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The Hartford Hotel & Conference Center in East Hartford fell on hard times before its 2020 closure, with frequent visits by police and one online reviewer advising “avoid it like the plague.” “It became very quickly a run-down property,” East Hartford Mayor Mike Walsh recalled. “You could rent the rooms by the hour, which was unfortunate.”
Despite two years of a pandemic that has forced the cancellation or postponement of many in-person gatherings, developers of a major new Bristol events center and hotel said they are optimistic about the future as their project gets ready to open next year. The $25 million Bristol Event Center is expected to debut on Century Drive in the first quarter of 2023, after breaking ground in late 2020.