Pardon the crappy cellphone pictures.

These are pictures of the new, “improved” lobby of the Hyatt Regency Woodfield in Schaumburg, IL – the former home of Midwest FurFest. As you can see, the koi pond and the comfortable, multilevel seating is completely gone, replaced by an awkward island of chairs and sofas amid a sea of giant…pyramid…things.

Because of the small number of rooms and the lack of sufficient function space, there’s no way we would really ever be able to return the Hyatt, but this is just plain disappointing.