Hotels for Cleveland

[olrac44]

Anyone have any experience/suggestions with hotels near the I-X Convention Center in Cleveland and where to stay?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[novakjr]

The IX is 15-20 minutes outside of Downtown, right near the airport. Obviously, being from here, I've never paid much attention to the hotel situation though.. There should be a few right near the airport, but I think you might get better deals, and probably more accommodating neighborhoods(at least in terms of reasonably priced bars, restaurants, whatever) by looking 5-10 minutes away. Maybe in Berea or Strongsville..

http://search.yahoo.com/local/s;_ylt...ea%2C+OH+44017

[Jay Wolt]

Many stay at the Sheraton incl most of the autograph signers.
Its 5 minutes away and they provide a shuttle back & forth to the IX center.

[olrac44]

Hey Guys,

Thanks for the replies. So there aren't any hotels that are right near the convention center similar to Chicago?

Thanks.

[jp1216]

No. You really can't walk to the I-X center. I'm sure there are a dozen + hotels within a few miles, however. The Sheraton is at the airport. Some others within a few miles that have 'stuff' around: Crowne Plaza, Comfort Inn, La Quinta etc. Those all have shuttles.

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I can't wait to go to one of these. Maybe next year.


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[shernan30]

If you are planning to spend a little time in the city while you are there staying near Tower City would be best. All of downtown is walking distance. No matter where you stay you will need to drive to the IX Center.

[Taxman]

When can we buy our Ferris wheel tickets? If you have been to a National in Cleveland you understand.

[freakhappy]

Originally Posted by Taxman

When can we buy our Ferris wheel tickets? If you have been to a National in Cleveland you understand.

My first National was in Cleveland and the Ferris wheel was the first thing I noticed. To this day when I tell people about the National, I tell them there is a Ferris wheel right in the middle just to give them an idea of how big it is...they usually just have this weird look on their face.


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[novakjr]

Originally Posted by shernan30

If you are planning to spend a little time in the city while you are there staying near Tower City would be best. All of downtown is walking distance. No matter where you stay you will need to drive to the IX Center.

That's a pretty good idea. Maybe take in a game. Check out the Great Lakes Science Center, or the Rock Hall. Tower City's pretty cool. Maybe hit the Casino. Maybe a concert at the House of Blues. Downtown isn't the greatest, but there are definitely a few benefits to staying down there, and if you give it a chance, you'll find that Cleveland is much better than the national perception makes it out to be... Wouldn't wander too far off the beaten path though, neighborhoods can switch from pretty nice to ghetto in the blink of an eye in the outskirts.. Little Italy isn't too bad, and not that far from downtown. Fairly close to the University Circle area, where there's a coupla nice museums..

The neighborhood near League Park is also not one I would recommend spending much time in...Although, the Cleveland Blues Baseball Club plays some old-time style games there. And if a game happens to fall in the National window, it might be a cool event for some of us net54'ers to get together for.. I'll attach a link to the schedule page of the website. There's nothing listed as of right now, BUT the link will update when the upload this years schedule..

http://www.clevelandbluesbaseball.com/2014schedule.htm

The website's a pretty cool read for the history buffs too, if you poke around a little..

[Howe’s Hunter]

isn't there a nice commuter rail system that goes from the airport to downtown? I seem to remember getting off the plane, hopping on the train and next thing we knew, we were in the basement of the hotel we were staying at. There was a large shopping mall built in to it, a Hard Rock and the RnR HoF was within easy walking distance. Does the rail system go anywhere else than just to that downtown location? It was sure nice when we were there about ten years ago, but everywhere we wanted to be was downtown....

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by StuckInOmaha

isn't there a nice commuter rail system that goes from the airport to downtown? I seem to remember getting off the plane, hopping on the train and next thing we knew, we were in the basement of the hotel we were staying at. There was a large shopping mall built in to it, a Hard Rock and the RnR HoF was within easy walking distance. Does the rail system go anywhere else than just to that downtown location? It was sure nice when we were there about ten years ago, but everywhere we wanted to be was downtown....

The busses and trains are all tied together and will pretty much take you anywhere. Just a matter of knowing where you wanna go, and catching the right trains and busses..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_C...ransit_station)

http://www.riderta.com/facilities/towercity