HISTORY
Given the provenance of this property, it is understandable why the Ramada Plaza West Hollywood Hotel and Suites has become the de facto latest room better music and entertainment business in Los Angeles.
This is where the Tropicana Motel once stood, the famous rock-and-roll refuge with black tiled swimming pool. "TheTrop" is where Jim Morrison lived, as well as Tom Waits, and where Andy Warhol filmed "Heat" and where Janis Joplin partied, and where other residents include Blondie, Led Zeppelin, Springsteen, Sam Shepard, The Clash, the Beach Boys, Elvis Costello, and Guns and Roses.
In other words, this is the holy land for those who want to burn the midnight oil.
The Tropicana Motor Lodge is cheap, easily accessible and is located in the US Route 66 - aka Mother Road - the main road for migrants to the west from Chicago to LA
Did you know?
Ramada Plaza West Hollywood Hotel and Suites is located in the former location of the Tropicana Hotel and Motor Lodge at Santa Monica Boulevard - near the end of the famous Route 66.
Tropicana
Tropicana is a basic and affordable, black tiled swimming pool, and there are many stories of long, late night parties. Motel is protected by rock and roll industry in the sixties and seventies. Jim Morrison of The Doors live there, and often spend the days sleeping on his binges Southern Comfort. Chuck E. Weiss, Tom Waits is a citizen as well. Often guests including Janis Joplin, Van Morrison, Bruce Springstein, Eddie Cochran, the Beach Boys, Jim McGuinn of the Byrds, Led Zeppelin, Guns and Roses, Martha and the Vandellas, and Frank Zappa, the "weird-out" are legendary. It was the first stop on the way up the ladder of rock and roll, as well as a place to stay after you have succeeded. Major record companies grew at Santa Monica Blvd and Sunset Strip during this era and make central LA rock and roll recordings America.
Today, LA is the capital of the world record. Live and recorded rock star here. The award ceremony takes place here, and there is still a bustling club scene; Musicians walk around with the guitar, the show was advertised with the daily specials on the board restaurant, a telephone pole covered with tacked-up concert news.
Ramada built on this site in the 1980s still stopover for the entertainment industry, as well as international travelers.
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