Shoreline Hotel opens on Lake Minnetonka
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[{'start': '0.230', 'end': '1.879', 'text': "This next story has been a while in the making. Over the last two hours, the Shoreline Hotel opened for dinner service and check-in. It's a 27 room hotel and it's the first on Lake Minnetonka in 100 years. Ian checked it out. Lake Minnetonka is already a pretty historic place, whether it's all the pop culture references or just the number of people who live out here now adding a new chapter in that history just off the shore. Like the lake outside. Thank you everybody for coming. History here is hard to ignore. I couldn't be happier for this in our community because this is just a major milestone for owner Kelly Olsen. This has been 3 years in the making. It's a historic one, -- actually -- 100 years in the making, right? Hard work. -- So let's cut this thing -- open, closing the 100 year gap. The Shoreline Hotel officially opens for business, not the first of its kind, but definitely the first of its generation. Something that hasn't been done in a long time. This is the first new hotel on Lake Bennetonka in 100 years. I kept looking back at the historical photographs, -- and there were over 40 hotels on the lake -- guiding this forward as they look back. There was a boat out here that held 1200 people, and I just kept saying our grandparents knew how to party. The Shoreline Hotel may be new, but the hospitality industry in this area isn't. Hotels were a booming business on the lake back in the late 1800s, but they fell out of favor once cars started becoming more popular. Olsen now hopes to bring that back. We want to see. Even if you just hopped off your boat and you threw on a cover up, come on in, come on in and see us. History is on display throughout the hotel from the wood decor from the old tree out front to the restaurant named after Olsen's grandmother. She was my maid of honor in my wedding when she was 100 years old. A history that's hard to miss, history that's moving them forward. There's a lot of places people just want to gather. -- They want to get their people -- together in Spring Park, Ian Russell, Carol Levin News. Pretty special stuff. Thanks, Ian."}]