The Tigre Hotel stood on the banks of the Luján River, in Paseo Victorica, Tigre, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Inaugurated on 12 January 1890, it soon became an important social, tourist and sporting centre, not only for the people of Tigre, but also for porteños. Designed by the engineer Emilio Mitre (son of the Argentine president Bartolomé Mitre), the hotel had 3 floors, a lift and 50 rooms with a ground floor dining room seating 200 people. There were salons for smoking, billiards, and for ladies. The hotel had a confiteria, tennis courts, a cricket pitch, an area for roller skating, and there was a garage for cars. An Andalusian patio and a winter garden were constructed and in 1895 the hotel was authorised to open a casino.