By Kyle Roberts
A Hilton hotel coming to Ruston? Is it too good to be Tru?
Announced by City of Ruston online and confirmed by Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker, the hotel chain is expected to be opened and ready for travelers by the end of 2025, though no firm timeline has been announced formally for ground-breaking and construction.
“With the growth of our city, and especially the RPAR Sports Complex, the universities, the Exhibition Center, and the new mountain bike trail at the parish park, we’ve had lots of demand for hotel rooms,” Walker said. “These will really help us keep people in Ruston instead of losing them to Monroe and West Monroe. It’s really good for us.”
While it will be in a single structure, it will actually be two hotels: Home2 Suites by Hilton and Tru by Hilton. Home2 Suites is geared for longer stays, while Tru by Hilton has features for travelers looking to stay short-term.
A estimated total of 150 new hotel rooms will be available once construction is complete.
The sign is up on the east side of Tractor Supply on North Service Road East, which has the company name “Wealth Hospitality” of the main investor. The area code “601” is for central Mississippi.
A call to the number listed for more information went unanswered over the weekend as the office was closed.
For Walker, this is yet another sign that Ruston is growing economically.
“Hypothetically, if Buc-ee’s were to break ground in the next 60 days, we would be looking at $210 million in construction,” Walker said. “The boom is here.”
The Hilton brand began in Cisco, Texas, when Conrad Hilton changed his plans from buy a bank and decided to purchase a local hotel, The Mobley, instead.
The first formal Hilton hotel opened in Dallas in 1925, and the company now operates in 76 countries across the world..
Some historical information for this article was taken from http://www.hilton.com.
