The new Holiday Inn on Van Ness Avenue in downtown Fresno means the top floor Sky Room soon re-opens for a glamorous return.

Those of us who have lived in the city for a while remember the room with its striking, nearly panoramic view from its days as the Hilton Hotel (its last incarnation was as a Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, closing in November 2002). Bee business reporter Sanford Nax wrote about the Holiday Inn's debut in Wednesday's newspaper.

The Sky Room, which will open mid-June, sports the hotel's urban contemporary decor, a style scene in new ultralounges in Fresno that my colleague Mike Oz has written about. The room's silver, square-backed angle chairs with dark-hued legs complement the tables. A couple of chandelier fixtures hang from the ceiling. The dance floor has been redone.

And, of course, there's the view. It's going to be a chic spot to have a drink.