Loews Hotels & Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Loews Corp., opens the Loews Arlington (Texas) Hotel and Convention Center. The hotel is Loews' second and largest hotel in Arlington, Texas, and the first-of-its-kind in the market, according to the company.
Loews Arlington Hotel is a full-service meetings, events and resort destination that caters to groups and families who are looking for a resort experience. Centrally located between Dallas and Fort Worth, and 10 minutes from the DFW International Airport, the 21-story resort has 888 guestrooms and luxury suites with a sophisticated, modern design.
The resort is situated between two sports stadiums: Globe Life Field, home to the 2023 World Series Champion Texas Rangers, and AT&T Stadium, home to the Dallas Cowboys. It is also connected to the new Arlington Convention Center which is also operated by Loews Hotels & Co. and the existing 300 room Live! By Loews Hotel. Collectively, the Loews complex in Arlington will have 1,188 rooms and close to 300,000 square feet of meeting space.
"This opening marks a new day for the meetings and events business in North Texas with the addition of a new resort in the sports and entertainment capital of the world," Loews Hotels President and CEO Alex Tisch said in a statement. "We anticipate to fill the hotel with sports enthusiasts and entertainment fans during game days and concerts, and the rest of the time, with corporations, associations and incentive groups, who will enjoy some of the best meeting space in America."
Everything is Bigger in Texas
The scale and size of the property makes Loews Arlington Hotel a destination itself. The property has 266,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor meeting and convention space. The hotel has an expansive event lawn and the largest hotel ballroom in North Texas at 51,000 square feet. Meeting rooms range in size can accommodate groups of up to 5,000 guests.
Loews Arlington Hotel has five new restaurants and lounges, including Farena. Additional dining options include Veranda, an al fresco extension of Farena located under a covered patio; Tomar El Sol with its poolside location; Railbird, an artisanal market and coffee shop; and a lobby bar and lounge. Soy Cowboy, a pan-Asian fusion concept by Berg Hospitality, will debut in summer 2024.
Other amenities include a full-service spa and salon, resort-style beach club with two pools, cabanas, fire pits, a water slide and a manmade sandy beach.
Loews Arlington Hotel is also accessible to the 300-room Live! by Loews – Arlington and all its amenities via skybridge. The two hotels combined have nearly 1,200 guestrooms and more than 300,000 square feet of meeting and event space.
Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center is part of phase two of the development of Arlington's Entertainment District, which continues the momentum and success of Texas Live!, Live! by Loews – Arlington, and the Rangers' Globe Life Field.
To commemorate the opening Loews Arlington, Loews commissioned Arlington-based artist and educator, Justin Ginsberg, to create a glass-blown sculpture. Ginsberg is the assistant chair and glass area coordinator in the art history department and an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. His work has been featured in museums around the country including his most recent solo exhibition, 'Sky Column: Shaking the Shadow,' at The Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas. The studio space in which the Loews sculpture was created and where Ginsberg teaches UTA students in the glass program is well-known for being the largest glass blowing educational studio in the country.
The sculpture is entitled 'Loews Loves Arlington' – fitting, considering its infinity heart shape and the timing of the hotel's opening, just one day before Valentine's Day. The sculpture will be on display permanently in the Library of the Loews Arlington lobby for guests and locals to view.
Loews Hotels & Co worked with HKS as the architect and Looney & Associates on the interior design for this new hotel. Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center was built by JE Dunn, who built the Loews Kansas City Hotel, which opened in June 2020. Arlington's Con-Real and Nehmer were also involved in the development of the project.