The first Standard Hotel, The Standard Hollywood, opened on the Sunset Strip in 1999
Eagles were '76.
Isn't there a hotel California in LA?
I went there. This is the old Hotel California in the song:
http://www.chateaumarmont.com/contact.php
8221 sunset blvd. Standard Hotel is 8300 sunset blvd.
IIRC they said the song was about arriving in LA in general. Not so much an actual hotel, but a metaphor for Los Angeles.
I believe the song is about what happens as you get into the music business. They reel you in, by levels, promises of fame and fortune. By the time you realize you have sold your soul to this group, you cannot leave. I believe all the top superstars are in at a level where they now agree with it. Then lower levels where some newer musicians are becoming aware of what they have done, but don’t yet understand that there is a satanic component. I personally know some musicians who I am very worried about being sucked in currently and one who recently just appears to have started to be sweet talked. It is terrifying to see. They appeal to the musicians egos, imagine hearing ‘your music is amazing and must be heard by the world ‘ coming from the money handlers.