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#42 highest hotel rooms in the world · InterContinental
InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown (Wilshire Grand Center)
Los Angeles, United States · in Wilshire Grand Center · completed 2017
Highest room
815 ft
about 248 m above the street
Top room floor
66th
hotel floors 31–73
Building height
1,100 ft
335 m · 73 floors
Typical rate
$350
per night, standard room
Mixed-use tower: hotel plus offices · #21 by building height · #29 by top floor
How high is InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown?
InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown (Wilshire Grand Center) is an InterContinental hotel in Los Angeles, United States. Its highest guest rooms are on the 66th floor, roughly 815 ft (248 m) above the street: about 210 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle.
The hotel occupies floors 31–73 of Wilshire Grand Center, a 73-floor tower that rises 1,100 ft (335 m) and was completed in 2017; the rest of the building holds offices. Its lowest guest floors start around 380 ft up. Guest rooms stop at floor 66, although the hotel's floors run up to 73.
By highest room it ranks #42 of the 176 hotels in our world index, #21 by building height and #29 by top room floor. Among the 5 InterContinental hotels we track, it ranks #3.
A standard room typically costs around $350 a night, above the $250 median across the tall hotels we track. Rates swing a lot by season, so check live prices before you book.
About the hotel
InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown occupies the upper part of the Wilshire Grand Center at Wilshire Boulevard and Figueroa Street in the Financial District. Designed by AC Martin for Korean Air's parent Hanjin Group, the tower opened in June 2017 on the site of the 1952 Statler hotel (later the Wilshire Grand Hotel), with offices and retail below; its 2014 foundation pour set a Guinness World Record. The 889-room hotel has a sky lobby with city views and the open-air Spire 73 rooftop bar.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown and its neighbours in the world ranking by highest room.
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Questions about InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown
What floor are the highest rooms at InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown?
The highest guest rooms at InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown are on the 66th floor. The hotel occupies floors 31–73 of the 73-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 815 ft (248 m) above street level, about 210 ft higher than the top of Seattle's Space Needle. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is Wilshire Grand Center?
Wilshire Grand Center is 1,100 ft (335 m) tall, with 73 floors, and was completed in 2017.
What else is in Wilshire Grand Center?
Besides the hotel, Wilshire Grand Center holds offices.
How much does a night at InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $350 per night, though rates vary a lot by date and season.
Heights come from CTBUH, Wikipedia and the hotels themselves. The highest-room figure is the top room floor multiplied by the building's average floor height, so treat it as accurate to within a few floors. How we measure.