Construction of the hotel was completed just before the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926, which flooded the lobby.

[1] Television station WTVJ (channel 4, now 6) originally had its transmitter atop the hotel when it signed on the air in 1949.

[4] In May 1964, Connelly testified in court that he was required to pay 10% of the amount he borrowed from the Teamsters, then led by Jimmy Hoffa, as under-the-table commissions.

[5] Hoffa was convicted of fraud for his involvement with loans and kickbacks, including for the Everglades Hotel.

The new hotel was originally named Everglades on the Bay; it was later renamed Vizcayne.