Some places change everything about themselves and somehow feel exactly the same. Twenty-five years after opening its doors to a city preparing to host the world, The Grand America has been renovated, refreshed, and reimagined more than once. What has never changed is the feeling of walking in.

The Lobby Reimagined

The lobby furniture has come and gone. Even the color palette has shifted over the decades. And yet the room still does the same thing it did in 2001, it stops guests in their tracks the moment they step inside.

A New Name For An Old Habit

Laurel carries a different name from the restaurant that came before it, a different menu, and an entirely different design. What has not changed is what the space has always been for, a place where a meal turns into an hour, and an hour turns into the best part of someone's trip.

The Pool Then And Now

The umbrellas are a different color, and the skyline behind them has changed completely, but the same domed pool house still frames the same rectangle of blue water. Twenty-five summers of guests, from quiet mornings alone to afternoons with someone you love, have stretched out along its edge exactly as they do today.

A Tradition, Poured Twice

Some traditions are passed down rather than just remembered. In this same corner of the lobby, one generation once introduced another to the ritual of afternoon tea, and today it happens all over again, teacup by teacup, in the same warm light.

Twenty-five years in Salt Lake City. Times change, and sometimes the rooms change with them, but the memories stay exactly where they were made.