New Grand Hotel celebrates 10 years

The New Grand Hotel in Nelson lives up to its name by throwing a big 10-year anniversary bash

The New Grand hosted a huge celebration for its 10th anniversary in May of this year — Colin Payne photo

Nelson’s New Grand Hotel celebrated its 10th anniversary in late May with a huge weekend anniversary party.

Originally the Lord Nelson Hotel, the New Grand was purchased by a group of owners in 2001 and extensively renovated over the years to its current form, which now includes a Louie’s Lounge and Steakhouse restaurant, the detached New Grand Liquor Merchants, and the Grounded Organic Coffee House.

“It’s been a 10-year ongoing project,” said Danny Rickaby, one of the owners of the New Grand. “We’re still not done. We’re currently adding a new lobby lounge.

“We had an old property when we started, so it’s been an ongoing improvement. So I think we’re getting older and better.”

Not long after celebrating marking a decade as the New Grand Hotel, management and staff will be celebrating a bigger milestone – the 100th anniversary of the hotel's original construction in 1913.

“We’re going to have a big celebration for that (in 2013),” Rickaby said.