Colorado
Limelight Portfolio’s newest property, Limelight Boulder, is the first hotel to partner with Colorado University-Boulder. Limelight Boulder is centrally located in the University Hill neighborhood of CU’s campus. Opened in September, the property is the largest all-electric hotel in the country, eliminating combustion-motor usage for power, heating and cooling. The 252 guest
rooms and suites include mountain views or views of downtown Boulder.
The hotel offers 22 meeting rooms and 26,000 square feet of event space. The largest space is a 15,000-square-foot ballroom with access to an outdoor terrace. Limelight Boulder can host meetings and events for up to 1,500 attendees. When planners book meetings with Limelight Boulder, the catering team will work with them to create a locally sourced menu.
Nevada
Green Valley Ranch—minutes from the Las Vegas Strip in Henderson—is dedicating part of its $200 million redesign to transforming its meeting and convention spaces by January 2026. The renovation will also deliver contemporary redesigns to the property’s 422 guest rooms and 71 suites. From the property’s vineyard to its Grand Event Center, there is 69,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor meeting and event space. Outdoor meeting spaces overlook an eight-acre backyard pool area, and 1,000 guests can be hosted on the pool deck itself. The conference and event spaces at Green Valley Ranch include 11 versatile breakout rooms. The maximum capacity in the Grand Event Center is 1,500 guests in a theater-style setup.
At the former site of the Tropicana Las Vegas, Bally’s Las Vegas, a 3,000-room entertainment resort, will begin development in the first half of 2026. Bally’s Corporation announced the project will share a 35-acre campus with the new Las Vegas Athletics Major League Baseball ballpark. The two-tower casino resort will also be home to a four-level, 500,000-square-foot entertainment and retail complex. The entertainment venue within the complex has a seating capacity for 2,500 guests.
[Related: $7 Million Renovation Continues at Arizona Resort and Property Enhancements in California]
Washington
Marriott’s Autograph collection rolled out a new property in Woodinville in September. The SOMM Hotel and Spa is located 30 minutes east of Seattle. The Marriott development is a 164-room hotel that is near scenic walking trails. The SOMM sits on 20 acres featuring regional flora. The hotel is near several tasting rooms and offers its own tasting experience, with two rooms dedicated to wine blending.
The SOMM offers more than 16,000 square feet of meeting space. The open and covered patios provide another 5,000 square feet of space. The largest capacity across the hotel’s 12 meeting spaces is 1,017 guests in the Stimson Ballroom.
It Takes Two
The 441-room AC Las Vegas Symphony Park debuted as the first dual-branded property—AC Hotel by Marriott Symphony Park and Element by Westin Symphony Park—in Las Vegas. The property will feature the largest Element hotel in the world.
Located in Symphony Park near the downtown Arts District, the non-gaming property is home to the largest unobstructed ballroom in the district.
The “Crescendo” ballroom is 9,801 square feet, which makes up more than half of the hotel’s 18,435 square feet of meeting space.
The property offers eight rooms for meetings and events, and can host up to 500 guests.
