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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1527762, member: 27"]
I agree, the biggest problem isn't the number of hotel rooms but the number of big hotels in the area.

I believe you need 6 hotels in the 250 room or more range.  One for each of the teams competing, one for the press and one for the coaches and their convention.

I think it would make sense to put the coaches and their convention at Turning Stone, which has 709 hotel rooms, including 285 at the Tower and 268 at their normal hotel.  You could put the press there too.  It is really nice, it is new, there is a lot to do with golf, tennis, the casino, etc. and the teams are not exposed to any gambling influence.

The Doubletree in East Syracuse has 250 rooms.

The proposed hotel at the Dome will have well over 250 rooms.

The Crowne Plaza has 276 rooms.

The Marriott (newly renovated Hotel Syracuse) will have 261 rooms.

And I bet by the time the proposed renovations for the Dome are completed, there will be a similar sized hotel built by Congel at DestinyUSA.

Things are vastly better than they were even 5 or 10 years ago and I think the situation is only going to improve as the downtown Syracuse area continues its remarkable turnaround...
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