RARE HOTEL KENMORE SQUARE BOSTON MASS MA ROOM KEY FOB FENWAY RED SOX BASEBALL ! - $495 - (Coventry, RI)
RARE HOTEL KENMORE SQUARE BOSTON MASS MA ROOM KEY FOB FENWAY RED SOX BASEBALL ! Postcard of the hotel not included. "With 400 rooms, the Kenmore was one of the Boston's finest hotels boasting elegant accommodations and many guest services. In no time it soon became an important part of the local social scene. Some of the special guest room features included shampoo shower spray and circulating ice water, but what set it apart from the other hotels in the area was it's special relationship with the Boston Red Sox. In the years prior to World War II, the owners went out of their way to cater to the business of professional baseball. With Fenway park was just three blocks away they had the perfect location. The Kenmore soon became Boston's baseball headquarters. At one time, just after the war and while the Braves still belonged to Boston, all 14 visiting ball clubs stayed at the Kenmore. Even the Red Sox made it their headquarters when they returned from spring training, until the players could find private residences around the city. This made the Kenmore the only hotel in major league history that housed every visiting team. It's banquet and meeting facilities were also frequently used by team owners and management for business meetings.Over the years, the Kenmore was the place where trades were made, managers hired and fired, friendships begun and feuds settled. It was also the scene of many post-game parties featuring countless sports celebrities of the day. Casey Stengel while manager for the Braves and later the Yankees would hold court for sportswriters and guests into the late hours. The hotel was actually an all-sports gathering place. The Gridiron Club held its dinners there; American Football League teams in town to play the Patriots stayed there; the college football writers held their weekly luncheons in it's function rooms. The Kenmore sports scene thrived throughout the fifties and early sixties, but by 1965, the building had started to show it's age…
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