Description Companies:
• Architect: PBNDML Architects.
• Contractor: Eldridge & Sons Construction.
• Steel/Fabricator: Havens Steel.
• Management: Concordia Project Management Ltd.
• Constructors: Jack D. Gillum & Associates Ltd., Gillum-Colaco International Inc., Daniel Urban Kiley, Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates.
• Incorporations: Greater Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association, Midwest Mechanical Contractors Inc.
• Owner: Global Hyatt Corporation.
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• On July 17th 1981, two 180' skybridges collapsed killing 111 individuals, and injuring 188. Marked as one of the most devastating hotel disasters in the history of the United States.
• Originally set at 42 floors, Hyatt Regency decided to "plop" a revolving restaurant on top making it the tallest in Missouri at the time.
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