Fairmont Century Plaza is a hotel in Santa Monica, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “hotel in Century City, Los Angeles, California”. It opened in 1966. It is part of Century City Plaza. The building has 19 floors. It stands about 7.2 km from the centre of Santa Monica.[3]
Overview
The Fairmont Century Plaza is a historic 19-story luxury hotel in Century City, Los Angeles, US. The hotel fronts the Avenue of the Stars, adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers and the 2000 Avenue of the Stars complex. At the time of its opening in 1966, the hotel was the highest building in Century City, with views extending to the Pacific Ocean.
From “Fairmont Century Plaza” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1966. It was designed by Minoru Yamasaki. The building has 19 floors. It is listed as an America's Most Endangered Historic Places. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 7.2 km from the centre of Santa Monica. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), about 11 km from the centre of Santa Monica.[4]
It is one of 44 hotels in and around Santa Monica recorded in Wikidata, 23 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 14 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Beverly Hills Hotel, opened in 1912. See Hotels in Santa Monica.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- InterContinental Los Angeles Century City at Beverly Hills — 0.5 km
- The Beverly Hilton — 1.1 km, opened 1955
- The Peninsula Beverly Hills — 1.1 km, opened 1991
- Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills — 1.1 km
- The Mosaic Hotel - Beverly Hills — 1.2 km
See also
- Hotels in Santa Monica
- Hotels in the United States
- Hotels designed by Minoru Yamasaki
- List of heritage-listed hotels in the United States
- List of hotels opened in the 1960s
References
- ^ Fairmont Century Plaza (Q2795889). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Fairmont Century Plaza. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-09-30.
- ^ Santa Monica (Q47164). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Santa Monica. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.