Just in time for spring, Live! By Loews – St. Louis will open on Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Ballpark Village, located just outside Busch Stadium.
A prestigious executive team of hospitality veterans will lead day-to-day management operations for the 216-room, eight-story hotel, which is a joint venture between Loews Hotel & Co., The Cordish Companies and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Geneya Sauro, the general manager, has steadily progressed her career the past 19 years within the Loews family, holding nearly every executive title in-house.
Robin Swick, the hotel’s director of sales and marketing, brings more than 20 years of hospitality experience in conference service, revenue management, and sales and marketing, most recently serving as the director of sales and director of hotel revenues at the Westin-St. Louis.
Michael Manning, director of food and beverage, has more than a decade of experience in hospitality, working with Marriott and Ritz Carlton properties nationwide, along with Omni Hotel, New Orleans and The St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio.
Manning will work closely with the executive chef to lead all food and beverage operations on property, including 24-hour room service and the hotel’s four bars and restaurants: Clark & Bourbon, The Bullock, Bar Bourbon and River Market.
Matt Lange, executive chef for Live! by Loews – St. Louis, joins the opening team from Loews Chicago Hotel where he served as the executive sous chef. Lange began working in hotel kitchens in 2006, gaining experience with Omni Orlando Hotel at Champions Gate, Rosen Shingle Creek, Peabody Hotel Orlando, Park Hyatt Chicago, and a position as sous chef for Silversea Cruises LTD in the Baltic Sea. His approach to cooking is to showcase creative and inventive flavor profiles, while presenting dishes in a refined yet approachable way.
Live! by Loews – St. Louis will introduce unparalleled hospitality to downtown St. Louis’ Ballpark Village, and will be a gathering place at the epicenter of sports and entertainment. The hotel will be the first new-build hotel in the region to open in nearly a decade, and will be a resort-style destination for sports fans, visitors and families, with a central location.
The hotel is located at 799 Clark Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63102. For more information or to make reservations, visit loewshotels.com/live-by-loews-st-louis-missouri or call (844) 271-6291.