Ritz Plaza Hotel is a hotel in Miami Beach, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “historic hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A.”. It opened in 1940. It is owned by Sam Nazarian. It is part of Miami Beach Architectural District. The building has 12 floors. It stands about 2.4 km from the centre of Miami Beach.[3]
Overview
The SLS South Beach is a historic hotel, known for many years as the Ritz Plaza Hotel, in the Miami Beach Architectural District in Miami Beach, Florida. The 12 floor, 62 metres (203 feet) hotel was the tallest building in the city for 30 years, until it was surpassed by 5660 Condominiums.
From “SLS South Beach Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1940. It was designed by Lawrence Murray Dixon, in the Art Deco architecture style. The building has 12 floors. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 2.4 km from the centre of Miami Beach. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Miami International Airport (MIA), about 16 km from the centre of Miami Beach.[4]
It is one of 179 hotels in and around Miami Beach recorded in Wikidata, 132 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 125 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is La Flora Hotel, opened in 1924. See Hotels in Miami Beach.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- The Claremont Hotel — 0.0 km, opened 1947
- San Juan Hotel — 0.0 km, opened 1948
- The Gale Hotel — 0.0 km, opened 1941
- The National Hotel — 0.0 km, opened 1940
- Sagamore Hotel South Beach — 0.1 km, opened 1948
- SLS South Beach — 0.1 km
- Hotel Di Lido — 0.1 km, opened 1953
- Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel — 0.1 km, opened 1948
- Delano Hotel — 0.1 km, opened 1947
- Cadet Hotel — 0.1 km, opened 1941
See also
- Hotels in Miami Beach
- Hotels in the United States
- Hotels designed by Lawrence Murray Dixon
- Hotels in the Art Deco style
- List of hotels opened in the 1940s
References
- ^ Ritz Plaza Hotel (Q7336919). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Ritz Plaza Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-03-24.
- ^ Miami Beach (Q201516). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Miami Beach. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.