Brochure circa 1970s: Courtesy of Dan Donahue
 
 
   

Greensboro-Coliseum, NC
 -- 3030 High Point Rd 

COMPLETE MEETING/BANQUET FACILITIES FOR THE DISCRIMINATING:
Howard Johnson's COLISEUM Motor Lodge is a model of all a convention and banquet facility should be. Four large, handsomely decorated rooms can be easily adapted or combined to serve any type of function. Each features superb acoustics and is well appointed--lecterns, microphones, amplifiers, mobile blackboards, audio-visual equipment, and special services are available. Whatever you need, just ask for it.

In addition, 16 penthouse executive suites offer every comfort for that important small conference or VIP party. Complete catering is offered for any occasion... and you can count on our courteous, well-trained staff to make any function hum smoothly. To relax, to work, to enjoy yourself... come to Howard Johnson's COLISEUM Motor Lodge for a perfect time every time.
 
 
The locator map in the property's brochure attempted to show prospective guests that the Howard Johnson's was at the center of it all!
 
 
 
 
 
How Far to the Next HoJo's ...
Admit it! How many of you couldn't resist spinning the mileage indicator found in nearly every Howard Johnson's?
 
 

Initially slated for a summer of 1969 grand opening, this showpiece of a Howard Johnson's location did not come online until the fall of 1972 or early 1973. Featuring 172 guest rooms, the twelve-story Motor Lodge last received minimal renovations in 1996.

Update: The location has been converted into a Doubletree sans balconies. The place was reduced to a shell, painted, and stuccoed to become an "upscale" hotel.
 
 
 
The Perfect Couple:
He sleeps while she demonstrates the Pamper Panel
 
 

Never straying too far from a core group of HoJo's constituents, the upscale Howard Johnson's designed primarily to appeal to business travelers and adults managed to include a family with children in its marketing material enjoying a meal at the complex's Restaurant.

Note that rather than depict an average family with a boy and a girl, this one features two little pig tailed girls instead... and dig that cat's GROOVY jacket!