The Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center is a 153.62 m, 45-story hotel located in the Crown Center complex in Kansas City, Missouri. It was Missouri's tallest building from 1980 to 1986. It is now the state's sixth-tallest building and Kansas City's third-tallest building.
History
Opening
The hotel opened on July 1, 1980, as the Hyatt Regency Kansas City. It is part of the Crown Center complex, built by Hallmark Cards, adjacent to their headquarters, and southeast of the Downtown loop, where most of Kansas City's tallest buildings are located.
Skywalk collapse
On July 17, 1981, 114[4] people were killed in the Hyatt Regency when the fourth-floor walkway in the atrium collapsed on the second-floor walkway during a tea dance attended by more than 1,600 guests. An investigation revealed that tie rods supporting the walkway did not meet Kansas City building codes.