La Playa Hotel

The La Playa Hotel, marketed as "La Playa Carmel", is a 75-room historic hotel located in Carmel, California. After a drunken night of partying in January 1983, Apple was banned from the hotel for 30 years.

History
The La Playa Hotel was originally constructed in 1905 by painter as a gift to his wife Angela, daughter and heiress of the  family. The stone mansion was later leased to and then acquired by Agnes "Alice" Signor, who converted it into a boarding house called "The Strand". In 1915, the rate per person was 2.50 a day or $15 each week. In 1922, it was built out with 20 additional rooms into a full-service hotel known as "Hotel La Playa, The Strand". By 1940, it had been expanded to 80 rooms and was referred to as "The Grand Dame of Carmel".

Changes in ownership
In 1968, local entrepreneur Howard E. "Bud" Allen purchased the hotel and renovated it with a modern and a full-service bar known as "Buds Pub", where  drinks were sold for 10 s. In 1982, the Cope family of San Francisco acquired the property and invested $6 million in its restoration. In 2011, the hotel was closed again for a $3.5 million renovation by Grossman Company Properties. It re-opened in July 2012 and has been called "the greatest repository of Carmel history."

Apple's 30-year ban
On January 27, 1983, Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs presented a working Macintosh prototype at a retreat held with the development team. However, after " in the pool, a on the beach, and  that lasted all night", Apple was asked "never to come back." The successor company, Apple Inc., began scheduling meetings at the hotel 30 years later, in 2013, after the new owners had invited them back. A plaque now marks the room where the Macintosh prototype had been unveiled.

Articles

 * Credit Where Due by Andy Hertzfeld at Folklore (1983-01)
 * The Hotel That Banned Apple For Skinny-Dipping In Its Pool Has Had A Change Of Heart by John Brownlee at Cult of Mac (2013-04-16)