BET hotel suggestions?

[drewm88]

Consider that it will be broke college kids who need nothing more than a bed relatively close to MSG with beer money left over.

[TallTitan34]

The Hotel Pennsylvania is directly across the street from Madison Square Garden.  It is kinda dumpy but it has a bed and a bathroom and it's all you really need.

For something a littler nicer The Doubletree in Times Square is incredible.

[rocky_warrior]

This thread from last year might be handy for you...

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=6925.0

[sailwi]

Hotel Penn is more than a little dumpy it is a complete toilet.  I stayed there a few years ago for one of our games at MSG early in the season and it was dirty and disgusting, i never took my socks off when I went to bed becasue I didin't want my barefeet to touch the carpet if I got up in the middle of the night.

My suggestions will take a little work but it should produce a decent room at a decent price.  Use priceline and go to biddingfortravel.com and you can tell what rooms are going for at which star class of hotels.  Review which hotels are which stars in which zones and then read reviews of them on tripadvisor.com.

Another option if you want to know the name of the hotel before booking is using kayak.com, it searches all hotel sites and the consolidators like expedia to give you the lowest published price at teh time.

[CAINMUTINY]

I'd recommend staying in mid town or the UES.....better restaurants and generally more reasonable for what you get.

Fitzpatrick on 57th and lex

Hotel 57 on 57th and lex

and for the best deal "The Pod" on 51st in between 2nd and 3rd
I'd spring with the room w/o the shared bathroom 

I've stayed at all of these and I would always rather stay in midtown then by MSG which is a s*ithole of a neighborhood.

[reinko]

Not sure about hotels, but if you can, make it down to McSorley's Old Ale House.  They just serve, light and dark beers in these small glasses and you order them by the tray full.  The place is great.  Not all that close to MSG, but worth the trip down on 3rd Ave and East 7th.

http://www.mcsorleysnewyork.com/

[dw3dw3dw3]

RE: Priceline... In NY a lot of the hotels won't give you 2 beds for the priceline rate. So if your going with a group that might be an issue.

[Archie]

Heard from some students last year that the Hampton Inn in NYC is good and about $170 per

[drewm88]

I'm looking at the Travel Inn right now (because it's super cheap). It's at 10th Ave and 42nd St.
Any thoughts on the location? I've never been to NYC so help's greatly appreciated.

[ecompt]

10th Avenue is not great; it's been cleaned up a little but still not a great part of town. 42nd Street used to be awful but has been spruced up by Disney.

[TallTitan34]

Hotel Penn Room


View from Hotel Penn Window (MSG is literally right there)


Front of Doubletree (Literally right in Times Square)


Doubletree Living Room


Doubletree Living Room / Bedroom


Doubletree Bedroom

[mu-rara]

Not sure about hotels, but if you can, make it down to McSorley's Old Ale House.  They just serve, light and dark beers in these small glasses and you order them by the tray full.  The place is great.  Not all that close to MSG, but worth the trip down on 3rd Ave and East 7th.

http://www.mcsorleysnewyork.com/

Man...don't blab about McSorleys...Its small enough.  NOw we'll never get a seat.

[ozmetal71]

I just spent the weekend in NYC for a conference and I would recommend the Jolly Hotels Madison Towers at 38th and Madison.  It is close to the Garden, and is a good deal.  The rooms are small, but they are clean and well-maintained, and the hotel is in a perfect location.

[MUsoxfan]

Whatever you do, don't stay in Jersey.   I made that mistake once before

[spartan3186]

www.hotwire.com

We got a 4 star hotel in Downtown Louisville for $79 for the Marquette vs Louisville game. The only problem is you can't pick exactly what hotel you're staying at but if you're looking for a cheap place it has great deals. You can pick the general neighborhood so you won't be too far from MSG

[Warriors4ever]

A great resource for these types of questions is the Tripadvisor website - go to the New York City site, and post the question in their forums section.  I guarantee you will get tons of answers - they have many people who give recommendations for hotels, etc. all the time.  Just make sure to post your dates and your budget, to save time.  But be prepared - New York is an expensive city.

[rugbydrummer]

Whatever you do, don't stay in Jersey.   I made that mistake once before

i disagree.  jersey city was awesome, we stayed at a mariott that was basically right off the PATH station which is the NJ/NYC transit that takes you to almost DIRECTLY to MSG.  And DO invest in a subway guide, it is worth its salt.

it was just a pain in the tush to get there from Newark b/c we trained it (to avoid a ridic taxi cost, that is).

And, if you like Indian food, there was the best little place right across the street.

[MUsoxfan]

Maybe that's the way to do it.   I stayed near the Meadowlands figuring that surely there would be mass public transport to get 70,000 football fans in and out every Sunday, but I was dead wrong.   It was more of a hassle than it was worth

[muhoosier260]

thankfully marquette was gracious enough to give students a whole 8 day notice to buy tickets for the big east tournament. what a screw job. i've been hounding the ticket office for weeks about this and they wouldn't give me an answer, now they give me a one week notice 2 weeks before the event? and expect me to book hotel and airfare? perfectly reasonable for a college student, or anyone really.

on a side note, the ticket (assuming you can afford all other expenses) is very reasonable for students....inside secret, there are only 75 for marquette students

this whole post should've been in teal... except for the 75 tickets, thats straight from the ticket office

[MUsoxfan]

Why wouldn't you book the trip and then worry about game tickets later?   Game tickets are the easiest part of the trip

[muhoosier260]

Why wouldn't you book the trip and then worry about game tickets later?   Game tickets are the easiest part of the trip

not when there's 75 tickets available bud, i'm not going to buy an airline ticket with the chance that i won't be able to get a ticket

[rugbydrummer]

Why wouldn't you book the trip and then worry about game tickets later?   Game tickets are the easiest part of the trip

+ 1

[muhoosier260]

+ 1

how can you declare that while in another thread you say you can't pony up for postseason play. what makes you think i'm any different? c'mon

[MUsoxfan]

not when there's 75 tickets available bud, i'm not going to buy an airline ticket with the chance that i won't be able to get a ticket

MSG has a ton of seats. You may not be sitting in the "MU section" per say, but who cares as long as you're in the building

[TallTitan34]

And after day one fans of teams that have lost are always looking to sell their tickets.