Chris Cornell's hotel room is locked off but fans want in

Chris Cornell's fans are flooding the switchboard at the MGM Grand Detroit in the hope of spending the night in the room where he took his own life. The grimly determined Soundgarden fanatics have been badgering the hotel to rent out room 1136, where Cornell was found hanged a week ago.

Chris Cornell's fans are flooding the switchboard at the MGM Grand Detroit in the hope of spending the night in the room where he took his own life.

The grimly determined Soundgarden fanatics have been badgering the hotel to rent out room 1136, where Cornell was found hanged a week ago.

It has been taken out of rotation and when it will return is unknown, the Detroit Free Press reported.

But it may not be for some time, as the hotel is now likely to join a long list of destinations for death-obsessed tourists.

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Locked down: Room 1136 of the MGM Grand Detroit is closed off to customers after rock star Chris Cornell killed himself there last week. The door is pictured the day after his suicide Missed: Cornell (seen with wife Vicky) died in the room - and now his fans want to see inside

Locked down: Room 1136 (left) of the MGM Grand Detroit is closed off to customers after rock star Chris Cornell (right with wife Vicky) killed himself there last week - but fans want in

Morbid: The hotel (pictured) has been flooded with requests by morbid fans to stay in the room where Cornell died. A local tour operator said she may include it in her tours next year

Morbid: The hotel (pictured) has been flooded with requests by morbid fans to stay in the room where Cornell died. A local tour operator said she may include it in her tours next year

On Monday a reporter from the Free Press attempted to book the $600-a-night room, and was granted a reservation.

When he arrived, however, he was offered a different room, and was told that no booking for a specific room could be guaranteed.

Not being able to get into the room itself may not deter fans , however - the hotel itself is likely to become a target for travelers with grim celebrity obsessions.

'Ghost and sinister history tour offerings have exploded in recent years and are popular worldwide,' said Karin Risko, director of City Tour Detroit.

Her company offers the Notorious 313 Sinister History Tour, which promises to 'unmask macabre tales of depravity, rage, retribution, corruption, sadism, torture and pure evil that lurk below the surface of this historic city.'

She says Cornell's suicide may make the cut for the company's tours next year.

'While I try not to cover recent tragedies on the Notorious 313 tours out of respect for surviving family members, I do deviate from this if the death or tragic incident is high-profile in nature, which Chris Cornell's death is,' she said.

Cornell killed himself shortly after finishing a concert in front of a sell-out crowd.

Last show: Cornell had performed his final concert just 45 minutes before his body was found. His bodyguard had given him anti-anxiety pills that may have contributed to his suicide

Last show: Cornell had performed his final concert just 45 minutes before his body was found. His bodyguard had given him anti-anxiety pills that may have contributed to his suicide

Unavailable: The door (left) was repaired the day after Cornell's bodyguard kicked it in. There is no word on when the room will be made available again

Unavailable: The door (left) was repaired the day after Cornell's bodyguard kicked it in. There is no word on when the room will be made available again

The door to Cornell's room was kicked down at around 12:05am on May 18 by Martin Kirsten, who is Cornell's bodyguard and the ex-boyfriend of Heidi Klum.

Vicky, Cornell's wife, had called Kirsten after her husband failed to pick up his phone. 

The singer was found hanging in the bathroom.

Kirsten had given Cornell two Ativan pills around 11:30pm; suicidal thoughts are one possible side-effect of the anti-anxiety drug. 

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By the following day, the door had been hastily repaired and the room closed off.

The investigation into Cornell's death, including toxicology reports, is ongoing, but Vicky has said she believes the Ativan pills influenced her husband's suicide. 

Cornell's body was cremated after a private ceremony on Tuesday, and will be buried in a Hollywood cemetery on Friday. 

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