For Red Sox fans only. Yankee fans need not apply.
Wondering what's up with Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, and Josh Beckett? Head to Bean-town's Liberty Hotel for their "Swing! Batter, batter!" package.
This historic hotel is actually a former prison, but you'll be too deeply immersed in baseball heaven to ponder such trivia. Your room will come with a view of the lights of venerable Fenway Park, one of the country's oldest baseball fields, as well as the historic Citgo sign.
Over the summer, we took a look at some of the best hotels to stay at when in town for a Major League baseball game. Back then it was the perfect summer series for the all-American summer pastime.
But now the World Series is upon us and the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies will vie for the championships. We already took a look at hotels near Coors Field in Denver so today we present you with a map of hotels near Boston's Fenway Park.
As far as getting a room for the World Series games here , the other day we gave you a list of some Boston Hotel Deals for today and Thursday. Also don't forget that the hotel scene we scoped out back in 2004 is still good to use.
But we're pretty sure that if you are a member of Red Sox nation, you've not only booked your hotel but you know where the coach and team players are staying.
As always, if you Fenway hotel suggestions, well then don't be shy. Let us know.
[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature where we look at hotel prices in the same city and decide which one most deserves your hard-earned benjamins. Rates quotes here were captured August 13, 2007 and are subject to change. Enjoy.]
Last week Hotwire released its 10 Most Popular Labor Day Weekend Destinations, based on bookings so far through its own site. Once you get past the predictable Chicago, New York, and Atlanta, however, number four is...St. Louis? The press release touted a 3.5 star hotel downtown for $62, but the best we could manage on Hotwire was $162. The Cardinals are in town though, so we're hooking you up with a baseball deal at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark.
This particular Hilton has a range of packages going, but since you can see the baseball field from one side of the hotel, we're highlighting the Grand Slam deal pictured here. For $259 a night you get a ballpark view room, two tickets worth $43 each, and some kind of baseball souvenir schwag.
If you intend to stay the whole long weekend though, we'd suggest going for the Romance Package (for once) instead. For $50 less a night you get a bottle of sparkling wine on arrival and breakfast for two each day. Go buy your own baseball tickets online for one night and you'll come out ahead. Score the right room and maybe you'll be able to watch a second game from your window.
Summer is here, which means baseball-obsessed people all over the U.S. are hopping in planes, trains, and automobiles to visit MLB fields around the country. To help these fanatic fans/hotel guests, we will be looking at ballparks around the country and give you a quick rundown of your closest, safest, and best hotel options. "America's Favorite Pastime" with some of America's finest second cities--what is not to love? If you got any hotel questions or suggestions or even better, firsthand baseball park hotel reviews, send them here and share them with other MLB fans--even if they are Yankee fans.
Today we're heading to Seattle, home of the Mariners and Safeco Field...also, former home of our favorite stray infielder, Alex Rodriguez. Stray Rod heads back to Seattle to play his old Mariners in September, and we're betting that he and the blonde will check into The Fairmont Olympic Hotel.
Summer is here, which means baseball-obsessed people all over the U.S. are hopping in planes, trains, and automobiles to visit MLB fields around the country. To help these fanatic fans/hotel guests, we will be looking at ballparks around the country and give you a quick rundown of your closest, safest, and best hotel options. "America's Favorite Pastime" with some of America's finest second cities--what is not to love? If you got any hotel questions or suggestions or even better, firsthand baseball park hotel reviews, send them here and share them with other MLB fans--even if they are Yankee fans.
Our MLB Travel map returns! For the rest of the week we will be visiting ballparks across America and determining which hotels are worth a sleepover.
First up is Miller Park, home to the Milwaukee Brewers. There's not a whole lotta hotels near Miller Park so we have picked these hotels for other reasons than proximity. For instance, a cool name like the Pfister Hotel.
Summer is here, which means baseball-obsessed people all over the U.S. are hopping in planes, trains, and automobiles to visit MLB fields around the country. To help these fanatic fans/hotel guests, we will be looking at ballparks around the country and give you a quick rundown of your closest, safest, and best hotel options. "America's Favorite Pastime" with some of America's finest second cities--what is not to love? If you got any hotel questions or suggestions or even better, firsthand baseball park hotel reviews, send them here and share them with other MLB fans--even if they are Yankee fans.
So technically, our MLB Travel map was supposed to cover the U.S. but how we can ignore our neighbors to the North? Especially when they have a super ballpark hotel in Toronto at The Renaissance Toronto Hotel Downtown. A tipster informed us that the hotel "has 70 rooms in the outfield of the ex-Sky Dome now Rodgers Centre."
This week we introduced a new feature and a new map called MLB Travel, where we take a look at hotels nearest your favorite team's home turf.
We created maps of hotels and ballparks for Denver, Houston, Phoenix and Cleveland, with more to come throughout the summer.
But for now, if you are thinking of traveling to see your team somewhere, check to see if there's an Omni Hotel near the ballpark because the hotel chain is doing a summer promotion for ballgames.
Called their "Batter Up" promotion, Omni has put together several baseball packages at different hotels from San Francisco to Chicago to Pittsburgh and to Boston. The rates and details vary at every place and we can't guarantee that the hotels are close to the ballpark (except Omni San Diego) but it's worth a look.
In the meantime, here are our MLB Travel stories from this week:
And remember, if you got any hotel questions or suggestions or even better, firsthand baseball park hotel reviews, send them here and share them with other MLB fans--even if they are Yankee fans.
Summer is here, which means baseball-obsessed people all over the U.S. are hopping in planes, trains, and automobiles to visit MLB fields around the country. To help these fanatic fans/hotel guests, we will be looking at ballparks around the country and give you a quick rundown of your closest, safest, and best hotel options. "America's Favorite Pastime" with some of America's finest second cities--what is not to love? If you got any hotel questions or suggestions or even better, firsthand baseball park hotel reviews, send them here and share them with other MLB fans--even if they are Yankee fans.
The Cleveland Indians made it big (for us, anyways) when the team was featured--with a fictional roster and management--in the movie, Major League. So we had to check out the hotel scene near Jacobs Field. At first, we were mildly disappointed to find that the closest hotel was only a Residence Inn. The second closest hotel was a Hilton Garden Inn.
However, while the Residence Inn hardly acknowledges the ballpark exists, the Garden Inn has a "50 Paces from the Bases" package which includes overnight accommodations, breakfast for two adults, parking for one vehicle, and two bags of peanuts for the game, all for about $124 a night. Of course, game tickets are not included.
