/6500121.htmlThe Flagship Hotel, one of the most prominent features along the Seawall since it opened in 1965, will be torn down by owner Landry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Murdoch's looks like it is just about complete. The new building looks very similar to the original pre-1961 structure. Very nice rebuild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Anyone care to wager that there will not be a rolllercoaster and amusement park built where the 'ship' now stands???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Flagship looks to be outta here!http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/kho...n.1f7ec212.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 There may be a buyer for Galveston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic08 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 The '04 plan would be oh so awesome...until a hurricane comes along. Darn 'canes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 I can't wait for a brand new Flagship Hotel...so I can urinate on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanno Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 boy i dislike Landry's.... how can it be a "historical pier" if there wasn't any of that mess - rollar coaster etc before now? If they thought the place in Kemah was hit bad... what about that place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxmulder Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 boy i dislike Landry's.... how can it be a "historical pier" if there wasn't any of that mess - rollar coaster etc before now? If they thought the place in Kemah was hit bad... what about that place! Everyone in Houston hates Landrys and fertita... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Repairs, amusement rides planned for FlagshipBy Laura Elder The Daily News Published September 25, 2009GALVESTON — Landry’s Restaurants Inc. said it plans to repair the storied Flagship Hotel, where today curtains billow out through shattered windows and tourists stop to photograph gaping holes torn in outer walls by Hurricane Ike a year ago.Landry’s had said it would consider demolishing the hotel and developing a “pleasure pier” with amusement rides if a sale of the 44-year-old property fell through.But island native and Landry’s CEO Tilman Fertitta will move ahead with plans he made years ago to improve the troubled hotel, officials said this week.http://www.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=52c78399fa7b4021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticaFlinch Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Everyone in Houston hates Landrys and fertita... Everyone I know who's met Fertitta has said he's a royal jerkoff. Too bad Joe's Crabshack has those great crab nachos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Everyone I know who's met Fertitta has said he's a royal jerkoff. Too bad Joe's Crabshack has those great crab nachos.I don't think Fertitta (i.e. Landry's) owns Joe's Crab Shacks any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Yeah, Ignite Restaurant Group owns them now. They also own Brick House Tavern + Tap restaurants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.S.O.N. Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Landry's announces Flagship plans Landry’s unveils plans for Flagship By Leigh Jones The Daily News Published October 29, 2009 GALVESTON — Officials with Landry’s Restaurants are planning to restore the Flagship Hotel and bring amusement rides back to the historic pier... http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=0f804b56d5183b76 An artist’s concept of what Landry’s pleasure pier at the Flagship Hotel will look like evokes the island’s pleasure piers of the past with a Ferris wheel and a carousel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 It's going to take more than a ferris wheel to fix that place up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticaFlinch Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 It's going to take more than a ferris wheel to fix that place up. That's why it's also getting a carousel. Edit: your car may need to pull a Dukes of Hazzard jump to get to the parking lot, but still... it'll have a carousel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.S.O.N. Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 It's going to take more than a ferris wheel to fix that place up. And Chart House restaurant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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