[GenCon] "(more) Road Construction News!" (Scouting and Info Within)

[Mark]

Actually a great way to find out what con prices are like is to see if we can track down someone who stayed in a hotel in may, when the Indianapolis 500 is going on. I imagine that the hotel prices then might be a good way to judge how high they might get.

Of course, as someone who lives near here, I know lots of people who've seen the 500, but none who stayed in a hotel What about the rest of you?

Can I ask you to take on the assignment of locating some Indy 500 message boards and either scouring them for that sort of info, or trying to post a few querries and following up on that?

 

[DungeonKeeperUK]

Can I ask you to take on the assignment of locating some Indy 500 message boards and either scouring them for that sort of info, or trying to post a few querries and following up on that?

Well as I said above I have got my room booked and its just across the road form teh Con centre, when I booked online it actually had alongside the room (CON RATE) and CON maybe the operative word..
Tuesday night I get there - $169
Wed to Sunday - $189
Monday Night - $149

hmmmmmmm
But at least I know I have a room close by and with bringing my wife this year wanted to make sure it was as close as possible...

Not sure how I was able to get this room booked as when I was checking all the others close by they were fully booked (though probably by GenCon themselves for the convention goers)

 

[Hand of Evil]

Well as I said above I have got my room booked and its just across the road form teh Con centre, when I booked online it actually had alongside the room (CON RATE) and CON maybe the operative word..
Tuesday night I get there - $169
Wed to Sunday - $189
Monday Night - $149

hmmmmmmm
But at least I know I have a room close by and with bringing my wife this year wanted to make sure it was as close as possible...

Not sure how I was able to get this room booked as when I was checking all the others close by they were fully booked (though probably by GenCon themselves for the convention goers)

WHAT! Booking rooms already! ARRRRRRRRRR!

 

[Mark]

WHAT! Booking rooms already! ARRRRRRRRRR!

On his own, not as part of the Gencon Blocked hotel space, which, as far as I know, has yet to start... Don't start a riot, please.

 

[DungeonKeeperUK]

lol.. yes booked alone was checking hotels and wanted to make sure I was close to the Con, may well be cheaper when GenCon releases details but at least I know I have somewhere...

 

[Coik]

Anyone know what time registration opens tomorrow?

 

[Mark]

Anyone know what time registration opens tomorrow?

Good question. Are they a left coast company? Maybe MoRuss could get the inside scoop on it?

 

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

Does anyone know if you'll be able to reserve two rooms right next to (or those nifty rooms that connect) each other via this website? My friends and I have 7 people probably going, and we don't all want to cram into one room. But we want to be near each other...not down the hall... not 5 floors up... (Actually, it's more like the parents of the girls on the trip want to make sure they're not shacking up with those damned hooligan Bolingbrook boys... )

 

[Alzrius]

Don't know if anyone's posted this, but the area that's being converted into the Convention Center this year is the RCA Dome apparently, in case anyone is doing Google searches to try and get floor plans or anything like that.

Am I right in thinking that this year, like preceeding years, you need to preregister to get at the hotel rooms set aside for this convention specifically, and can't just directly book them?

 

[Hand of Evil]

As of 6:30 AM Eastern Time (USA) it has NOT opened up!