GLENDALE, AZ-John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts Inc. is in negotiations for a second development site in the city after opening a 320-key, four-star Marriott Renaissance to a full house. At least two more hotels will be built in Greater Phoenix now that the Springfield, MO-based developer has ventured into the market.

The opening play is an $80-million-plus hotel and spa at 9495 W. Coyotes Blvd., within 800 feet of the $450-million Arizona Cardinals' stadium and 300 feet from the Jobing.com Arena. L. Scott Tarwater, senior vice president of development for John Q. Hammons, tells GlobeSt.com that the second site, situated “in the same general vicinity” as the just-opened Marriott Renaissance, should be in hand within four or five months.

The 12-story Marriott Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa is the second hotel in two weeks to open in the city and a third ribbon-cutting will be held next week. With Super Bowl XLII in its future, Glendale has turned into a development hotbed for the hospitality sector, explains a spokeswoman for the Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau. The Greater Phoenix market presently has 55,000 hotel and resort rooms of all types, many of which have slashed rates in recent days in a good-neighbor gesture for California evacuees.