 A few employees had been with the hotel since its first year of operation.The building was demolished 1 June 1987 (McCarthy died 18 months later) and the land was paved over as a surface parking lot, which it remains as of 2-16-2020.The Institute of Biosciences and Technology, a component of the Texas A&M Health Science Center, has since been built on part of site and, along with fountains and some landscaping on the northeast grounds, the hotel's multi-story parking garage was retained, however the trademark green roof tiles were removed.