The Venue
HISTORY
Originally built in 1898 by Bohemian Immigrant Wenceslaus S. Broz, the building was designed by famed architect Cass Gilbert who is most well known in Minnesota for designing the state capital building.
A “first class” hotel was a measure of a town’s pride and prosperity. Hotel Broz played this role when constructed in New Prague in 1898. The local paper boasted, “One of the first and great requisites of any ambitious and rapidly growing city is a really first-class hotel, and in this respect the needs of New Prague are now supplied by Hotel Broz….”.
The original building featured 17 guest rooms, a dining room, a billiard hall, and the latest modern conveniences of the period: hot and cold running water, bath and toilet facilities, steam heating, and gas lighting and was considered to be among the finest hotels in Minnesota.