Could The Hollywood Sign Turn into a Hotel?

A Hollywood without the Hollywood Sign? Unthinkable. A Hollywood with a Hollywood Sign Hotel? Awesome.

The land behind the iconic Hollywood Sign in Hollywood, California is nearly in danger of being snapped up by private investors and real estate developers who want to build mansions on the site of the famous white letters. While the city of Los Angeles is working hard to raise the money to "Save the Peak", in other words, buy the land back from the private investors, they just filed an extension saying they were about $1.5 million away from their goal.

Yet if the city can't find a way to raise enough money to buy the land back, there could be an alternative way to keep the Hollywood sign and make some money off the land--turn it into a hotel, of course. The idea comes from Danish architect Christian Bay-Jorgensen. The LA Daily News reports:

His plan: Transform the sign itself into a hotel, each giant letter hosting guests marveling at the sweeping views of the Los Angeles basin.

The hotel-letters would be about twice the size of the current 45-foot tall sign, and include amenities such as an observation deck.

The ultimate goal, he says, would be to preserve an internationally recognized landmark while helping the city generate badly needed funding.

We love this idea. Staying a Hollywood sign letter hotel room would be the ultimate Hollywood experience. Sadly, it's probably not going to happen as the Hollywood Sign Trust is firmly committed to keep the Cahuenga peak a resting place for the Hollywood sign, not hotel rooms.