Hotel Brooklyn is set to open its second design-led hotel in Summer 2022, following the launch of its Manchester property in February. Located beside the expanded Welford Road Stadium – home to the Leicester Tigers rugby team – Hotel Brooklyn, Leicester will comprise 191 guestrooms, The Lair restaurant and bar, Runyon’s atrium diner, and conferencing and events facilities both in the hotel and inside the stadium. There will also be ample car parking and direct access into the regenerated ground.

Designed by Squid Inc – the team behind Hotel Gotham and Hotel Brooklyn, Manchester – the hotel will offer corporate hospitality, dining with both European and American influences, and atmospheric accommodation including a number of skyline suites. Inclusive design of the hotel will once again be driven by the capability of Motionspot, one of the UK’s leading accessible design companies, unashamedly positioning itself as Leicester’s most accessible hotel – public spaces, including the reception, restaurant, bars, lifts and communal toilets, will all entail an accessible design element.

“This hotel has a very unique neighbour in the form of Leicester Tigers rugby club and that will most definitely add a little extra inspiration into the design,” says Oliver Redfern, Lead Interior Designer of Squid Inc. “Architectural features, such as the striking central atrium stretching over five floors, will allow us to take the Brooklyn ethos – a palpable anti-slick, anti-corporate sensibility – to a whole new level. This hotel will be irresistibly familiar: a place where outsiders become insiders, and a destination of true hospitality.”

Robin Sheppard, Chairman of Bespoke Hotels, comments: “We are thrilled to have secured this fantastic site in Leicester – right next door to Welford Road Stadium. Being built by our trusted partners Marshall CDP, with whom we have worked several times before, we believe Hotel Brooklyn is a perfect fit for Leicester. It will bring a destination hotel into the heart of the city, attract a new audience of customers and, we hope, become a business of which the city will be truly proud.”