{"id":15245,"date":"2025-10-22T06:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/15245\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T06:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:37:12","slug":"new-801-room-omni-hotel-faces-opening-delay-in-fort-lauderdale-what-to-expect-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/15245\/","title":{"rendered":"New 801-Room Omni Hotel Faces Opening Delay in Fort Lauderdale. What To Expect Next."},"content":{"rendered":"

Rafael Olmeda, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
South Florida Sun-Sentinel<\/p>\n

A new 801-room hotel at the Broward County Convention Center will not open next month as originally planned, project officials confirmed this week.<\/p>\n

The Omni hotel, at 1950 Eisenhower Blvd<\/a>., was originally expected to open its doors to travelers this fall, but unspecified delays have put the long-awaited opening on hold.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Omni Fort Lauderdale Hotel opening is delayed as certain areas will not be fully completed in time to meet Omni\u2019s high standards for quality and guest experience,\u201d said Omni spokeswoman Gaby Aguirrechu in an emailed statement. \u201cWhile we are eager to welcome our first guests, we believe it is important to ensure every detail is finalized before opening our doors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Broward County documents stated the Omni was \u201canticipated to open in November 2025 pending continued construction progress.\u201d But Aguirrechu said that timeline is uncertain and it\u2019s not yet clear whether guests will be welcome starting in late 2025 or early 2026.<\/p>\n

The hotel is the centerpiece of an expansion of the Broward County Convention Center<\/a>, a series of projects that will ultimately include a direct rail from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the convention center piece of the project is scheduled for Monday.<\/p>\n

The convention center expansion and hotel construction combine for a $1.3 billion investment into the economy, according to county figures.<\/p>\n

When it opens, the Omni will be the third-largest hotel in Broward, behind the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and the Diplomat Hotel on Hollywood beach.<\/p>\n

According to plans, the Omni will have 801 guest rooms (compared to 1,241 at the Hard Rock and 998 at the Diplomat).<\/p>\n

It will also have 73,000 square feet of meeting space, a crucial element for the dozens of organizations courted to hold their events here annually, and about 500 dedicated parking spaces.<\/p>\n

\u00a92025 South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Visit sun-sentinel.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rafael Olmeda, South Florida Sun-SentinelSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel A new 801-room hotel at the Broward County Convention Center will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250,13198,13200,13199],"class_list":["post-15245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-omni-fort-lauderdale-hotel","tag-tribune","tag-tribune-content"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}