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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1667901" data-attributes="member: 151">Well, I'm gauging by the Hotel Pennsylvania, across the street from Madison Square Garden.&nbsp; It was relatively inexpensive for NYC, but it was a terrible place to stay.&nbsp; 125 year old buildings do not make for great hotels.&nbsp;&nbsp; I vowed never to stay there again. The Loews, further downtown, was much nicer and more modern...and $220 a night.&nbsp; In 1999.&nbsp; I just checked Hotels.com, and the Hotel Pennsylvania (ranked at 2 stars) is $107 for friday nights and $169 for saturdays...for 2 adults.&nbsp; Make it 4 adults, and the price more than doubles.&nbsp; Most of the Hotels, though, are in the $220-$420 range for 2 adults.&nbsp;&nbsp;For Southern Exposure, in NJ (about 15 mins. from Philly), rooms are $99 a night at the clarion for a room with 2 queen-size beds during the 'con.&nbsp; For Otakon, we're paying more, but even being across the street, coupled with being on the Inner Harbor, that's to be expected.&nbsp; Compared with NYC prices, and on a quality comparison, my experience has been that Balitmore wins out.&nbsp; And Baltimore's convention center has to be cheaper than the Javits Center, although I also assume there has to be other spaces available in NYC.&nbsp; Whether or not they're as new as Baltimore's, I couldn't say.&nbsp; I do know that Baltimore really likes geek conventions, as I've attended several there (Balticon, Worldcon, Otakon) and they've all been well recieved.&nbsp; With an anticipated Otakon attendance of 20,000, I'm sure they're ecstatic, really. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1667901, member: 151"] Well, I'm gauging by the Hotel Pennsylvania, across the street from Madison Square Garden. It was relatively inexpensive for NYC, but it was a terrible place to stay. 125 year old buildings do not make for great hotels. I vowed never to stay there again. The Loews, further downtown, was much nicer and more modern...and $220 a night. In 1999. I just checked Hotels.com, and the Hotel Pennsylvania (ranked at 2 stars) is $107 for friday nights and $169 for saturdays...for 2 adults. Make it 4 adults, and the price more than doubles. Most of the Hotels, though, are in the $220-$420 range for 2 adults. For Southern Exposure, in NJ (about 15 mins. from Philly), rooms are $99 a night at the clarion for a room with 2 queen-size beds during the 'con. For Otakon, we're paying more, but even being across the street, coupled with being on the Inner Harbor, that's to be expected. Compared with NYC prices, and on a quality comparison, my experience has been that Balitmore wins out. And Baltimore's convention center has to be cheaper than the Javits Center, although I also assume there has to be other spaces available in NYC. Whether or not they're as new as Baltimore's, I couldn't say. I do know that Baltimore really likes geek conventions, as I've attended several there (Balticon, Worldcon, Otakon) and they've all been well recieved. With an anticipated Otakon attendance of 20,000, I'm sure they're ecstatic, really. :) [/QUOTE]

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