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A fact from Hyatt Grand Central New York appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 December 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the operator of the Commodore Hotel once hosted a circus, featuring an elephant in the ballroom, to impress visiting hoteliers?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hyatt Grand Central New York.

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Park Hyatt[edit]

Worth distinguishing between the other NYC Hyatts? --FeldBum (talk) 16:23, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 13:37, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the operator of the Commodore Hotel once hosted a circus, featuring an elephant in the ballroom, to impress visiting hoteliers? Source: "Business: Hotels". TIME. March 4, 1929.
- ALT1: ... that during the Commodore Hotel's construction, rivets were mailed to the construction site? Source: "By Parcel Post: Steel Rivets Delivered by Mail for the Commodore". The New York Times. April 7, 1918. p. 46
- ALT2: ... that to receive a US$56 million tax abatement for the Grand Hyatt New York hotel, Donald Trump agreed to sell the hotel for US$1? Source: "Plan Gains to Replace New York's Commodore". Wall Street Journal. May 24, 1976. p. 8.
- ALT3: ... that the Grand Hyatt New York hotel contained a flying kitchen? Source: Herman, Robin; Johnston, Laurie (January 1, 1983). "New York Day by Day". The New York Times. p. 1.23
- ALT4: ... that the Commodore Hotel's ballroom, originally described as "the largest private ballroom of any hotel in the world", was one of the only parts of the hotel to be preserved? Source: "Vast Transit Links Will Be Beneath Commodore Hotel: Guests Will Experience No Difficulty in Travelling to Places in Greater City". New-York Tribune. May 20, 1917. p. B7; Slesin, Suzanne (August 24, 1980). "Four New Luxury Hotels in the City: Elaborate Decor and Matching Prices". The New York Times. p. R1.
- ALT5: ... that the Commodore Hotel's ballroom, originally described as "the largest private ballroom of any hotel in the world", was preserved and expanded in the 1970s? Source: "Vast Transit Links Will Be Beneath Commodore Hotel: Guests Will Experience No Difficulty in Travelling to Places in Greater City". New-York Tribune. May 20, 1917. p. B7; Slesin, Suzanne (August 24, 1980). "Four New Luxury Hotels in the City: Elaborate Decor and Matching Prices". The New York Times. p. R1.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Panasonic Senior Partner

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 21:30, 22 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: @Epicgenius: Good expansion! Just waiting on a QPQ. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:40, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: Thanks for the review once again. I've now done a QPQ. Epicgenius (talk) 14:39, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, Approving nomination. Onegreatjoke (talk) 15:28, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]