An ultra-exclusive, lavish hotel is opening its doors to firefighters instead of their usual Hollywood elite clientele.
To support the community amid the ongoing, devastating wildfires ravaging through Los Angeles, the Chateau Marmont is welcoming firefighters and evacuees.
They are also inviting individuals working in creative fields who are part of the relevant unions to take shelter at their private garden cottages for two free nights.
For just one week, members of the fire rescue team or unions in creative industries can find ‘safe haven’ at the luxurious hotel, which is located on the Sunset Strip and attracts a who’s who of Hollywood — just days after the storied halls hosted the star-studded Golden Globes afterparty.
The craftsman-style cottages, which feature private street entry to avoid the main hotel, typically go upwards of $1,000-a-night during this season.
The luxurious hotel has been temporary homes to the likes of pop princess Britney Spears, silver screen star Marilyn Monroe and famed film director Quentin Tarantino.
In the past, Monroe was also a frequent guest at the hotspot, which has been a hideaway for celebrities and entertainment industry elites since it was first converted into a hotel in the 1930s.
As southern California approaches one week since the deadly and destructive wildfires erupted in the Pacific Palisades and all over Los Angeles, Chateau Marmont is also joining in supporting the community affected by the natural disaster.
On Saturday, the official Instagram account of the hotel shared a post welcoming the heroes trying to protect the City of Angels and displaced evacuees to find solace at their ‘safe haven.’
‘To the heroes and victims in the Hollywood community who’ve lost their homes… we’d like to invite you to our safe haven,’ the hotel and its owner André Balazs wrote under Chateau Marmont’s letterhead.
‘For the next week, we’re making our cottages available for complimentary two-night stays for Los Angeles firefighters and members of the unions representing our city’s creative industries.’
The nine cottages, which were purchased by the hotel in the 1940s and each hold 600 to 700 square footage of living space, features a master suite, kitchen, full bath and a ‘nicely sized living area,’ per their official website.
Availability is on a first-come, first-serve basis to those who call the hotel’s phone number, per the post.
Now, just down the boulevard, the Sunset Tower is also welcoming evacuees and displaced Angelenos who have lost their homes in the fires.
Two days ago, Sunset Tower owner Jeff Klein told Vanity Fair: ‘Hopefully what we’re able to provide is a quick escape from the stresses and anxieties that they’re going through, by providing hospitality and a cool place and a nice drink and some live music and whatnot, to really just kind of alleviate all the stress…
‘For an hour or two, they can come downstairs to the lobby bar, or to the Tower Bar, and have dinner, but it still doesn’t take away from all that’s going on.’
The Beverly Hills Hotel, the Four Seasons, the Waldorf Astoria and the Peninsula are among the luxe hotels that are currently at capacity amid the devastating wildfires, per the outlet.
Other hotels across Los Angeles have offered discounts to those affected.
Beginning this Tuesday, the Greater Los Angeles area was struck by its worst windstorms in over a decade, fueling fires that have destroyed thousands of structures and claimed at least 11 lives over the course of the week.
About 130,000 people were put under evacuation orders or warnings, as the authorities sent out K-9 units trained to detect human remains in the wreckage.
One blaze in the Pacific Palisades has consumed a number of celebrity homes, including residences owned by Paris Hilton, Jeff Bridges, Anthony Hopkins, John Goodman, James Woods, Miles Teller, Tina Knowles and Anna Faris.
Blustery winds continue to whip across Los Angeles and could still ignite new fires, though they appear to have mellowed somewhat from their highs on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
Since the fire broke out in Pacific Palisades, new fires have started further east in Altadena, which forced major evacuations in nearby Pasadena on Tuesday night.
More fires broke out in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday, threatening heavily populated parts of Hollywood, but the iconic and infamous Chateau Marmont remains safe while the blazes have burned 35,000 acres so far across Los Angeles and surrounding areas.
Over the years, ever since Chateau Marmont opened its doors nearly a century ago, the property became a landing pad for silent film stars where all their secrets can go and hide.
Chateau Marmont is known for the old Hollywood adage of being a ‘safe haven.’
In the past, studio mogul Harry Cohn, co-founder of Columbia Pictures, was also rumored to have told his biggest stars: “If you must get into trouble, go to the Marmont.”
It was at the ritzy retreat Marilyn Monroe had secret trysts with Arthur Miller as well as the location of Lindsay Lohan‘s infamous, scandalous stay, where she was banned after racking up a $46,000 bill.
Johnny Depp also once claimed that he and his then-girlfriend Kate Moss had sex in every room, all 63 of them, during their romance in the ’90s.
Other notable names of the most famous creatives that the walls of Chateau Marmont have seen include movie star Sidney Poitier, writer Eve Babitz, rock band Pink Floyd, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, actor Robert De Niro.
It was also at one of the bungalows where John Belushi, perhaps one of the most infamous stays, died of an overdose in 1982.
Chateau Marmont was also the locale for a myriad of award-winning movies and TV shows such as La La Land, A Star Is Born and Daisy Jones & The Six.
