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[Boomer]

(11-30-2010 12:34 AM)zenjen Wrote:  Boomer - try to stay someplace in the burbs. If you don't mind having to drive a little, you can stay 15 miles outside of downtown in a nice suburb for less than $100 per night. I'm lucky - I only live 2 hours from there, but I won't be able to go to the show because of the date. I highly recommend driving though. Don't try to park downtown either - the parking is absolutely outrageous. They will also charge an "amusement tax" on damn near anything you do in Chicago. I find it kind of amusing because Mayor Daley is always talking about ways to bring people downtown, but he makes it totally cost prohibitive to actually go there.

Yeah Chicago is a diff beast entirely from a lot of towns. We'll see how it goes, but hotels are already looking to be a nightmare. The goal is to get somewhere close enough for my wife to drive in and pick me up (she just doesn't go to concerts much - health) and then far enough away to be able to zip outta town the next morning. We could drive back home, its only 4 hours drive, but that would put us getting back home about 3:30 or so. What helps is that my dad grew up there so getting around is not a hard thing. If I have to I can always take an alternate mode of transportation (my wifes broom is stored for the year) but we'll see.

Thats still a long ways off, and I still have to figger out the ticket to the show first.