A longtime landmark in Arlington’s Entertainment District was demolished Saturday morning as crews imploded the former Sheraton Arlington hotel to clear the site for a new luxury resort development.
The 19-story, 311-room hotel was brought down in a controlled implosion at 8:15 a.m. on June 6, ending more than four decades of history at a property that opened in 1984 as the Sheraton Centre Park Hotel. The site previously housed the former Seven Seas Marine Park.
I see that they blew up the Sheraton in Arlington. The one that sat on the site of the former Seven Seas park. Time marches on.
Seven Seas:
Opened: March 18, 1972
Closed for good: September 1, 1975
Sheraton:
Opened: Construction began in November 1983. It opened in 1984
Closed:… pic.twitter.com/ogOawCprCK— James Martin 🌵 (@jpaddymartin) June 6, 2026
The hotel served as a key part of the Centre Park development during the 1980s and provided accommodations for visitors attending events at nearby attractions, including the Texas Rangers, Six Flags Over Texas, and the Arlington Convention Center, now known as Esports Stadium Arlington.
The demolition paves the way for Americana by Loews, a new hotel project approved by the Arlington City Council in 2023. The development, a partnership with Loews Hotels, will feature more than 500 rooms and approximately 83,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space, including a 10,000-square-foot Event Barn.
Construction is expected to begin this summer, with the hotel projected to open in late 2028 or early 2029.
“We’re really excited for two years from now when this place opens,” Alex Tisch, Loews Hotels CEO, told NBC 5 DFW.
Tisch said the company spent two years planning for the demolition and views the investment as a reflection of confidence in Arlington’s growing entertainment district.
“Our vision here is that you’ve got two of the best stadiums in America with AT&T and Globe Life, and when they’re full our hotels are filled,” Tisch said.
Several roads around the site were temporarily closed Saturday morning to accommodate the demolition, including portions of East Copeland Road, AT&T Way and Convention Center Drive.
Ahead of the implosion, Arlington City Manager Trey Yelverton described the project as part of the district’s continued evolution.
“Making the old new again in different ways is always going to be part of what we have to do to build the property tax and the sales tax and hotel tax, to invest in the arts, to fix potholes, to answer 911 calls, the things that we need to do to provide the services that our residents expect,” Yelverton said, per NBC 5.
The moment also carried personal significance for Yelverton, who recalled visiting the property as a child when it operated as a marine park and later as a hotel.
“You would see kids out in the lobby waiting to get autographs from ball players as they kind of went over to the field,” he said. “There’s lots of memories here from ball games to family experiences to weddings to you name it, lots of history at this site.”
“It’s, in a way, a sad day because some things are changing, but the future is so bright for this community and for this location in Arlington,” he added.
