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                                                                    Exhibit 23.5


                      CONSENT OF BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.


        We hereby consent to the inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus
forming part of this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Prime Hospitality
Corp. of our opinion attached as Annex B thereto and to the reference to such
opinion and to our firm therein. We also confirm the accuracy in all material
respects of the description and summary of such fairness opinion and the
description and summary of our analyses, observations, beliefs and conclusions
relating thereto, set forth under the heading "The Merger -- Opinion of
Homegate's Financial Advisor" therein. In giving such consent, we do not admit
that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under
Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission issued thereunder.


                                      BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.

                                      
                                      By: /s/ Thomas Flexner
                                          __________________________________
                                          Managing Director

October 24, 1997