Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles

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demolished building historic building hotel

Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles was a historic Wilshire Boulevard hotel best known as the site of Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1968.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)	4
Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles canonical	2
included the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T212053 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles
Context triple: [Sirhan Sirhan, placeOfEvent, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles]

A. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is a historic luxury hotel in Los Angeles famed for hosting the first Academy Awards and accommodating numerous film stars over the decades.
B. TCL Chinese Theatre
TCL Chinese Theatre is a historic and iconic movie palace on Hollywood Boulevard, famous for its grand architecture and forecourt of celebrity handprints and footprints.
C. Hollywood and Highland Center
Hollywood and Highland Center is a major shopping, dining, and entertainment complex in Los Angeles that includes the Dolby Theatre, home of the Academy Awards.
D. Los Angeles City Hall
Los Angeles City Hall is the historic and iconic main municipal building of Los Angeles, housing the mayor’s office and the city council chambers.
E. Pantages Theatre
Pantages Theatre is a historic and opulent performing arts venue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, renowned for hosting major Broadway productions and film premieres.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles
Target entity description: Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles was a historic Wilshire Boulevard hotel best known as the site of Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1968.

A. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is a historic luxury hotel in Los Angeles famed for hosting the first Academy Awards and accommodating numerous film stars over the decades.
B. TCL Chinese Theatre
TCL Chinese Theatre is a historic and iconic movie palace on Hollywood Boulevard, famous for its grand architecture and forecourt of celebrity handprints and footprints.
C. Hollywood and Highland Center
Hollywood and Highland Center is a major shopping, dining, and entertainment complex in Los Angeles that includes the Dolby Theatre, home of the Academy Awards.
D. Los Angeles City Hall
Los Angeles City Hall is the historic and iconic main municipal building of Los Angeles, housing the mayor’s office and the city council chambers.
E. Pantages Theatre
Pantages Theatre is a historic and opulent performing arts venue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, renowned for hosting major Broadway productions and film premieres.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	demolished building ⓘ historic building ⓘ hotel ⓘ
architect	Myron Hunt ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Mediterranean Revival architecture ⓘ linked to: Mediterranean architecture Mission Revival architecture ⓘ linked to: Spanish Colonial Revival
category	Assassinations in the United States ⓘ Buildings and structures demolished in 2005 ⓘ Defunct hotels in California ⓘ History of Los Angeles ⓘ
cityLandmarkStatus	controversially denied full landmark protection ⓘ
closed	1989 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
demolished	2005 ⓘ
eventDate	1968-06-05 ⓘ
eventOccurred	assassination of Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ
famousFor	site of Robert F. Kennedy assassination ⓘ
frequentedBy	Hollywood celebrities ⓘ foreign dignitaries ⓘ politicians ⓘ
hasCoordinate	34.061°N 118.293°W ⓘ
hasFacility	Cocoanut Grove nightclub ⓘ ballrooms ⓘ bungalows ⓘ
hasNotableArea	Embassy Room ⓘ kitchen pantry where RFK was shot ⓘ
heritageStatus	no longer standing ⓘ
hosted	Academy Awards ceremonies ⓘ linked to: Academy Awards ceremony Golden Globe Awards ceremonies ⓘ linked to: Golden Globe Award Hollywood social events ⓘ
locatedIn	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States Los Angeles ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedOn	Wilshire Boulevard ⓘ
notableFeature	Cocoanut Grove palm trees imported from the set of The Sheik ⓘ
numberOfRooms	500+ ⓘ
opened	1921 ⓘ
operatedDuring	Prohibition era ⓘ
ownedBy	Los Angeles Unified School District ⓘ Schine family ⓘ
partOf	Ambassador Hotels System ⓘ Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles ⓘ linked to: Central Los Angeles
replacedBy	Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools ⓘ
usedAs	film location ⓘ television production location ⓘ

How these facts were elicited