A solar-cooled permanent wing opened beside Sweden's seasonal ICEHOTEL, letting guests sleep on ice even through the Arctic's 100 days of continuous summer daylight.
ICEHOTEL 365 opened on 16 October 2016 in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, beside the existing seasonal Ice Hotel, as a permanent year-round ice hotel[2]
It was designed by Hans Eek, covers 2,100 m2 with 55 rooms (20 suites, 9 luxury suites, 11 art suites), an Icebar and an ice sculpture gallery, and stays at -5 degrees Celsius[2]
Ciel Dubai Marina, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesIHG Hotels & Resorts
已确认可信度 89%312天前Happened as dated, per the source[1]: "The first guests have checked into Ciel Dubai Marina, the world's tallest hotel."
A 377-metre, 1,004-room supertall hotel on Dubai Marina's waterfront opened as the world's tallest hotel, its curved concrete form engineered to shed wind loads on a coastal site.
已确认可信度 84%7.9年前Happened as dated: IHG's own release announcing 'the grand opening of InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland' is dated 15 November 2018, and ArchDaily's project entry gives 'Opened: 15th November 2018'. Wikipedia's[2] 20 November 2018 start of operations is the outlier.
IHG opened the InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, an 18-storey hotel built into the walls of a disused quarry with two underwater floors set against a lit aquarium.
已确认可信度 78%32.4年前Happened as dated, per the source[1]: the tunnel "was officially opened on May 6, 1994," presided over by Queen Elizabeth II and President Mitterrand.
The $15BN Channel Tunnel opened, linking Britain to mainland Europe by rail for the first time since the last Ice Age, after six years of construction under the English Channel.
224 Western Avenue, Allston, Boston, MA 02134, United StatesHarvard University
已确认可信度 90%92天前The developers' release says they "were joined on June 23 by Mayor Michelle Wu" to celebrate the opening.[1]
Harvard, Tishman Speyer and Breakthrough Properties cut the ribbon on the first phase of the Enterprise Research Campus in Allston: two commercial laboratory buildings called OneMilestone, the 343-apartment Verra, the Atlas Hotel, Harvard's David Rubenstein Treehouse conference centre, 40,000 square feet of retail and more than two acres of public open space. It is the opening move on a 36-acre site, with a Phase B of labs, offices and housing still to be permitted.
已确认可信度 85%21.8年前Wikipedia's[3] Tropical Islands Resort article states the resort opened on December 19, 2004, after Tanjong plc bought the former CargoLifter hangar.
A former CargoLifter airship hangar in Brandenburg, big enough to enclose the Statue of Liberty, reopened as the Tropical Islands indoor resort on December 19, 2004. Its beaches, lagoons and rainforest now draw about a million visitors a year to the world's largest free-standing hall.
已确认可信度 80%15.1年前Happened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org[3]: "In July 2011, it was reported that the exterior work was complete."
Egyptian contractor Orascom finished cladding Pyongyang's pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel in glass in July 2011, ending a stop-start construction saga that began in 1987 — though the 330-metre tower has never opened to a single guest.
已确认可信度 83%11.9年前Happened as dated, per the source[1]: "One World Trade Center officially opens in Manhattan on November 3, 2014."
One World Trade Center opened at the rebuilt Ground Zero site, an American-icon skyscraper shaped by more than a decade of compromise between architects, developers and officials.
Louvre Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
已确认可信度 86%8.9年前Happened as dated, per the source[1]: "Friday marks five years since Louvre[2] Abu Dhabi welcomed the first members of the public" (published 11 Nov 2022).
Jean Nouvel's dome-topped museum, the first Louvre outpost outside France, opens to the public five years behind its original schedule.
已确认可信度 87%61.5年前Happened as dated, per sabr.org[3]: "April 9, 1965: Astros beat Yankees in first game inside the Houston Astrodome."
The Houston Astrodome, the world's first fixed-roof, air-conditioned multipurpose stadium, opened on 9 April 1965 with an exhibition game between the Astros and Yankees — though it's stood closed and searching for a new use since 2008.
已确认可信度 87%22.3年前Happened as dated, per the source[1]: the company "opened the $265 million Sands Macau in May 2004," ending "Mr Ho's 42-year monopoly over the industry."
The $265M Sands Macao opened as the city's first Las Vegas-style resort, ending Stanley Ho's 42-year gambling monopoly and starting Macau's transformation into the world's densest gaming hub.
已确认可信度 80%2.6年前Happened as dated, per the source[1]: "The development was completed in December 2023 and officially opened on 10 February 2024."
Dubai's One Za'abeel opened to the public, its twin towers joined by The Link, a 230-metre skybridge that went on to set the Guinness World Record for longest cantilevered building.