Omni Hotel to open first Raleigh location in 2027 as anchor lodge for Raleigh Convention Center [Video]

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Raleigh City Council is expected to make a half-million investment toward an anchor hotel for the yet-to-be-renovated and expanded Raleigh Convention Center.

Tuesday morning Visit Raleigh confirmed to ABC11 that the city will select Omni Hotels Management Corporation to be the convention center hotel.

This will be the third Omni property in the state of North Carolina and the first for Raleigh. The Omni Raleigh Hotel is anticipated to include 550 guest rooms and 55,000 square feet of meeting space, which will allow for larger events to take place downtown and support the growth of the Raleigh Convention Center expansion. The hotel will also feature several food and beverage outlets, a rooftop pool, a signature Mokara spa and a fitness center

If all goes as planned, the new hotel is scheduled to be built on a one-acre lot at the end of Fayetteville Street across from the Raleigh Convention Center and Martin Marietta Center …