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Citizen Hotel Opens
by Jonathan Mendick, published on February 26, 2009 at 11:49PM
Storyline: News in Sacramento
Community Tags: business citizen citizen hotel culture hospitality hotel People politics sacramento hotel
If you saw some bright spotlights weaving through the downtown sky Thursday Feb. 26, the source was probably the Citizen Hotel, which is owned by Joie de Vivre Hotels. The 83-year-old building located at 926 J Street was filled with hundreds of formally-dressed partygoers from 5 to 8 p.m.
Guests enjoyed appetizers prepared by Chef Michael Tuohy from the hotel's Grange Restaurant, while sipping from a champagne fountain and a martini luge. On other floors, guests enjoyed wine, chocolate and jazz.
At 6:30 p.m, Kipp Blewett, the Developer of the Citizen gave opening remarks via monitor thanking the downtown area and Joie de Vivre, "which has a long history of revitalizing historic assets. This project was conceived with the theme: Citizen of Sacramento, Citizen of the State."
The Citizen Hotel boasts a panoramic view of the Sacramento skyline on its 7th floor, as well as spectacular penthouse suites complete with jacuzzis on the 14th floor. Each of its 198 guestrooms have unique architectural features, but all have HD televisions, iPod docking stations, and luxury bedding.
The Citizen also holds 11,000 square feet of event space and meeting areas including the historic Plaza Park Ballroom, and a capital-area-inspired political movie lending library. In fact, one guest said that she ran into prominent civil rights and political activist Marian Wright Edelman, though this was not confirmed by Sacramento Press.
Joie de Vivre Hotels generally have a theme, and though this one displays historical photos of civil rights era activists throughout each hall, one might simply conclude about the Citizen Hotel: it's nice.
photos by Anthony Bento
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The day before the grand opening, the Citizen hosted 45 Sacramento State students (and me) for a presentation by Rubicon CFO Kipp Blewett and Citizen GM Mark Matthews. The presentation was followed by a tour of the building. It was a generous opportunity for the Hospitality Administration elective students of the Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration program, especially given the timing, and it demonstrates the companies' commitment to the Sacramento community.
"If you saw some bright spotlights weaving through the downtown sky Thursday Feb. 26, the source was probably the Citizen Hotel, which is operated by San-Francisco-based Joie de Vivre Hotels. Rubicon Partners owns the 83-year-old building located at 926 J Street which was filled with hundreds of formally-dressed partygoers from 5 to 8 p.m."
I have also experience the Grange during lunch time. The service and food were outstanding! I am thrilled that Sacramento has a hotel of the quality of the Citizen Hotel.