Comment by lotsofpulp

Any non ancient hotel will have metal fire doors that cost near a thousand themselves, plus the metal framing and whatnot.

The cops or firefighters are not going to spend time cutting, they are going to bust it open with a battering ram which will ruin everything, requiring reframing, new door, new thresholds, new frames, new locks ($2k), and maybe flooring too.

And then add in opportunity cost from not being able to rent the room during repair, which would take weeks due to those materials not being available at Home Depot.

I would budget at least $10k, and I bet it would not exceed $20k, but either way, using a battering ram on a hotel door is very costly.