CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Most Clevelanders probably will never spend the $200 it costs to stay the night at the new Hilton Cleveland Downtown.

But at a minimum, every Clevelander should go inside and take a look around. Have a cocktail, a cup of coffee.

Your tax dollars built this place, after all. No matter how you feel about the public investment, there's no argument: The place is stunning.

Hilton Cleveland Downtown

Rooms: 600, including 37 suites

Floors: 32

Cost to build:

$272 million

Meeting space:

50,000 square feet

Opening day:

June 1

Employees:

370

Restaurants:

3, including Burnham, the most formal; Eliot's Bar, for drinks and small plates; and the Noshery, a grab-and-go space featuring Mitchell's Ice Cream. Bar 32, atop the 32nd floor, will open in July.

The city's newest, biggest and brightest hotel opens in 12 days, on June 1, and it's nearly ready for its debut.

Members of the media got a sneak peek at some of the interior spaces Thursday, including the lobby, guestrooms, restaurants and meeting areas.

(One space missing from the tour: Bar 32, the venue on the hotel's 32nd floor that promises spectacular views; the space isn't quite finished and will open July 1, according to hotel spokeswoman Carolyn Deming.)

Here's what stands out:

* The windows: Everywhere, there are floor-to-ceiling windows, in the guest rooms, meeting rooms and lobby, offering terrific views and letting in tons of natural light. Hotel general manager Teri Agosta apologized that the windows hadn't been cleaned yet -- but a little dirt couldn't detract from these views.

* Some terrific artwork, both in the public spaces and in guestrooms. Among the standouts: A collage of 2,800 selfies, submissions in the hotel's #MyCLEphoto contest, of Clevelanders and their favorite spots in the city. Pieced together to create the Cleveland skyline, the photos showcase Clevelanders' love of their hometown. (The winner of the contest, a bride and groom posing at Playhouse Square, get a free stay at the hotel.)

* Numerous gathering spaces, open and inviting, designed to promote lingering. "This is going to be my favorite spot," said Agosta, standing in Eliot's Bar, on the second floor, overlooking the lobby and cityscape beyond. "What a beautiful view."

* Lots of Cleveland-centric details, including carpeting inlaid with abstract maps of downtown and meeting rooms named after local bridges (Hope, Center Street, etc.)

* Three restaurants, including the Burnham, with inside seating for 240, plus another 60 on the patio. Chef Ryan Beck promises the best eggs benedict in town, made with homemade pastrami; and a Burnham burger, topped with kimchi, so messy the juices may run down your arm.

The guestrooms, too, are worth mentioning -- sleek and contemporary, with built-in desks and cabinetry, and murals of iconic Cleveland sights on the walls (the West Side Market, Cleveland Museum of Art).

The hotel, first conceived in 2013, has been rising on the corner of Lakeside Avenue and Ontario Street for the past two years, adjacent to the Cleveland Convention Center. Designed by Atlanta firm Cooper Carry, the building features a svelte, 32-floor glass tower and 600 guestrooms, a majority of which offer views of Lake Erie.

Indeed, the views are striking from nearly every space inside -- east, across the downtown mall; north, toward the Rock Hall, Browns Stadium and the lake; and west, toward the Cuyahoga River.

The hotel connects to the Huntington Convention Center on the basement level. Back in 2013, when the hotel was first proposed, the $272 million project was pitched as an essential element of the center's success. It was built with tax money, primarily from the sales tax increase that also funded the construction of the convention center.

Now that it's nearly complete, the job of filling it night after night takes center stage.

The Hilton will be the third hotel to open downtown this year, joining the new Kimpton Schofield Hotel at the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 9th Street, and the Drury Plaza Cleveland, in the former Cleveland Board of Education building across the downtown mall.

The Hilton intends to create its own demand. said Agosta, citing a report that shows convention hotels often bring a significant uptick in visitors to town. "Our goal is to create demand -- not to move demand around."

That will be relatively easy to accomplish this summer: the Hilton is the official hotel for the Republican National Convention's Host Committee, the organization that is planning the convention. The hotel is booked solid for several weeks, starting July 5.

But there is availability before then. The hotel website, as of today, is accepting reservations starting June 15 (at $289 and up); by next week, the first two weeks of June should be loaded and available for overnight stays.

Even if you don't intend to spend the night, stop by and take a look around. You'll be amazed at how well your new hotel reflects the city around it.