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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,527
    singularity wrote:
    book a room at the airport marriott. says its only 4 miles from the spectrum.

    now i just have to score some tickets :?

    Yeah, but you're about 10 miles from anything BUT the Spectrum - well, unless you're familiar with Essington or Tinicum, which suck. Downtown, downtown, downtown. Cannot stress it enough.
  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    Staying at the Stadium Holiday Inn..I love the convenience of walking over, then simply stumbling back..gonna drive in and do the touristy shit in the afternoon..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • Rubberbandman
    Rubberbandman Posts: 439
    if you go on live nation.com it shows you what hotels are in the area
    there is some nice ones for under $100
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,527
    The Champ wrote:
    Staying at the Stadium Holiday Inn..I love the convenience of walking over, then simply stumbling back..gonna drive in and do the touristy shit in the afternoon..

    Don't do the touristy shit....well, okay, do it if you want but you've been warned. The shit is just boring. Just go eat and drink in the bars and restaurants. That's how I believe you get to know the city/people.
  • Rubberbandman
    Rubberbandman Posts: 439
    the city of philly is about 5 blocks of nice city then turns quickly into ghetto
    so there is not much to see other then the liberty bell, historical stuff
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    singularity wrote:
    book a room at the airport marriott. says its only 4 miles from the spectrum.

    now i just have to score some tickets :?

    Yeah, but you're about 10 miles from anything BUT the Spectrum - well, unless you're familiar with Essington or Tinicum, which suck. Downtown, downtown, downtown. Cannot stress it enough.

    how easy is it to grab cabs? i will only be down there for the night so i don't mind getting around like that. i actually work for marriott and got an insanely cheap rate at that hotel, so i would be foolish to spend more $ to be at a hotel a little closer to downtown.
  • Rubberbandman
    Rubberbandman Posts: 439
    me and my girl went to philly one weekend for cheesesteaks and stayed at the courtyard marriot
    right in the middle of the city, it was great, looks a little pricey but very good. I dont know where the spectrum is from there, i believe we are staying near the airport ( little cheaper) this time
  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    The Champ wrote:
    Staying at the Stadium Holiday Inn..I love the convenience of walking over, then simply stumbling back..gonna drive in and do the touristy shit in the afternoon..

    Don't do the touristy shit....well, okay, do it if you want but you've been warned. The shit is just boring. Just go eat and drink in the bars and restaurants. That's how I believe you get to know the city/people.

    I hear you, but the wife wants to check out the historical sites this time around..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • Rubberbandman
    Rubberbandman Posts: 439
    fellow philadephians
    is the good ole spectrum considered in the city or on the out skirts of the city?
    would it be better to stay at the hotels at the airport or the ones right in the heart of the city?
    coming in friday would like to do a little walking around and some chowing down and fairly close to the venue
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,527
    Rubberbandman wrote:
    fellow philadephians
    is the good ole spectrum considered in the city or on the out skirts of the city?
    would it be better to stay at the hotels at the airport or the ones right in the heart of the city?
    coming in friday would like to do a little walking around and some chowing down and fairly close to the venue

    Better to stay downtown and take the subway to the shows. If anybody wants to know things to do, places, yada, PM me.
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    Rubberbandman wrote:
    fellow philadephians
    is the good ole spectrum considered in the city or on the out skirts of the city?
    would it be better to stay at the hotels at the airport or the ones right in the heart of the city?
    coming in friday would like to do a little walking around and some chowing down and fairly close to the venue

    You post something knocking how ghetto philly is...then you turn around and ask where the spectrum is? obviously you don't know philly well, so don't knock what you don't know.

    Philly is a great city with lots to offer...like any major US city there are good and bad parts.

    that being said, the spectrum is in south philly. there isn't much to do if you stay in that area. Stay in Center City and take public transportation to the stadium area.
  • weekapaug19
    weekapaug19 Posts: 2,293
    is public transportation ( i read somewhere the orange line I think) easy to find....are there hotels/a place to get a cheesesteak near it?
  • kosteva2
    kosteva2 Posts: 329
    As a native Philadelphian, I'd recommend to stay in Center City and take the Broad Street subway line to the shows. Holiday Inn by the stadiums is a dump. The Center City hotels are a little pricier. There's a Doubletree (I think) right downtown around Broad/Walnut that is more reasonable. Plus, if you get a hotel on Broad St., you'll get a front row seat if the Phillies have another World Series Championship parade which might happen on one of those dates.
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  • PJINFLA
    PJINFLA Posts: 839
    If I was going to try priceline to get a hotel in the Center City area which box would I check to get
    the right area? Downtown Philadelphia?

    The choices are: Cherry Hill-Mount Laurel, City Line, Downtown Philadelphia,
    Gloucester-Runnemede-Deptford, Philadelphia Airport, Trevose-Bensalem, and University Area.
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,527
    PJINFLA wrote:
    If I was going to try priceline to get a hotel in the Center City area which box would I check to get
    the right area? Downtown Philadelphia?

    The choices are: Cherry Hill-Mount Laurel, City Line, Downtown Philadelphia,
    Gloucester-Runnemede-Deptford, Philadelphia Airport, Trevose-Bensalem, and University Area.

    Downtown Phila. go with. Don't go with any of those others.
  • mikep
    mikep Posts: 290
    thanks for all the tips folks. im prety sure imma use'em and stay in the city centre (tourist purposes).

    question. how much would a cab be to the venue from downtown? would that be a dumb move? im cool with the subway in general, but cabbing is easy and brain dead and safe, esp if im solo. though hopefully ill meet up with some peeps and do the subway.

    thoughts?
    mike
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  • SC187848
    SC187848 Posts: 60
    Any tips on a decent hotel that also happens to be really cheap :)
  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,568
    I know Hartford last year, someone started a thread with the best prices/bids for priceline.com that would be accepted. I remember getting a room at the Hilton (I believe) for a really great price because of this. The best part was that because of the thread there were a lot of other PJ fans in the hotel.

    Maybe someone can start a similar thread for Philly? (I would if I knew where to begin!)
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,527
    mikep wrote:
    thanks for all the tips folks. im prety sure imma use'em and stay in the city centre (tourist purposes).

    question. how much would a cab be to the venue from downtown? would that be a dumb move? im cool with the subway in general, but cabbing is easy and brain dead and safe, esp if im solo. though hopefully ill meet up with some peeps and do the subway.

    thoughts?
    mike

    Just do the subway, but a cab will probably run you about $8-15 - somewhere around there. Subway's only $2 one way. Or if you split with other people and get tokens it's cheaper.
  • kosteva2
    kosteva2 Posts: 329
    Definitely recommend subway over cab. Much cheaper, and probably a touch faster from center city. Going to/from show will have enough other people on subway that you probably won't have any safety issues.
    Use Center City for hotwire/priceline hotels. I think there's a site called "bidbetter" or "betterbidding" (try googling it) that will tell you the likely hotels you'd get on these sites based on prices and features.
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