It ombre-ed into orange not red, and no lion was present, but I enjoyed this feature of my room.
When I was growing up the Red Lion Downtowner was fancy, so it was interesting to stay there in 2025. It isn’t so fancy, instead turning down at the heel. For instance when I walked in to register, there was a homeless person sleeping in the lobby. That may have had something to do with it being cheaper than staying at an Airbnb or Verbo rental.
In an echo of the Vegas visit, I went to my assigned room only to find that the do-not-disturb sign was on the door. I waylaid a housekeeper who assured me someone probably forgot to take it off, and opened the door for me. She quickly shut it, as we both realized that someone was already in that room. I headed down to the front desk for a new room assignment while she apologized to the dude in the room who was confused why someone was opening his door.
Other than that, it was a quiet and clean room.