The Copper King Hotel and Convention Center here will close Oct. 1, The Montana Standard reported.
Despite losing the hotel, the city has enough lodging for future conventions and events, said Paul Babb, executive director with the Silver Bow Area Lodging and Hospitality Association.
The city and the surrounding region has about 1,400 rooms available aside from the Copper King. Lodging officials said the War Bonnet and Fairmont Hot Springs Resort have convention areas that can each host up to 600 attendees. The Butte Civic Center can also be used to host large conventions that can entertain more than 600 guests.
Butte has several other locations that could accommodate events and functions displaced by the closing of the hotel, such as the Maroon Athletic Center, Montana Tech, the Mother Lode Theater, the Butte Plaza Mall and other locations, said Mark Hughes, president of the Silver Bow Area Lodging and Hospitality Association.
