{"id":26291,"date":"2023-11-10T21:28:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T21:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/?p=26291"},"modified":"2023-11-10T21:28:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T21:28:55","slug":"vacant-hotel-with-tennis-courts-and-nightclub-on-sale-but-theres-a-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berkshiredoulas.com\/world-news\/vacant-hotel-with-tennis-courts-and-nightclub-on-sale-but-theres-a-catch\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacant hotel with tennis courts and nightclub on sale &#8211; but theres a catch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An abandoned hotel kitted out with dozens of luxury extras has been listen on sale for \u00a38million \u2013 but there is a catch.<\/p>\n<p>The building on the coast in Laguna, Brazil, boasts hundreds of rooms for guests, along with extravagant extras including a tennis court, pool, bar and a full nightclub.<\/p>\n<p>But after being left deserted for nearly a decade and a half, hotel Itapirub\u00e1 requires some serious repair work. It originally opened back in 1978.<\/p>\n<p><b> READ MORE: Britain&apos;s newly-crowned &apos;wonkiest pub&apos; up for sale at \u00a3178k after Crooked House blaze <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b> <i>For the latest<\/i> <\/b><b> <i>news from the Daily Star,<\/i> <\/b> <b> <i>click here<\/i> <\/b> <b> <i>.<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31413282.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/3_Image.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The hotel closed its doors for good 14 years ago, in 2009. The business cited management issues for the closure.<\/p>\n<p>Hotel Itapirub\u00e1 will soon go up for auction in weeks at \u00a38million, but it will require the buyer to invest some serious cash into it. If they want to restore it to its former glory,<\/p>\n<p>According to Sun Online, chilling images of the 60,000 square-meter site were shared, showing the extent of the neglect. Prompting speculation over whether it should be renovated or demolished.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31413280.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/3_Image.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article31406652.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_MAINSOCIAL.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Creepy &apos;hollow&apos; island censored on Google Maps and surrounded by killer sea beasts<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The publication added that there are similar other real estate up for grabs, including a 22-storey beach hotel building in Tenerife.<\/p>\n<p>The site has remained vacant for more than 50 years. It would be a monumental task to restore the 741 individual apartments to an inhabitable state.<\/p>\n<p>And in North Korea, the enormous Ryugyong Hotel has dominated the Pyongyang skyline for decades &#8211; despite hosting no guests. The \u00a31.6billion triangular hotel has never hosted a single guest, and has been dubbed the &quot;Hotel of Doom&quot;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31413275.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/4_Imagejp.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article31407261.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_JS316434941_Main.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Grim Ghislaine Maxwell jail with mouldy food and sanitary towels used to plug leaks<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> The Daily Star previously reported that an urban explorer has stepped inside a spooky abandoned wedding venue filled with burnt-out ballrooms and creepy paintings on the wall &#8211; but he thinks it has potential. <\/p>\n<p>Dave Myers, 40, who runs the popular pages Rotheram Urbex with Dave and Urbex Dave, spoke to the Daily Star to discuss what he found in the creepy spot.<\/p>\n<p>He headed down to the old Humber Bridge Country Hotel to look around the site in the shadow of the Humber Bridge in Barton upon-Humber.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31413277.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/4_Image.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article31409734.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_main-ds.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Man arrested after video emerges of &apos;XL Bully&apos; being beaten over head with shovel<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The hotel was the victim of its parent company going into liquidation in 2020 and has stood empty ever since 2021, visited now only by explorers.<\/p>\n<p> In another report, the owner of a hotel &quot;haunted by dead guests who bite visitors&quot; has said of her paranormal friends: &quot;It\u2019s their world, I\u2019m just living in it.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>The Baker Hotel and Spa just outside Mineral Wells, Texas, USA, opened in 1929 and went through many iterations before closing its doors in 1972 and now there are plans to restore the building.<\/p>\n<p><b> <i>For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking<\/i> <\/b> <b> <i>here<\/i> <\/b> <b> <i>.<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/inside-abandoned-luxury-hotel-tennis-31413507\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An abandoned hotel kitted out with dozens of luxury extras has been listen on sale for \u00a38million \u2013 but there is a catch. 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