This just in. The Sky Room at the Holiday Inn Fresno Downtown reopens to banquets on Wednesday. The Fresno Advertising Federation will be the first group in that 9th-floor ballroom in six years.

The room went vacant when the hotel, before it was sold and renovated as a Holiday Inn, went through a bad patch. "We understand the historic significance of the Sky Room," said general manager Robert Van Orden. "The reopening is an exciting accomplishment."

The sky Room is only allowing banquets until a minor problem with the dance floor is fixed. A section of the floor is raised slightly and needs to be fixed before the general public is allowed in, Van Orden said.

The advertising federation will hold its monthly luncheon in the Sky Room.