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Zack Moore, left, and Tyler Herrick, in front of construction at the Queensbury Hotel.
Paul Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Paul Post<\/p>\n

Queensbury Hotel is already getting calls for large, sell-out conferences in 2024 and 2025, two months before the highly anticipated mid-June opening of its new $3.8 million grand ballroom.<\/p>\n

The 5,200-square-foot addition with state-of-the-art kitchen facilities, located to the right of the building\u2019s rear entrance, could be a major game-changer for downtown Glens Falls by hosting multi-day events for hundreds of people who would likely visit restaurants and retail shops throughout the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis hotel can be an incubator for other businesses,\u201d general manager Tyler Herrick said. \u201cThat\u2019s always been part of our mission with doing this project. When we have 300 to 400 guests that\u2019s 300 to 400 people that are looking for stuff to do and walking around. That obviously helps everybody.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI would hope some of our midweek conventions bring people who want to go to WorkSmart (Coworking & Meeting Space) because they want to get out of their hotel room or relax at places like Spot Coffee. Like they say, a rising tide lifts all ships. Right now I think Glens Falls is on a good wave.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ballroom is just one of several entrepreneurial ventures Herrick and Zack Moore, both 41, are pursuing as co-owners of Spruce Hospitality Group, which manages Queensbury Hotel and Fairfield Inn & Suites at Northway Exit 18 in Queensbury. The Fairfield opened in September 2019, affording guests easy access to Saratoga Springs, Lake George and Glens Falls.<\/p>\n

Both lodging establishments are owned by Moore\u2019s father, Ed, who also owns the Sawyer Building directly across from Cool Insuring Arena, along with French Mountain Commons and Lake George Outlet Center on the Million Dollar Half-Mile (Route 9) in Queensbury.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>\u201cWe love this community, we\u2019re thankful to live and do business here,\u201d Zack Moore said.<\/p>\n

In January 2021, he and Herrick also signed a three-year agreement to manage food and beverage, special events and catering for Ticonderoga Golf Course\u2019s new clubhouse that opened last spring, replacing a structure that burned four years ago. The site features Seymour\u2019s Restaurant, a year-round fine dining establishment, and the Tap Room, a bar with outdoor seating on the lower level.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all one big family, but Ticonderoga Golf Course is really our first project at a facility not owned by Ed,\u201d Herrick said. \u201cIt\u2019s our first time stepping out and doing something on a truly third-party management agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plans call for hosting both on- and off-site special events at places such as Fort Ticonderoga\u2019s new pavilion, in Hague and perhaps even Silver Bay Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re always fielding calls, having meetings with people, constantly looking at things,\u201d Herrick said.<\/p>\n

Previously, he and Zack Moore consulted with Glens Falls businesswoman Elizabeth Miller to help get the newly-renovated Park Theater and Doc\u2019s Restaurant open in Glens Falls. \u201cFeasibility studies and market research things lead to other projects,\u201d Herrick said.<\/p>\n

He said they\u2019ve even been contacted about potential projects in Hudson, whose historic business district has a variety of trendy shops and antique stores.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re always kicking the tires,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n

Herrick, originally from suburban Boston, formed Spruce Hospitality with Moore in 2016 following 13 years at The Sagamore Resort where he became assistant general manager after starting out as front desk clerk.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve been intimately involved with all aspects of the Queensbury Hotel\u2019s renovations, which began shortly after Ed Moore\u2019s purchase of the 125-room landmark in 2016. The hotel was previously owned by Maryland-based Real Hospitality Group.<\/p>\n

The Moores and Herrick immediately set about restoring the Queensbury, which first opened in 1926, to its former grandeur. \u201cThe next thing was reconnecting the building back to the community. Sixty years of non-local management and ownership really changed what this building was to its residents,\u201d Herrick said.<\/p>\n

Groups such as Kiwanis, Rotary and Lions meet there regularly and the hotel partners with entities such as the Chapman Museum, Crandall Public Library and Prospect Child & Family Center on special events, he said.<\/p>\n

Queensbury Hotel is now entirely booked almost every weekend of the year, Herrick said. It\u2019s hoped the new ballroom\u2019s much bigger space will boost midweek business by attracting groups and associations that hold events such as trade shows or continuing education classes. The New York State Association of Police Chiefs is slated to use the new venue in late July with nearly 400 people on hand. All hotel rooms are sold out with overflow going to Fairfield Inn & Suites.<\/p>\n

Numerous weddings are also scheduled from August well into fall.<\/p>\n

The new ballroom more than doubles the number of people able to attend plated dinners in one room, from 200 to nearly 450 guests. The addition also has a large pre-assembly hallway area where people can gather for cocktail parties before entering the dining area.<\/p>\n

For events such as trade shows, where dinner tables aren\u2019t needed, the ballroom can handle from 650 to 700 people.<\/p>\n

The new space is the most ambitious project Queensbury Hotel\u2019s owner and managers have handled to date. But it\u2019s not the last. Plans call for \u201ccrowning the Queen\u201d with a rooftop bar, giving guests a birds-eye view of the cityscape set against a backdrop of picturesque Adirondack scenery.<\/p>\n

\u201cCOVID delayed everything, but it will happen,\u201d Herrick said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a great feature. When you go up there and watch the sun set over West Mountain, it\u2019s beautiful. Zack and I are both 41 and have young families. We aren\u2019t going anywhere soon. It\u2019s something we both definitely want to get done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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