My plan for Tennessee hotel includes Bernard King suite, The Summitt, Manning sports bar | Adams

I already have expressed my excitement over Tennessee’s proposed plans for a Neyland Entertainment District, which would enhance the game-day experience for UT fans.

I’m most excited about a hotel amid the proposed Tennessee entertainment complex since I have spent so much of my life in hotels. Including trips to Los Angeles for work and pleasure, I’ve probably spent more than 50 nights in the LAX Marriott, my all-time favorite hotel.

Hopefully, the service in the Big Orange Hotel (my name, not theirs) will be of the same quality. Speaking of such, has anyone else noticed how much hotel quality has declined in recent years?

My wife and I checked out of a Fairfield Inn in Meridian, Mississippi, because of the bugs – some dead, some alive – on the curtain or ledge below.

“Those are ladybugs,” we were told. “They come in through the vents. There’s nothing we can do about them.”

Just spit-balling here, but couldn’t you at least clean the curtain?

My guess is the curtains will be spotless and the rooms bug-free in UT’s hotel. After all, the program’s reputation will be on the line.

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I’ve been brainstorming on what I imagine will be a state-of-the-art hotel. Here are my recommendations:

Color scheme: Orange, white and Lady Vols blue.

King suite: Obviously, you would need a Bernard King suite, which would feature the greatest basketball player in school history. The suite should include a miniature basketball goal in which guests could dunk or take long shots with trash.

Fulmer executive suite: Although Phillip Fulmer's Q Score plummeted during his disastrous time as Tennessee’s athletics director, he will be best remembered for coaching Tennessee to a national championship in football.

The suite should have a 1998 motif. Piped-in music would include Shania Twain’s “You’re Still the One.”

A photo of Mariah Carey would be a nice touch. So would a picture of a Toyota Camry, that year’s top-selling car.

Monica queen suite: The former softball pitcher qualifies as one of UT’s greatest athletes. Monica Abbott didn’t win a championship for the Lady Vols but established herself as one of the best players in the history of the sport.

Anyone who reserved the queen suite would be assured of an express check-in and checkout. After all, Abbott was all about speed.

Her fastball was once clocked at 77 miles per hour.

Josh Heupel elevators: Tennessee’s football coach is also about speed. No team has clicked off offensive plays any faster than the Vols have in two seasons under Heupel.

So, UT’s hotel should have the fastest elevators in the world. How fast would that be?

I read on the Internet – so, it has to be true, right? – that elevators can go 22 miles per hour. Could Tennessee’s hotel elevators hit 23?

The Summitt: What else would you call the top floor for guest rooms? Cover the wall with photos of Pat Summitt, who won eight national championships as the Lady Vols basketball coach.

Each room on the floor could be named for famous Summitt players like Chamique Holdsclaw, Tamika Catchings and Candace Parker. There would be plenty of stars to accommodate all the rooms.

Manning sports bar: UT’s most famous football player might even make an occasional appearance since his love for Knoxville has never ebbed.

When no live event is in progress, the TVs should show highlights of the former quarterback as a college and pro player. His vast array of television commercials also would be featured.

A dartboard would have a mug shot of former Michigan player Charles Woodson as its bullseye since he beat out Manning for the Heisman Trophy in 1997.

Revolving bar: A rooftop bar could reflect Tennessee football’s revolving door of coaches from 2009 through 2020. Television screens would show low-light videos from the teams of Lane Kiffin, Derek Dooley, Butch Jones, and Jeremy Pruitt.

White Room: The hotel's conference would be named after athletics director Danny White, who will be a driving force behind the Neyland Entertainment District. Of course, the room will be all white.

Pruitt restrooms: Of course, you would name the restrooms after Pruitt, who left Tennessee football in the toilet in 2020. And since, both his wife and female babysitter were involved in his program's NCAA violations, the women's restroom also should bear Pruitt’s name.

Those are just some ideas I came up with one afternoon. I welcome more hotel suggestions from my readers.

Let’s make this hotel special.

John Adams is a senior columnist. He may be reached at 865-342-6284 or john.adams@knoxnews.com. Follow him at: twitter.com/johnadamskns.

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