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2008 — present
The events trade gets its hotel: The War Memorial Coliseum had drawn crowds to Coliseum Boulevard since 1952, and the lodging along the boulevard grew up as motels. The corridor's full-service turn came on November 14, 2008, when the Holiday Inn at IPFW and the Coliseum held its grand opening at 4111 Paul Shaffer Drive, across from the Coliseum on the university campus: 151 rooms, ninety jobs, owned and managed by Focus Hospitality Services under an InterContinental Hotels Group license. The opening release made two claims that fix the house in the record: it was "Fort Wayne's first full-service hotel in 25 years" — counting back, that is, to the Grand Wayne Hilton — and the first Holiday Inn in Indiana built to the brand's relaunched "hallmark" standard. The hotel opened in formal partnership with both the Coliseum and Glenbrook Mall. It trades today as the Holiday Inn Purdue Fort Wayne – Coliseum.
Sources:
- Hotel Executive / Focus Hospitality release, November 14–15, 2008 — the grand opening, 151 rooms, 4111 Paul Shaffer Drive, the "first full-service hotel in 25 years" and first Indiana "hallmark" Holiday Inn claims, and the Coliseum and Glenbrook partnerships.
- Current lodging directories (HotelGuides) — the house's present name and Coliseum Boulevard address.