A man who stayed at a downtown Denver hotel last summer says he woke up to bats flying around his room — and that one of them bit him. He has now filed a lawsuit against the hotel.
The incident happened in August 2025 in a room on the 22nd floor of the Sheraton Denver Hotel Downtown, 1550 Court Place, the largest hotel in Denver with more than 1,200 rooms.
The guest, a commercial airline pilot, asked that his name not be used for fear of job repercussions. His attorney, Ed Lomena, said his client was asleep when the disturbance began.
“(He) was sleeping and he woke up to a commotion, and he woke up and said there were bats flying around his room,” Lomena said…