| Hotel Olympik | |
| Map Type: | Czech Republic |
| Map Alt: | The Hotel Olympik is located in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.0983°N 14.4683°W |
| Status: | Completed |
| Building Type: | Hotel |
| Address: | Sokolovská 615/138, Prague, 186 00 |
| Location City: | Prague |
| Location Country: | Czech Republic |
| Destruction Date: | --> |
| Height: | 73m (240feet) |
| Floor Count: | 21 |
| Rooms: | 306 |
Hotel Olympik is a large hotel in the Karlín area of the 8th district of Prague, Czech Republic.[1] [2] The hotel is near the housing facility Invalidovna and the stadium of Čechie Karlín.[3] Hotel Olympik is located at 138 Sokolovská Street.
The Hotel Olympik was designed by a team of architects led by Josef Polak between 1967 and 1971.[4] The hotel was opened to the public in 1973. The building is high, it has 21 floors and overlooks the city quarter Karlín.[5]
The hotel was finished in 1974,[1] and at the time had 715 beds.[6] A fire in the hotel in 1995 took 8 lives and resulted in damages of 35 million CZK.
In 1995, the hotel was the scene for one of the biggest fires in Czech Republic history, resulting in 8 deaths and 34 injuries. The fire started on the 11th floor of the hotel, and is believed to be caused due to an overheating appliance.
On 5 October 2008 thieves broke into the hotel safe and stole about the equivalent to CZK 1.000.000,00 in different currencies (about US$55,500.00) and a large number of shares from the Olympic Holding Company.[7]
In 2015 the hotel was given a new brightly coloured facade.[8]
According to some experts, Hotel Olympik was built in preparation of Prague's bid to host the 1980 Summer Olympics.[9] [10] The housing area Invalidovna would have been the Olympic village. After Moscow placed a bid, Prague withdrew its application.[11] The hotel is not in a tourist area; it hosts many conferences and business gatherings.
This article is based on a translation of the Czech Wikipedia article Hotel Olympik.