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The Hotel Blake's Playbook Focuses on Attracting Super Sports Fans

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 500 S. Dearborn St. [map], Chicago, IL, United States, 60605
November 16, 2009 at 8:58 AM | by Jennifer Kester | 0 Comments

As the home of the Bears, Cubs, Blackhawks and Bulls, Chicago is a serious sports town. Hotel Blake wants to win over you visiting sports fans with game-related deals.

As part of the Get Your Game On package, you'll get 20 percent off the best available rate (we found a room with a king-sized bed for $139), two free drink vouchers at Custom House's Lounge for pre-gaming and a complimentary continental breakfast to soak up your hangover. The coolest package perks are the free poster board and markers, so you can make a sign to cheer on your team, and a free Chicago baseball cap. To be clear, it's not a Cubs cap, but a generic "Chicago sports" hat. But still, it's cool.

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Hut, Hut, Hike Over to the Hyatt Regency in Chicago for a Gridiron Getaway

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 2233 S. Martin L. King Drive [map], Chicago, IL, United States, 60616
November 13, 2009 at 8:59 AM | by Jennifer Kester | 0 Comments

Football fans who want to head to Chicago to see some pigskin may want to take advantage of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place's Gridiron Getaway deal. Since the hotel's attached to the McCormick Place Convention Center, it's a popular spot for conventioneers, but the Hyatt Regency's also near the da Bears' castle, Soldier Field.

As part of the package, you'll get a room for two for $109 per night. That rate is good for all 2009-10 season weekend home games, so check to see when your favorite team will be in Chi-Town. We wish the package would include dual-purpose face/belly paint, but no such luck.

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Did a Practice Session in the Hotel Ballroom Cause Tampa Bay to Lose the Game?

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: One Hamilton Place, London, United Kingdom, W1J 7QY
October 26, 2009 at 8:47 AM | by juliab | 0 Comments

The weather in London isn’t quite on a par with the weather in Florida, as the poor Tampa Bay Buccaneers found out to their cost this weekend. According to the St Petersburg Times, the Bucs had to practice for their NFL Wembley gig against the New England Patriots in the ballroom at the Intercontinental Park Lane because it was too wet to hit the turf at Wembley itself.

NFL officials did offer them a room at Wembley to practice in, but they stuck to the ballroom – which holds up to 750 people, and, according to the hotel website, features “natural daylight through floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Park Lane and the Royal Parks”. Perhaps they were hoping for a little more grace on the pitch, too.

It didn’t work, unfortunately – the Pats thrashed them 35-7. Still, it’s not every day you get to exercise within spitting distance of Buckingham Palace is it, chaps? That’s something to tell the kids. Maybe.

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MNF is Back and The Palomar Westwood Has The 'Home Field Advantage'

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 10740 Wilshire Blvd. [map], Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90024-4493
September 14, 2009 at 5:10 PM | by globetrotting gourmet | 0 Comments

All is right in our world again now that football season has officially kicked off. And while we’re still in the throes of scouting out our preferred 2009/10 season game day destinations, we’ve stumbled upon one Monday Night football promotion that sounds really delish. At BLVD 16 at the Hotel Palomar Westwood, Chef Simon Dolinky will be offering the "Home Field Advantage"every Monday Night during football season.

Okay. The name doesn’t exactly convey the coolness of this special, but for folks who want a little somethin’ somethin’ more inspired than you your standard deep fryer football fare, Dolinky is serving up appetizers and drink specials inspired by the game’s home team every Monday night during football season. Cool, right? We think so.

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Brett Favre's Family Has The Best Western on Lockdown for November 1

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 780 Armed Forces Drive [map], Green Bay, WI, United States, 54304
June 9, 2009 at 10:09 AM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Brett Favre...are you in or are you out? Active or retired? Healthy or injured? QB for the Minnesota Vikings or not? Whatever it is, please make up your mind soon. That's because your whole family has a huge block of rooms reserved at the Best Western Midway Motor Lodge near Lambeau Field in Wisconsin reserved for November 1 when the Vikings play your old team, The Greenbay Packers.

Favre is expected to sign with the Vikings soon, unless a recent surgery on his arm has some undesirable consequences. But even if it does and Brett decides to choose retirement once and for all, the Midway Motor Lodge has a fairly flex cancellation policy.

The group isn’t required to guarantee payment for the rooms until 45 days before the check-in date, so it can cancel the reservations in the next two months without financial penalty. [Hotel Manager Doug] Warpinski said Favre’s family and friends routinely stayed at the hotel for home games in Favre’s final five years with the Packers.

If Favre does end up playing for the Vikings and will be QB for the Green Bay game, then at least you know where he might be headed once the game is over. PS. The hotel also has an indoor pool.

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Philly Hotels Going All Out for Their Sports Teams

October 21, 2008 at 12:45 PM | by juliana | 3 Comments

Whether you are rooting for the Phillies, the Eagles, or your own fantasy team, you will have a place to cheer on your players at these Philadelphia hotels.

According to the city's blog, Uwishunu, the Bellevue Hotel is hosting a pep rally for the Phillies as they head into the World Series. It takes place tomorrow (October 22) in the hotel's main lobby.

The Whiz Kids Band will perform, Phillies ballgirls will be handing out rally towels, and there will be free pretzels. Enter a raffle to win Phillies gear all day with the winners announced at 5 p.m.

The party then moves to the XIX bar where cocktails and craft brews are half-price during happy hour from 5-7pm.

Over at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, the hotel is hosting an NFL tailgate brunch every Sunday for $26.50 a person. That includes an all-you-can-eat cornucopia of breakfast treats and large flat-screen TVs tuned to the game as well as in-booth flat screen TVs.

So you can watch your hometown team on the flat-screen and follow your top fantasy players in-booth. That sounds kinda awesome to us. Except we don't root for any Philly teams.

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Marriott Helps You March Into Saints-Town

September 25, 2008 at 10:05 AM | by jennm | 0 Comments

Just the other day we were watching one of those football pre-game shows and some announcer guy said that he thinks the New Orleans Saints have a good chance of making it to the Super Bowl this year! (Hey, if you don't agree, don't argue with us. Take it up with that announcer guy on the channel we can't remember we were watching.)

Anyway, if what Announcer Guy said is true, you may want to book the Big Easy SAINTSational getaway available at all Marriott and Renaissance Hotels in New Orleans. This includes the New Orleans Marriott, JW Marriott New Orleans, New Orleans Marriott at the Convention Center, Renaissance Arts Hotel and Renaissance Pere Marquette.

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NFL QBs Shill for Expedia's "Go Like Pro" Promotion

September 11, 2008 at 4:05 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

Expedia has launched a new promotion for all gridiron fans. Called Go Like Pro, the includes hotel and travel deals for all 32 NFL cities, as well as Honolulu, where the 2009 NFL Pro Bowl will take place.

Expedia even got NFL quarterbacks to divulge their personal travel picks for visitors contemplating a NFL getaway.

For San Francisco, home of the 49ers, Seattle Seahawk's Matt Hasselback had this to say:

"An afternoon watching the sea lions at Pier 39; walking Lombard's alternative--the crooked Vermont Street; views of the Golden Gate Bridge from China Beach."

Um. Ok. Next? That would be the Washington Redskins' Jason Campbell who recommends:

"Pizza and a movie at the Parkway Speakeasy; picking up fresh produce at the Oakland Farmer's Market; a walk, jog, or stroll through Golden Gate Park."

Hmm, better. Some of the hotel+air deals we saw for San Fran? The newly renovated W Hotel for three nights plus airfare starting at $516. And if you're a Seahawks or Redskins fan then you'll be happy to know Expedia is sponsoring both teams this season.

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Marriotts in New Orleans Try a 'Saints'-ational Trick Play

September 13, 2007 at 11:21 AM | by Tim L. | 0 Comments

The five Marriott and Renaissance Hotels of New Orleans are offering football fans a Big Easy SAINTSational package. Valid game weekends Sept 24 through December 23, the package includes these extras:

* Game-day snack pack - Three bottles of New Orleans brewed Abita Amber Beer, three bottles of Abita spring water and a snack
* Welcome sports amenity - A logoed cooler
* Breakfast for two

Once you start checking rates, however, this deal looks like a bootleg play that results in either a first down or a fumble depending on which hotel you choose. For the JW Marriott New Orleans this deal is a steal, with the football package price the same as the regular room rate with breakfast. Free beer!

At the Renaissance Pere Marquette, however, the rate for just a room with breakfast is $119 the weekend of September 24. If you go for the football package, the same room is $179. Expensive beer! (Plus if you ask us, 3 beers + 2 guests = annoyed couple.)

We'd go for it if you are looking at the hotels at the top end and punt if looking at the lower end. To book it, call 866-530-3763 and ask for rate code ESEJ or visit www.neworleans.marriott.com and click on "View all New Orleans Deals."

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