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Sorry, I forgot to add photos in my first post, but hopefully these add some clarity. I hope they upload in the right order.

1- the billboard where the ufo part is, X marks the shot.

2- the viceroy hotel from atop the billboard.

3- the view from that side of the billboard.

4- the view from the opposite side of the billboard (you’re sandwiched between two billboards).

5- 3 but day time.

6- 4 but day time.

7 & 8 are up close at the hotel.

9 is where I start to lose a little more faith. Checking out the backside of the billboard to see what’s over there, I noticed the flags on this building to my left use an almost identical flag pole attachment, which likely means these arrows aren’t actually arrows, just an easy way to mount a flag.

10 & 11 are the ritz Carlton in marina del ray, which this hotel is supposedly influenced by. Interesting that the building is mostly an exact copy, but they have a plaque and flags instead of a simple fountain.

Edit: I should also mention the photos on the wiki show all three flags hoisted up, and all the photos I’ve added also have three flags up.
When I first came here, the flags weren’t there, but I don’t know what’s different now. I think it was roughly 2 am in game the first time, and the night photos here are about 4:30 am and the daytime around 2pm. Both of my attempts to get the four stars had no flags present, but I made a quick save with the flags, so I might do some testing when I get back on later to see if there’s a difference.

Has anyone ever looked into the Viceroy hotel in Vespucci Canals?

I was getting the spaceship part just northwest of the parachute in Vespucci canals, and the part is essentially on top of a billboard. As I was driving up, I noticed the billboard said “x marks the shot” so I decided to kinda look around a bit to see if I saw any glaring Xs from the vantage point.

I didn’t see any Xs, but from up there, the flag poles mounted on the Viceroy hotel form perfect arrows pointing mostly downward. Three of them. The pretty sign out front of the hotel (that the center arrow points to) has their crest and their name on a large red plaque, but below that, is four gold stars.

I came here twice with all three characters and got up to four stars for a few minutes, but nothing happened. Trevor died and Michael got spooked, then Michael died and Trevor followed shortly after. I’m not sure if there’s an X component that needs to be shot after you reach the four stars, but I didn’t see anything obvious.

I don’t necessarily think there’s anything here based on the short time I spent, but I didn’t see anything notable mentioned when I googled or searched on Reddit, so I figured I’d throw it out there. Definitely let me know if there’s any more conversation I missed on this place.

[Photos] Three arrows point to four gold stars at The Viceroy hotel in Vespucci Canals

Three arrows point to four gold stars at the Viceroy hotel in Vespucci Canals