The Hollywood Roosevelt hosts conferences, executive off-sites, product launches, award ceremonies, screenings, weddings and private parties for 10 to 550 guests, across more than 35,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space. The independently operated hotel opened in 1927 at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, on the Walk of Fame and across the street from the TCL Chinese Theatre.
Seminars and company events
The meetings offer covers full-day meetings, multi-day conferences, leadership off-sites, brand activations and recognition events. Rooms can be set theater-style, classroom, boardroom or banquet. Full-day meetings include dedicated Wi-Fi for the group and an on-site AV technician, and the hotel prepares event orders and floor plans. A typical day runs from registration in the lobby to a general session in the Blossom Ballroom or the Academy Room, breakouts in the smaller meeting rooms, then a reception on the rooftop or by the pool. Team activities include bowling in The Spare Room. Valet and self-parking packages can be arranged for attendees.
Weddings and receptions
Ceremonies and receptions take place in the Blossom Ballroom, with outdoor ceremonies on the rooftop or by the pool. A dedicated wedding coordinator is assigned, room blocks hold out-of-town guests, and the after-party can move to Teddy's. The hotel also hosts bar mitzvahs, milestone birthdays, galas and reunions.
Rooms and capacities
The Blossom Ballroom covers about 4,386 square feet under 25-foot ceilings and seats 300, or 400 for a cocktail, with a 1,554 square foot foyer and a 928 square foot walkway for pre-function. The Tropicana Pool deck takes 250 seated or 550 standing, and the pool can be covered to extend the floor. The Oscar Room seats 120 and the Academy Room 75. The Cinegrill Theater has a full stage and 100 seats. The two-story lobby takes 300 for a cocktail. Teddy's holds 200 standing, the rooftop 200 for a cocktail, and the Gable restaurant 100 seated. Four meeting rooms sit on one floor: Granada for 30, Cordoba and Barcelona for 20 each, and the Toledo Boardroom for 14. Smaller options include the Garden, The Bridge mezzanine, the Library Bar, the Gable & Lombard Penthouse and the Johnny Grant Apartment.
Accommodation
The hotel has 300 guest rooms available for group blocks, split between the original 1927 tower and the cabana rooms around the pool. A spa garden in the cabana courtyard offers treatments by appointment.
Catering
Catering is in-house, from coffee service and working lunches to plated dinners, with menus adapted to dietary needs. Gable, the hotel's restaurant, cooks seasonal California food in wood-fired ovens and can be bought out with its full kitchen.
History and setting
The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in the Blossom Ballroom on May 16, 1929, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had its first offices on the mezzanine, now the Academy Room. David Hockney painted the Tropicana Pool. The lobby keeps its Spanish Colonial architecture, with painted ceilings two stories high and wrought-iron chandeliers.
Getting there
The Hollywood/Highland station of the Metro B Line is next to the hotel, with direct service from Union Station, Universal City and North Hollywood. Hollywood Burbank Airport is about 10 miles away, 15 to 25 minutes by car, and LAX about 17 miles, 30 to 50 minutes depending on traffic.
