HotelChatter - Tag: march madness hotels

Houston: Hotel Indigo in Houston Still Has (Funky) Rooms for the Final Four

juliana — 2011-04-01T08:46:51-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/vcufinalfour2011.jpg" class="top"> If you're a fan of Virginia Commonwealth University, you probably never thought this weekend would happen. But if you're a fan of VCU, then that means you're probably looking for a hotel room in Houston, Texas for the NCAA Final Four. After all, you'd be crazy to miss this appearance. While hotel rooms in Houston are in high demand this weekend, they aren't at exactly Super Bowl rates. Looking at <a href="http://hotelrates.hotelchatter.com">HotelRates.HotelChatter.com</a>, we were psyched to see the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Indigo+Houston+at+the+Galleria/local/4846">Hotel Indigo Houston at the Galleria</a> going for $209 on Saturday and Sunday night. That includes free WiFi, <a href="http://www.houstonluxuryhotel.com/accommodations.php">very bright guestroom decor</a> and hardwood floors (perhaps this could come in handy if you need to dribble out

San Francisco : Hungry for March Madness? Fill Up with Four Seasons San Fran's Beer-and-Cheese Bracket

Jennifer Kester — 2011-03-23T09:51:45-05:00

While you carefully monitor your March Madness brackets in hopes of winning the office pool, the Four Seasons San Francisco created its own special bracket for the NCAA championships where you're sure to win every time. The hotel is serving up a March Madness beer-and-cheese bracket.

The San Francisco hotel's Seasons Bar and Lounge presents every beer-and-cheese pairing like a basketball slate, with each slate offering three beer tasters and three cheeses for $22.

Santa Barbara: Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Basketball at the Canary Hotel

Jennifer Kester — 2011-03-09T11:31:38-05:00

In honor of the upcoming holiday, we'll highlight a few wacky St. Patrick's Day packages that must have been thought up by a leprechaun.

St. Patrick's Day makes you crave pints of Guinness, Irish soda bread, corned beef and cabbage, and, um, basketball. At least that's what the Canary Hotel in Santa Barbara is hoping.

Las Vegas: The Five Best Hotel Sports Books in Las Vegas

juliana — 2010-01-25T11:40:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.vegaschatter.com/files/1425/wynnbookVC.jpg" class="top"> Now that it's winter, its high time to head to a Las Vegas sports book. Between The Super Bowl and March Madness, theres no shortage of reasons to spend inordinate amounts of time in these gambling Meccas. In addition to being the best places to bet on sports, books are arguably the biggest and baddest sports bars in townthe perfect spot to grab a cold one (or six) and sit back to watch your team bring it home. Not all sports books, however, are created equal. We created a list of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/8/17/135637/891/hotels/Top_Five_Las_Vegas_Hotel_Sports_Books">best Vegas venues to place your sports bets</a> back in 2005, but this is a different city in 2010. Places have changed and so

Detroit: More Than Four Hotels Still Available for Detroit's Final Four

KatieK — 2009-04-02T10:10:12-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/FinalFour_DTW.jpg" class="top"> Unsurprisingly, our March Madness brackets have pretty much failed miserably. For all those folks still in the game, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Detroit%20Hotels">Detroit</a> is the place to be this weekend (now thats not a phrase you hear very often!). If youre Final Four-or-bust, well, we dont have to tell you that your best option would have been to book a room months ago. But fret not, for a few rooms remain for you last-minute travelers. We hopped over to the <a href="http://hotelrates.hotelchatter.com/">HotelChatter rezzie system</a>, where we found a <a href="http://hotelrates.hotelchatter.com/SearchResults.aspx?fileName=Detroit&checkin=2009-04-03&checkout=2009-04-07&languageCode=EN&Adults=2&Rooms=1&sort=MinRate-asc&tabId=Details&rateTabId=rateViewSimple">few hotels with vacancies</a>. Rates range from bargain-basement $60 to $499. As youre likely aware, though, you don't want to book a hotel in just any neighborhood and assume those polite