BLADES HOTEL A HORROR SHOW
LEGEND has it that Stephen King was left unimpressed by Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of his classic horror novel The Shining. So if the American author fancies a remake, he might want to head to Sheffield United’s Bramall Lane, where they have their very own version of the Overlook Hotel — the haunted premises that is central to the plot.
Surrounded by fences and featuring weeds, wild flowers and broken windows, the Copthorne Hotel, in one corner of the famous stadium, was built in 2008 but closed in 2020.
It was reunified with the club after the 2019 High Court battle for the Blades, who announced it was to open as a DoubleTree by Hilton in 2021 after a deal with a management company. But the doors remain closed and the decay accelerates as the Blades seek a return to the penthouse of the Premier League.