The Millennium Biltmore Hotel Serves Up Spooky Spirits This Halloween

Oct. 13, 2009 - PRLog -- It’s safe to say that even though we’re in a new millennium, the Biltmore (and it’s occupants) will never forget the hotel’s early decades.  This Halloween, visitors looking for an eerie evening can celebrate the legend of one of LA’s most renowned luxury hotels at the Gallery Bar on Saturday, October 31, 2009.

The hotel’s first All Hallow’s Eve event will feature live music, specialty drinks and a period costume contest with prizes for the best 1920’s, ‘30’s and ‘40’s costumes, including a grand prize weekend stay at the Biltmore, home of the “Ghostbusters!”  Other prizes include certificates for dinners at the hotel’s acclaimed organic steakhouse, La Bistecca, and modern Asian tapas and sushi restaurant, Sai Sai.

The Gallery Bar will be open on Halloween from 4:00pm - 2:00am.

Featuring Crystal Head Vodka.

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The Millennium Biltmore Hotel was designed in the style of the Spanish-Italian Renaissance and opened in 1923 to national acclaim as the largest hotel west of Chicago; it was designated a Historical Cultural Landmark by the City of Los Angeles in 1969.
The legendary 11-story structure was designed by famed architects Schultze & Weaver, known for the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, with cathedral-like ceilings hand-painted by Italian artist Giovanni Smeraldi of White House and Vatican fame. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held their founding banquet in the Crystal Ballroom in 1927, where the original “Oscar” statuette was sketched on a Biltmore napkin, and 8 Academy Awards were subsequently held in the Biltmore Bowl during the 1930’s. The hotel was also the host for the 1960 Democratic National Convention.

Countless movies and shows have been shot at the Biltmore, including Bugsy, Chinatown, Ghostbusters, Ocean’s 11, West Wing, 24, Nip/Tuck, CSI: New York and Heroes.