City Council gets peek at Convention Center hotel

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Embassy Suites is on track to come to the Port City.

Today Wilmington City Council got a look at the latest rendering of the hotel that will be attached to downtown’s Convention Center.

The hotel will house 176 rooms for guests and be complete with a restaurant, bar, terrace and ballroom.

“We’re excited,” Mayor Bill Saffo said. “Obviously this has been a long process, and they’ve worked very hard on trying to fit a very nice hotel on a small lot.”

The hotel is expected to be done in 2014.