Re: Tourney

[jon breiner]

If you track flights to NYC on a daily/weekly basis you can book flights
(not on Delta) for $80-120.  Denise and I have been to NYC twice in the last
few years and paid $82, and $90-something for our round-trip tickets on US
Air.  I use Yahoo to track about a dozen cities on a regular basis and check
them a couple times a week.  There is a Days Inn (or is it a comfort inn -
or both?) in mid-town that is reasonable, and many smaller restaurants where
you can eat well for under $10 or eat at some deli's.  NYC can be done at
reasonable prices, especially if you have been there before and know what to
do and where to go.

I just checked and right now you can get tickets from Cincy for $123, but I
did not check departure days and times.  I looked for hotels from 3/11-3/14
(which would be the BE tourney for this year) and they range from low $100's
into the $200's depending on what you want.  I would not want a
Hilton/Embassy Suites type hotel for NYC as you are paying close to a 100%
premium for the name.

Finally, according to Mapquest, the drive is around 10 hours.

jon b


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Wedinger" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 9:51 AM
Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Tourney


> I don't know about driving there in 8.  10 maybe.  And it's not that bad
> of a drive.  Now, staying in NYC for the tourney as well as eating there
> will be a tad expensive unless you stay in Jersey and drive into
> Manhattan for the games.
>
>
> J. Keith Wedinger
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Marshall [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 9:41 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Tourney
>
> 16 - 22 hours?  to NYC????
>
> geez, can't you drive there in 8?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jon breiner [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:44 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Tourney
>
>
> It would likely take about 16-22 hours to get to NYC by train.  Does
> anyone wonder why Amtrak is having financial issues?
>
> jon b
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Marshall" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 2:53 PM
> Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Tourney
>
>
> That could be fun taking the train.... Could you imagine a train car
> full of Bearcat fans... That would be fun!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oleskl [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 2:52 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Tourney
>
>
> Joe, if you book a few weeks ahead of time for your airfare and get
> online for a hotel room, NYC can be a somewhat inexpensive trip. Right
> now you can get a ticket on Delta out of Cincinnati (which is usually a
> very expensive airport) for $180. If that's still too expensive, they're
> starting a Cincinnati-NYC Amtrak trip very soon, if it hasn't started
> already.
> > From: Joe Feeley <address@hidden>
> > Date: 2003/11/04 Tue PM 02:10:59 EST
> > To: Bearcat Forum <address@hidden>
> > Subject: [UC Basketball] Tourney
> >
> > I am not a fan of the tournament being in the same place every year. I
>
> > would like to go to NYC every few years, but the travel time and
> > massive expense of NYC will mean I will eventually break my string of
> > consecutive conference tournaments.
> >
> > I haven't thought about the improvement to the women's schedule as
> > well. Will UConn playing at Shoemaker finally give us a huge crowd?
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > --- jon breiner <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > As a regular attendee of the conference tourneys, I like it in NYC!
>
> > > I hate the ones here in town.  Last time we got a hotel room and I
> > > hope we
> > > do that again.
> > >
> > > jon b
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave Malaska wrote:
> > >
> > > > Two items of interest:
> > > > First, report has USF making promises of increasing its athletic
> > > department
> > > > budget to match mid-level BE programs, along with facilities
> > > upgrades. Does
> > > > UC have to do either?
> > > >
> > > > Also, I kind of like having the C-USA basketball tournament come
> > > to town.
> > > > Does the new BE continue having its tourney at MSG? I'm torn on
> > > this one.
> > > > New York is a HUGE venue,  but I like that Joe Local Fan can run
> > > down to the
> > > > US Bank Arena and watch the tournament.
> >
> >
> > =====
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