The Continental Plaza was scheduled to open on November 22, 1963, but its opening was postponed to the following day, due to the assassination of John F. Kennedy that day.

[1] The grand opening festivities, scheduled for November 29, 1963, were cancelled.

A 27-story addition was completed in August 1974, which nearly doubled the hotel's size.

[3] The ground floor has approximately 5,860 square feet of retail space, which was purchased by Blatteis & Schnur in March 2023.

[4] Hotel workers were part of a strike in 2018.