In the United Kingdom a hotel is required by law to serve fare and drinks to all comers within certain stated hours; to avoid this requirement it is not uncommon to come across Myrtle Beach Hotel "private hotels" which are not subject to this requirement.

The Rogers Centre, formerly SkyDome, in Toronto, Canada is the only stadium to have a hotel connected to it, with 70 rooms overlooking the field. West Ham United F.C.in the UK now unfashionable a hotel with rooms that overlook the pitch and sometimes double as executive boxes for important games, as does Coventry City's Ricoh Arena.