Treasure Island Resort

This place is on private property. Listing for informational purposes only. Please do not visit without express permission from the land owner. "Sometimes a town measures its progress by what gets built. Sometimes by what gets torn down. Of the dead hotels up and down Atlantic Avenue, none is bigger and deader than Treasure Island in Daytona Beach Shores. And it's still up. When a failed property is a certain size, its abandonment and decay get hard to ignore. Like a dead whale washing up on the beach: People first come by to wonder at it, then it starts to stink up the neighborhood, and then disposing of it becomes a massive undertaking. And that's how it has been with the Treasure Island Resort, aka Treasure Island Inn, aka Treasure Island Hotel. Built during the high tide of the beachside building boom of the 1970s, its construction was a statement. It was evidence that beachside tourism had outgrown the traditional Daytona Beach core, which was getting older, more citylike and less resortlike, and in any case, couldn't contain the crowds. Travelers wanted something newer and spiffier than was being offered. And Daytona Beach Shores was not too far away from the action to make this work. Heck, the Shores might even become the action. Eleven stories! Elaborate Tiki garden and bar! Multilevel pool decks overlooking two swimming pools! Two hundred and twenty-seven rooms! A lounge with live music and dancing! And a grand entranceway with a wooden, Polynesian-style overhanging roof." -More Here