Resort Famous for Elvis’s ‘Blue Hawaii’ Movie Will Be Rebuilt

Resort Famous for Elvis’s ‘Blue Hawaii’ Movie Will Be Rebuilt
Workers move the Coco Palms Resort unit sales sign away from the Kuamoo Road side of the former resort in Wailua, Hawaii, on Sept. 13, 2007. Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island via AP
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HONOLULU—Demolition will soon begin on a resort once favored by Elvis Presley and other Hollywood royalty before it was heavily damaged by a hurricane three decades ago.

The Coco Palms Resort on the island of Kauai will be torn down for a new 350-room hotel, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.