This is what happened to the beautiful medieval style location that hosted Eurofurence 11 (Songs of the Old Ags) and 12 (Hounds of Blackwhite Castle):
It was obvious that it needed some rework - we all remember the interesting problems with warm water supply in the upper floors, and the broken elevator, and the less than modern bedrooms with only cold water and communcal showers. But what did they do? They got themselves a star architect, and they now want to be "Europe's Most Modern Youth Hostel" - which in all is more like a three star hotel.
See for yourself - I think it's understandable, that modernisation doesn't mean returning it to the state it was in the late 70s, when it was last refurbished. But that they also largely removed the wonderful "main ballroom" that we had all our wonderful stage events in, with its wonderful medieval flair of bricks and stone pillars, replacing with something that more resembles an executive meeting room barely half its size, that I can't really like, no matter how much I want to. Too many nostalgic memories are tied to this place, which now no longer exists. *sigh* Kinda sad.
See more photos from the remoddeling here:
http://www.kaiserstallung-nuernberg.de/umbaufotos/