The Ramada Inn in Kingman, Arizona, reopened last week and the accompanying Canyon 66 Restaurant and Lounge will reopen Monday after the properties closed two months ago and went into bankruptcy receivership.
The Kingman Daily Miner reported:
The Ramada Inn put 70 rooms back into operation on May 14, with another 20 rooms being prepared to be brought online, said Sultan Abbas, who was rehired as general manager of the property.
“Everything is still the same,” Abbas said Thursday. “The property is under receivership, so the previous owner has no legal control. They’re not allowed to even call the property.”
The hotel and restaurant were closed in March after owners Noble and Joel Zubaid filed for bankruptcy in California, leaving employees unpaid for weeks of work and vendors unpaid for invoices.
The unexpected closure also forced tour groups and travelers with reservations to scramble to find alternative accommodations.
Abbas told the newspaper the Ramada earned $3 million in revenue in 2017, which should have been enough to sustain its operations.
Canyon 66 will be open at 11 a.m. daily and close at 9:30 p.m. most days and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. One change is breakfast won’t be served — at least for now.
The business, formerly a Magnuson hotel, was rebranded as a Ramada and remodeled its restaurant and lounge in a Route 66 theme less than five years ago.
According to a 2014 article in the Daily Miner, the Zubaids bought the property at 3100 E. Andy Devine Ave. (aka Route 66) in 2013. The article also reported a hotel had been at that site since at least the 1970s.
The Ramada Kingman played up Route 66 in its marketing, including soliciting images from Route 66 enthusiasts for a photo contest in 2016.
(Image of the Ramada Kingman’s swimming pool in 2016 via Facebook)
This motel was originally built as a roadside Holiday Inn and likely had some of the best accommodations in Kingman in its heyday.
Good for Kingman, good for Rt. 66, good for me as I like to stay there. But it is really good for the employees, both returning ones and new ones ..