The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the permanent closure of a historic Boston hotel.The Hotel Buckminster closed March 20 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and now the hotel's managers says the Kenmore Square landmark will not reopen.The Buckminster was the site where the infamous 1919 Black Sox scandal was hatched, according to the hotel's website. Its famed jazz club, "Storyville," hosted the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and other legendary musicians.

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the permanent closure of a historic Boston hotel.

The Hotel Buckminster closed March 20 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and now the hotel's managers says the Kenmore Square landmark will not reopen.


The Buckminster was the site where the infamous 1919 Black Sox scandal was hatched, according to the hotel's website.

Its famed jazz club, "Storyville," hosted the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and other legendary musicians.