Hotels around the LA Boatshow..

[RiverDave]

where's the best places to stay? where's a cheap place to stay?

Basically... where ya staying?

Got some boyz flying in from outta town and they need some accomodations, and I dunno what to tell them.

RD

 

[shippingguy]

We (Ultra) always stay at the Omni.

 

[LHC30]

I'll be under the 110/10 overpass w/ my homies

 

[Tom Brown]

I had been considering attending the boat show but what's this about hotels and cost?

Doesn't the government provide housing like they do in Canada?

 

[RiverDave]

Well they do for Canadians.. Same as providing health care for mexicans, we want everyone to feel at home.

for us citizens though were shit outta luck if ya know what I"m saying. We gotta pay, or who's gonna?

RD

 

[TBI]

I had been considering attending the boat show but what's this about hotels and cost?

Doesn't the government provide housing like they do in Canada?

Only if your a messican

 

[TBI]

I wanna stay where Belushi died

 

[Tom Brown]

I wanna stay where Belushi died

In your own vomit?

 

[Scott E]

The area around the convention center sucks...

 

[kilrtoy]

I'll be under the 110/10 overpass w/ my homies

No you are not , This is my house sucka

 

[JB in so cal]

If your don't have to move around at rush hour times, options increase greatly with a 20-25 minute drive.:hmm

 

[OCMerrill]

The area around the convention center sucks...

Yep 100 yards out the convention center in all directions and your in the shit.

 

[TBI]

In your own vomit?

 

[Phebus]

What/where would be a nice place to stay within a cab ride to the convention center? I plan on doing a little drinking, and therefore won't be driving.

 

[Scott E]

The Bonnaventure is nice but probably expensive...

 

[BTR]

 

[RitcheyRch]

Isnt that the truth. Sadly not a place I would want to stay.

Yep 100 yards out the convention center in all directions and your in the shit.

The area around the convention center sucks...

 

[whiteworks]

book them rooms at this place:lmao



The ONLY hotel on Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood, the Ramada Plaza Hotel West Hollywood puts you in the heart of the action. Step out of your room and onto "The Boulevard" where this vibrant city invites you to experience extraordinary dining, unique shopping, exceptional art, and an exciting nightlife.

With its elegant loft suites and 176 nicely appointed guest rooms featuring a colorful, art-deco style, newly remolded outdoor pool and spacious sundeck our hotel offers an enjoyable and unique experience for Gays, Lesbian and Transgender travelers.

 

[Angry Inch]

God your avitar is hot.

 

[OCMerrill]

Radison Mid Town is a place to start but its south of the convention center and that IMHO is the wrong direction.

Closest place I know of.

http://www.radisson.com//losangelesca_midtown

 

[whiteworks]

this one seems even better than the other one:smackhead

A tropical oasis in the heart of West Hollywood, steps from Santa Monica Boulevard. Walk to restaurants, shops, bars and dance clubs. Meet new friends or just relax in a gay country club environment. The San Vicente Resort-Inn is the only clothing optional resort in Los Angeles

 

[TBI]

Maybe we could all bunk at BnB's place :hmm

 

[Guest]

Dave...Thanks for the airline, boat show, and VIP, party tickets...but you know Team JBB requires 4 star accomodations or better....

 

[throttle]

the omni sounds good, there is another place I cannot think of the name right now, gonna have to look into it...

 

[Tom Brown]

Dave, thanks for..... ahhhh... thanks for not banning me.... I guess.

 

[Guest]

Dave, thanks for..... ahhhh... thanks for not banning me.... I guess.

 

[ultra26shadow]

when im in downtown I stay at the Biltmore fairly priced and nice rooms. I think I stayed there around the time of the boat show last year for work and it was 89 for a suite a very nice suite

 

[OGShocker]

We (Ultra) always stay at the Omni.

LOL, they kicked us out of the bar for cursing five years ago...

 

[TBI]

when im in downtown I stay at the Biltmore fairly priced and nice rooms. I think I stayed there around the time of the boat show last year for work and it was 89 for a suite a very nice suite

Their website shows $399 per night for a suite

 

[atomickitn]

We (Ultra) always stay at the Omni.

the omni .....hummm thats funny we got kicked out of the bar, when we stayed there .......they told us no cussing or any thing that one would do in a bar

 

[atomickitn]

Dave the holiday inn is across the street from staples, and is not a bad place to stay, and it is fairly inexpensive...

 

[TBI]

I'd kind of like to feel at home while I'm in town......





.....does anybody know where I could rent.... A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER?

 

[Retired Member]

LOL, they kicked us out of the bar for cursing five years ago...

the omni .....hummm thats funny we got kicked out of the bar, when we stayed there .......they told us no cussing or any thing that one would do in a bar

I guess we aren't the only ones. It happened to us year before last, and we were staying there. I don't really remember the specifics, but we weren't drunk as we just got there.

 

[Rexone]

I had been considering attending the boat show but what's this about hotels and cost?

Doesn't the government provide housing like they do in Canada?

The city does provide this Tom. It's right across the street from the Convention Center under a bridge within easy walking distance. It's a bring your own blanket facility though. They call it the no bed and no breakfast suites.

 

[SuperDave013]

I would think you would want to stay at the hotel where the Trident, RDP shin dig is.
Where ever that may be.

 

[TPC]

Wish I could be of some help working down there for so many years and all.

The hotels are either booked solid like the Holiday Inn, or they are very expensive, or they are like the King Edward, located on Skid Row and the potential to be seedy.

King Edward has a fun co-ed USC crowd at the bar at nite though.

The New Otani is our favorite, but pricy.
The Angels Flite bar upstairs is fun, but the Manager/bartender has the worst speach impediment. You can't understand a word he says.

The dash shuttle stop out front take you straight to the Convention center.
A close-by good place to eat is McCormicks and Schmidts.

LA Police Chief Bratton take his evening walk & passes by the hotel about sundown most evenings BTW.

 

[C-2]

Dave the holiday inn is across the street from staples, and is not a bad place to stay, and it is fairly inexpensive...

Yup, that's the easiest and closest.

There is also the Marriott up the street, and the Sheraton. The Marriott at 3rd/Fig is reasonable and a step up from the Holiday, and as mentioned, the Bonaventure and Wilshire Grand Hotel if they wanna get spendy.

The downtown area has actually improved leaps and bounds over the past ten years or so, and is becoming the new trendy place to hang out and live.

I had an office for years at 7th/Flower above the subway (the Roosevelt Bldg), it was cheap rent. Now it's been converted into *lofts*, as has many of the older historic buildings...some of them priced at $2-$3mil

And oh yeah, the Pantry line starts early

 

[RitcheyRch]

What about staying in Pasadena and taking the Metrolink train.

 

[TPC]

What about staying in Pasadena and taking the Metrolink train.

You'd take the gold line of the Metro RAIL.
The closest Metro LINK line May not run on weekends.

Or Consider Long Beach and use the Metro Rail Blue Line.
It terminates one block from the Convention Center.
Pack some heat, it travels through & makes stops in high crime areas like the lovely Watts towers cultural stop and the Nickerson Gardens Model Cities Housing projects.

Remember their is a difference between Metro Rail and link:
The RAIL are the daily every 10 minute electric trains.
Link are the commuter every 2-3 hours diesel trains.

 

[RitcheyRch]

Guess another option would be take the metrolink to Union Station and then take the bus to the convention center. One of my co-workers did that for a Laker game and said was pretty nice and uneventful.

You'd take the gold line of the Metro RAIL.
The closest Metro link line doesn't run on weekends.

Or Consider Long Beach and use the Metro Rail Blue Line.
It terminates one block from the Convention Center.
Pack some heat, it travels through & makes stops in high crime areas like the lovely Watts towers cultural stop and the Nickerson Gardens Model Cities Housing projects

 

[TPC]

Check the schedule that the Santa Clarita line runs.
Amtrak is running and is usually the same price just different hours

 

[atomickitn]

I guess we aren't the only ones. It happened to us year before last, and we were staying there. I don't really remember the specifics, but we weren't drunk as we just got there.

yep we were staying there as well :beer...but we were almost drunk