Coachella Valley Wants to Become a Cannabis Epicenter With Two New Hotels

The cannabis epicenter

As cannabis enthusiasts and entrepreneurs embrace California’s “green rush,” the hospitality industry is now shifting towards hotels. According to The Hollywood Reporter, two cannabis hotels are coming to the Coachella Valley. Desert Hot Springs’ Coachill Inn Resort and amphitheater will open late 2020, while a Palm Springs luxury boutique project called The Grape House plans to open in 2021.

The Grape House will begin with a restaurant, dispensary-shop, and smoking lounge. The adjoining boutique hotel should be completed in 2023 or early 2024. Coachill Inn Resort is part of the unfinished unfinished 160-acre Coachillin Canna-Business Park in Desert Hot Spring. The developers hope to complete the 154-room hotel, spa, restaurant, fitness center, and 2,000-seat amphitheater by New Year’s Eve in 2020.

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• Two Cannabis Hotels Are Coming to Coachella Valley [The Hollywood Reporter]