San Francisco-area investors are betting on SpaceX’s draw for rocket launch site visitors, workers, and subcontractors with plans to build a $14 million Marriott along Boca Chica Highway in Brownsville, Texas, Department of Licensing and Regulation records show. 

The 125-room hotel is slated to be built near the intersection of South Padre Island Highway and Boca Chica Boulevard. This road leads to Elon Musk’s rocket-launching compound and the growing city of Starbase, Texas. 

SpaceX’s Starship rocket launches have drawn more than 11,000 people to South Texas during each test flight, Cameron County officials said. 

The new Courtyard Marriott hotel would span 75,914 square feet and sit about 3 miles away from the Brownsville International Airport. Construction of the four-story hotel is scheduled to begin in November and be completed by January 2027.