visiting san antonio. help me pick a hotel near the at&t center?

[draft87]

hi folks, i'm finally making the trip from new york to san antonio. i found decent flight/hotel packages but i'm asking for assistance planning my trip.

1-can you suggest a 3 star hotel somewhat near the stadium?

2-when do playoff tickets go on sale? am i gonna end up spending my entire savings on mezzanine tickets?

thanks for your help

[RD2191]

Save your money. We aren't making it out of the 1st round.

[Darius Bieber]

Advice: Don't get a hotel near the AT&T Center.

[Russ]

If it's anywhere near the AT&T Center, you'll be staying at a flophouse.

[ChumpDumper]

Yeah, stay downtown. Have fun.

[BatManu20]

Heard this place is legit.
http://cdn.media.lafango.net/409902_i_1697092_20110813161355_640.jpg

[crc21209]

hi folks, i'm finally making the trip from new york to san antonio. i found decent flight/hotel packages but i'm asking for assistance planning my trip.

1-can you suggest a 3 star hotel somewhat near the stadium?

2-when do playoff tickets go on sale? am i gonna end up spending my entire savings on mezzanine tickets?

thanks for your help

Yeah there isnt anywhere decent to stay around the AT&T Center. And Playoff tickets went on sale about 2 weeks ago or so for Games 1 and 2...

[JsnSA]

They are not joking with you. The area around the AT&T center is kind of poor. Stay downtown and either rent a car or find a hotel that has free shuttles to the game. Unfortunately I can't tell you of any hotels that have Spurs game shuttles but I know that some do.

[Juggity]

lol @ the idea of a hotel next to the AT&T center. Would be in the middle of a ghetto.

[Splits]

There are several open lots across the street from AT&T, just bring a tent and make it a camping trip! Kids will love it!

[Man In Black]

Try aloft San Antonio Airport.

It's 20 minutes to AT&T

http://www.aloftsanantonioairport.com/

I just stayed there, it was good. Lots of restaurants close by and shopping.

[Ditty]

Too many ghetto brothers around the At&t Center my friend. Like everyone mentioned there is some nice hotels downtown, but the prices may be out the roof the next two weeks because of Fiesta. There isn't a great public transportation that goes through the At&t Center. Don't know about any park and rides downtown to the At&t Center but if you catch a taxi it would be probably a 20 minute+ drive because of traffic. Have fun and hopefully we make a deep run.

[Buddy Holly]

Try a hotel in downtown.

[superbigtime]

lol 3 star hotel near AT&T. you can camp in someone's back yard maybe. aint shit around the AT&T center, stay downtown at Palacio del Rio or la Mansion.

[I. Hustle]

Dude is coming down from New York and you guys act like he knows that the area around AT&T is ghetto. On top of that dude asks for a 3 star and nuggas are bringing up staying on the Riverwalk during Fiesta.

Stick with anything by the Airport. Call a few places and see if they offer shuttles to the games. If I have time today then I might make a call or two for you.

[Spurs9]

Do not stay by the AT&T center, the place is seriously in the ghetto. If you take the road behind the AT&T center you will see hookers on each corner who look awfully young. Its extremly shady over there. Stay somewhere half decent like downtown or by the airport. Aloft is nice and pretty cheap, or the Valencia downtown is nice.

[bus driver]

grand hyatt (http://www.grandsanantonio.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels-grandsanantonio/index.jsp?null)


not next to the att center but downtown.

[2centsworth]

Try aloft San Antonio Airport.

It's 20 minutes to AT&T

http://www.aloftsanantonioairport.com/

I just stayed there, it was good. Lots of restaurants close by and shopping.

that's a pretty darn good choice.

If you want to stay downtown here are few hotels I would consider in the 3star range:

Crockett
Tropicano
Residence Inn
Courtyard by Marriot

[clambake]

get the end casita at la contera. comes with a golf cart.

[elbamba]

If you are trying to save money then rent a car and stay by the airport. You can get to the game in 10 - 15 minutes depending on the time you leave. If you want to have more fun then go downtown but you will be paying more. I agree with everyone else, I can think of one hotel that is within walking distance, you might get shot, but it is within walking distance and its a piece of crap from what I can see.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Advice: Don't get a hotel near the AT&T Center.

[CGD]

AT&T center is so terribly located. Just get a place downtown to take in the sights, and expect to drive a little.

[davidbowie]

hey remember when sa built the at&t center in the eastside lol

[SA210]

hey remember when sa built the at&t center in the eastside lol


You can blame me for that lol

[Blake]

Agree with everyone that says avoid staying downtown and just stay by the airport.

one hidden cost of staying downtown is paying for parking at many hotels there.

[spurs10]

Gunther Hotel....historical, downtown. I'd recommend anywhere downtown if you are coming all that way. See the place...eat at Rosarios!
:toast

[Blake]

Actually I wouldn't recommend the Gunther lol.

Overpriced, extremely small rooms and there are absolutely no extras like microwave, fridge, free breakfast or even free internet.

My stay sucked there sucked, tbh.

[FkLA]

I think OP gets the point that the area by the AT&T Center is ghetto tbh.

Why not ask Blakes ex-wife if you can stay with her while youre in town though? Im sure shed be pleased to have you tbh.

[Blake]

smh utsa

[FkLA]

lol cuck

[MSPaint]

All the hotels in downtown SA are haunted, apparently.:toast

[spurs10]

Actually I wouldn't recommend the Gunther lol.

Overpriced, extremely small rooms and there are absolutely no extras like microwave, fridge, free breakfast or even free internet.

My stay sucked there sucked, tbh.
Wow, sorry for your bad experience! I stayed there years ago and enjoyed the vibe of the place. There are probably more spacious and luxurious newer hotels for the same price. Maybe stay at the Omni, Hyatt, or some place like that and go on a ghost hunt at the Gunther! :lol Have to admit I was impressed with their history more than some might be. Still think downtown would be a cooler cultural experience if you're coming from NY...

[Blake]

Why are you hijacking this thread, FkLA?

Smh obsessed

[baseline bum]

The hotels by AT&T Center are quite expensive since you need to pay by the hour.

[ChumpDumper]

hey remember when sa built the at&t center in the eastside lolYeah they were afraid to break the generational arc of poverty in the projects where the arena should have gone.

Funny thing is they still tore down the projects.

[Blake]

Wow, sorry for your bad experience! I stayed there years ago and enjoyed the vibe of the place. There are probably more spacious and luxurious newer hotels for the same price. Maybe stay at the Omni, Hyatt, or some place like that and go on a ghost hunt at the Gunther! :lol Have to admit I was impressed with their history more than some might be. Still think downtown would be a cooler cultural experience if you're coming from NY...

I appreciate the history and culture of the Gunther. The telephone board and mail shoots were cool. Gorgeous lobby, nice restaurant, bar.

The room itself sucked though. I've had better stays at Super 8.

[FkLA]

Why are you a cuck, Blake ?

smh cuck

[baseline bum]

get the end casita at la contera. comes with a golf cart.

Sorry man, you want golf in SA you gotta go with the TPC San Antonio resort.

[baseline bum]

Yeah they were afraid to break the generational arc of poverty in the projects where the arena should have gone.

Funny thing is they still tore down the projects.

Wow, Victoria Courts was an area the county was considering? Don't know why they ever built that piece of shit on such a great piece of land.

[Blake]

Why are you a cuck, Blake ?

smh cuck

Do the OP a favor and take this to the club.

No need to be a classless clown here.

[FkLA]

Blake is a cuckold.

[DawgMilkX]

I stayed in the drury hotel on the riverwalk. Pretty nice hotel and was a Decent price. Not to mention they give good breakfast a decent nighttime snack with 3 free alcoholic beverages.

[TXstbobcat]

Parking is too expensive on the river walk. We always stay at the embassy suites near the airport when we travel home to see the spurs.

[clambake]

Sorry man, you want golf in SA you gotta go with the TPC San Antonio resort.

c'mon man!!! its not about the golf!! you use the cart all over the property. the casita's have there own pool and hot tub.

[Johnsyounger]

Park and Ride is pretty good....

[ChumpDumper]

Wow, Victoria Courts was an area the county was considering? Don't know why they ever built that piece of shit on such a great piece of land.That was a place the city was considering before they punted. Should have been there or in the Alamodome parking lot. It was built right after WW2, so who knows what was there then.

[The Whopper]

Stay downtown and take the number 24 bus.

[The Whopper]

Wow, Victoria Courts was an area the county was considering? Don't know why they ever built that piece of shit on such a great piece of land.

They built it in like 1940 as projects for white people.

[baseline bum]

That was a place the city was considering before they punted. Should have been there or in the Alamodome parking lot. It was built right after WW2, so who knows what was there then.

Ah, fuck the city; they kept trying to fold in a rebuilding of the convention center that was going to double the price and put the arena vote in danger of failure. Glad the Spurs told them to go fuck themselves and went with the county plan instead.

[The Whopper]

Howard Peak and his dog crap council flunkies dine eternally on the corn from Charles Smith's shite.

[Dro210]

That was a place the city was considering before they punted. Should have been there or in the Alamodome parking lot. It was built right after WW2, so who knows what was there then.

Should have been where Toyota Field, the STAR soccer complex, the new NEISD stadium, and all that is over there right off 35 and Wurzbach Parkway. Built around that old quarry.... would have been so awesome location wise, and in the way that it looks. I remember seeing the sketches of the plans, they were sweet.

[fubarcrew01]

Hilton Palacio Del Rio.. On the Riverwalk, short walk to restaurants and mall and $20 cab ride to AT&T center.. 4 star hotel, got a room there last year for $81 a night via Priceline.

[ChumpDumper]

Yeah, the arena would have been better basically anywhere but its current location. The only good thing is that it's easy to control the traffic. Guess we'll get another chance in 20 years or so.

[The Whopper]

You can crash on my couch in Southtown if you don't mind sharing your continental breakfast out of the same dish as my gato.

[mabrignani]

days inn on e houston downtownish

[baseline bum]

Should have been where Toyota Field, the STAR soccer complex, the new NEISD stadium, and all that is over there right off 35 and Wurzbach Parkway. Built around that old quarry.... would have been so awesome location wise, and in the way that it looks. I remember seeing the sketches of the plans, they were sweet.

Wasn't that the 1998 plan that just got killed at the ballot box? Boy did the Spurs come close to ending up like the Sonics.

[Dro210]

Wasn't that the 1998 plan that just got killed at the ballot box? Boy did the Spurs come close to ending up like the Sonics.

Maybe, I seem to remember hearing something more recently about NEISD having something to do with killing that plan tho... Because they already had their sights set on that new football stadium. I went to school in NEISD, but screw them if that was ever really the case.

And Thank God for Tim Duncan, right?

[alfredbird]

Try Best Western Plus Sunset Suites-Riverwal, it is close to downtown and has free parking. I wanted to stay there a year ago but it was booked out. looks good location for me. Or just pick some where around the airport.

[The Whopper]

Y'all all need to learn your Spurs business history. There should be a whole board on that topic.

[SA210]

Yeah they were afraid to break the generational arc of poverty in the projects where the arena should have gone.

Funny thing is they still tore down the projects.

And were forced to rebuild them and keep it residential. Pretty awesome forcing a quarter billion dollar building to go somewhere else than where they wanted it :tu

lol

[tmtcsc]

The hotels by AT&T Center are quite expensive since you need to pay by the hour.

Yes, but some places bundle the room with a free crack whore. Give him all the info...just saying.