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The two-foot thick walls of the bunker were made of [[reinforced concrete]]<ref name=post/> designed to withstand a nearby [[nuclear explosion|nuclear blast]].<ref name=secretbunker>{{imdb episode|2017976|The Secret Bunker}}</ref>

The center was maintained by government workers posing as hotel audiovisual employees, and operated under a [[dummy company]] named Forsythe Associates based in Arlington, Virginia. The company's on-site employees maintained that their purpose was to maintain the hotelshotel's 1100 televisions.<ref name=post/> The company's first manager was John Londis, a former cryptographic expert with the [[Army Signal Corps]]. He had a top-secret security clearance and was stationed at the Pentagon.<ref name=post/> Many of these same workers are now employed by the hotel and, for a time, gave guided tours. The complex is still maintained by The Greenbrier, and the facility remains much as it was in 1992, when the secret was revealed in the national press. While almost all of the furnishings were removed following the decommissioning of the bunker, the facility now has similar period furnishings to approximate what the bunker looked like while it was still in operation. Two of the original bunks in the dormitories remain.<ref name=secretbunker/>

The bunker was designed to be incorporated into the public spaces of the hotel so as to not draw attention. Much of the bunker space was visible to the public but went undetected for years, including The Exhibition Hall in the West Virginia Wing, which differs from other public spaces in the hotel due to large concrete columns present for reinforcing. Adjacent to the entrance of The Exhibition Hall is one of the original blast doors which can now be seen openly, the original screen which used to hide its presence removed.<ref name=secretbunker/>