The ANA: What a disgrace! Here's what YOUR ANA does for you.

saintguru · August 6, 2009 1:48AM

The official designated hotel for the LA ANA sho is the Wishire Grand downtown.

It's just a mere one mile plus form the convention center!

Now what genius process figured this out. To walk that far, with coins of value, in 85%+ heat....through an evolving but not yet good area? This stinks. There are connectiong hotels all over the center but they found one a mile away. Hummm....wonder what the real rates are?

It stink and this is why I always say "who gives a crap about the ANA". What have they done for me today?

braddick · August 6, 2009 2:05AM

Hey, TonkMocker, hail a cab.

MPLunatic · August 6, 2009 2:11AM

seriously, Im sure the hotel can arrange transportation for you, they might even have scheduled transportation that goes from the hotel to the venue every so often.

RYK · August 6, 2009 2:12AM

Someone probably got a good kickback from the hotel. I bet the ANA officers are not paying to stay there.

saintguru · August 6, 2009 2:17AM

<< Someone probably got a good kickback from the hotel. I bet the ANA officers are not paying to stay there. >>

dbldie55 · August 6, 2009 2:17AM

It does not seem to be a mile. It is closer than the Hilton, and I have walked from there every day.

saintguru · August 6, 2009 2:18AM

It SHOULD be right on the spot!! Need I cite all the ones that always are? Come on guys. Who needs to work up a sweat walking over there? I worked up enough of one signing my coins over to Heritage yesterday.

Not a mile or .75 miles away. Carrying coins? Forgrt it. Can't be heavy when you fly in.

RYK · August 6, 2009 2:23AM

Who needs to work up a sweat walking over there?

Maybe you should get in better shape.

I worked up enough of one signing my coins over to Heritage yesterday.

Gee, you gave them up now for the FUN show?

Longacre · August 6, 2009 2:25AM

Longacre always travels with a chauffeur.

BBN · August 6, 2009 2:29AM

Without humidity 85* should be a breeze.

saintguru · August 6, 2009 2:31AM

<< Who needs to work up a sweat walking over there?

Maybe you should get in better shape.

I worked up enough of one signing my coins over to Heritage yesterday.

Gee, you gave them up now for the FUN show?

>>

Rob...it's like breaking up with a great girlfriend. You have to make it fast and sweet. I want then out of my sight because it will be harder later. The deal is done, take the coins and start pounding the drums. And I'm in good enough shape to...............................ah...................never mind.

We'll have OUR battle on 9/20 in Chicago.

zeebob · August 6, 2009 2:33AM

<< Longacre always travels with a chauffeur.

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Zeebob always travels with a couple of his closest friends in .40 S&W.

RYK · August 6, 2009 2:34AM

<< 

<< Who needs to work up a sweat walking over there?

Maybe you should get in better shape.

I worked up enough of one signing my coins over to Heritage yesterday.

Gee, you gave them up now for the FUN show?

>>

Rob...it's like breaking up with a great girlfriend. You have to make it fast and sweet. I want then out of my sight because it will be harder later. The deal is done, take the coins and start pounding the drums. And I'm in good enough shape to...............................ah...................never mind.

We'll have OUR battle on 9/20 in Chicago.

>>

You are rooting for the Bears? Yes, you better be

ing.

I do see your point. Once you break the physical bond between you and the coins, it is much easier to break the emotional bond (or something like that). I minored in Psychiatry.

mgoodm3 · August 6, 2009 2:40AM

Have Longacre's chauffeur drive you.

STONE · August 6, 2009 2:43AM

<< We'll have OUR battle on 9/20 in Chicago.

>>

You guys planning something for my 21st B-Day? It's that day by the way

DA BEARS!!!

RYK · August 6, 2009 2:44AM

<< 

<< We'll have OUR battle on 9/20 in Chicago.

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You guys planning something for my 21st B-Day? It's that day by the way

DA BEARS!!! >>

I was just in Chicago this past weekend and saw more folks downtown wearing Steelers shirts than Bears shirts.

Robb · August 6, 2009 2:46AM

The last thing the ANA did for me was to sell my email address. Yay for SPAM.

BECOKA · August 6, 2009 2:46AM

What's stopping you from booking a room at a closer hotel?

RYK · August 6, 2009 2:49AM

<< What's stopping you from booking a room at a closer hotel? >>

Good point. As a rule, I never (ever, ever) use convention reservation service to book hotel.

mozeppa · August 6, 2009 2:49AM

good thing we don't collect military hardware...tanks, cannons, amphibious vehicles & such.

that could work up a real sweat.

STONE · August 6, 2009 2:51AM

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<< We'll have OUR battle on 9/20 in Chicago.

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You guys planning something for my 21st B-Day? It's that day by the way

DA BEARS!!! >>

I was just in Chicago this past weekend and saw more folks downtown wearing Steelers shirts than Bears shirts. >>

I would probably say you're right about that, but once football season kicks off the Bears jerseys will be flowing (mine included)

RYK · August 6, 2009 2:53AM

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<< We'll have OUR battle on 9/20 in Chicago.

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You guys planning something for my 21st B-Day? It's that day by the way

DA BEARS!!! >>

I was just in Chicago this past weekend and saw more folks downtown wearing Steelers shirts than Bears shirts. >>

I would probably say you're right about that, but once football season kicks off the Bears jerseys will be flowing (mine included) >>

On the weekend of the game, downtown Chicago will be taken over by Steeler Nation.

SeaEagleCoins · August 6, 2009 2:55AM

<< Longacre always travels with a chauffeur.

>>

You really should not refer to your wife in this manner. I have it on good authority that she lurks here to keep tabs on you...

That statement may very well end up costing you a full treatment day at the spa...or worse yet...a trip to Tiffany's...

STONE · August 6, 2009 2:59AM

<< 

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<< We'll have OUR battle on 9/20 in Chicago.

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You guys planning something for my 21st B-Day? It's that day by the way

DA BEARS!!! >>

I was just in Chicago this past weekend and saw more folks downtown wearing Steelers shirts than Bears shirts. >>

I would probably say you're right about that, but once football season kicks off the Bears jerseys will be flowing (mine included) >>

On the weekend of the game, downtown Chicago will be taken over by Steeler Nation. >>

Well, in any event I will be in Arizona studying my brains off for a good college education and so forth.

ksteelheader · August 6, 2009 3:01AM

<< 

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<< We'll have OUR battle on 9/20 in Chicago.

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You guys planning something for my 21st B-Day? It's that day by the way

DA BEARS!!! >>

I was just in Chicago this past weekend and saw more folks downtown wearing Steelers shirts than Bears shirts. >>

lcoopie · August 6, 2009 3:01AM

sainty appears to be right
like he usually is

claychaser · August 6, 2009 3:01AM

<< What's stopping you from booking a room at a closer hotel? >>

The only one I found that was actually close is a Holiday Inn, which I understand is full.

I stayed at the Wilshire Grand Tuesday night, and will not return. The rooms are so small that there is not room for a small dresser, the ventilation was poor, and I think I heard every toilet flush in the hotel all night. Then, the tapping and hammerring started around 6:00 am. All this for a mere $200/nite with the tax. No thanks.

The only positives is that there is a free ANA shuttle bus in the moring and evening hours. For the public transit adventerous, the 7th Street Metro Rail Station is across the street form the hotel, and I did note Transit Police and LAPD foot and Segway patrols in the station. I did not feel confortable using the Metro Rail Station at the Convention Center, as it is an open platorm two very long blocks away in a marginal area of town, and no police patrol. And, there is a Starbucks next door too.

MORGANHUNTER2 · August 6, 2009 3:26AM

Have y'all seen the new hotels at L.A. Live?

at least I had my fangers in that one when I was out there..

So how is the show actually going?

NightHawk · August 6, 2009 3:37AM

<< good thing we don't collect military hardware...tanks, cannons, amphibious vehicles & such.

that could work up a real sweat.

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Yea but you wouldn't have to worry about being robbed on the way to the center.

bestday · August 6, 2009 3:48AM

<< Someone probably got a good kickback from the hotel. I bet the ANA officers are not paying to stay there. >>

shorecoll · August 6, 2009 4:11AM

I assume you big dogs all know this, but the "special convention rates" are typically 20% higher than standard and goes toward kickbacks and room comps for the hosting firm (in this case the ANA). You can complain, but that's how that biz works. Any hotel mentioned anywhere in official convention lit is usually playing. Check the Wilshire's regular rates for next week and you'll see what I mean. The last conference I went to in Orlando I checked at the last minute and got in the Peabody (the one with the ducks) at 50% off due to cancellations.

RYK · August 6, 2009 4:32AM

<< 

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<< We'll have OUR battle on 9/20 in Chicago.

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You guys planning something for my 21st B-Day? It's that day by the way

DA BEARS!!! >>

I was just in Chicago this past weekend and saw more folks downtown wearing Steelers shirts than Bears shirts. >>

I would probably say you're right about that, but once football season kicks off the Bears jerseys will be flowing (mine included) >>

On the weekend of the game, downtown Chicago will be taken over by Steeler Nation. >>

Well, in any event I will be in Arizona studying my brains off for a good college education and so forth. >>

The weekend before the Super Bowl this past February, I was in Scottsdale, AZ. I saw more Steelers signs and banners there than I did Cardinals signs and banners. Face it, it's a Steeler Nation...and Steeler Universe!

PerryHall · August 6, 2009 5:34AM

<< Someone probably got a good kickback from the hotel. I bet the ANA officers are not paying to stay there. >>

RYK---Do you have any proof of your accusation?

wondercoin · August 6, 2009 5:41AM

I am a platinum Starwood member so I try to only stay at their brands (Sheraton, Westin, etc.). I just noticed that the Westin Boneventure downtown LA appears to be only about $125/night for this weekend. I like that hotel (and know the front desk manager well). If anyone is desperate to move to a nice hotel, you should consider that Westin (and take a short cab ride to the convention center). Feel free to Pm me for some additional tips with making a reservation there. Always be careful downtown LA as you would in most major US cities. Wondercoin

droopyd · August 6, 2009 5:43AM

You shoulda been here last week -- about 15 degrees warmer than it is now....

Kdog08 · August 6, 2009 5:46AM

You should have just told them who you are....oh wait....they may have read your recent thread and thought..."Ahhh, who cares about THAT guy?"

BAJJERFAN · August 6, 2009 6:02AM

<< Who needs to work up a sweat walking over there?

Maybe you should get in better shape.

I worked up enough of one signing my coins over to Heritage yesterday.

Gee, you gave them up now for the FUN show?

>>

Yep. That's what I was wondering. Seems kinda dumb unless its part of a settlement.

NEVERMIND

RYK · August 6, 2009 6:08AM

<< 

<< Someone probably got a good kickback from the hotel. I bet the ANA officers are not paying to stay there. >>

RYK---Do you have any proof of your accusation? >>

It's not an accusation. It has already been expounded on enough on this thread. If you do not have enough life experience to understand how things work in the real world, well, I feel sorry for you.

droopyd · August 6, 2009 6:54AM

<< If you do not have enough life experience to understand how things work in the real world, well, I feel sorry for you. >>

a039 · August 6, 2009 7:09AM

Jay, I need your room #, the bartender won't charge my drinks to you with just your name.

dizzyfoxx · August 6, 2009 8:18AM

<< What's stopping you from booking a room at a closer hotel? >>

My thoughts exactly.

Perhaps the ANA should have set up a cot for you right there in the lobby at the bourse entrance.

kranky · August 6, 2009 8:41AM

It's pretty common for a convention's "official" hotel to not be the closest, because the hotels adjacent to convention centers don't need to offer discounts to attract convention attendees. It's certainly not unique to the ANA.

I usually agree with you, SG, but I think this time your ire is misguided.

YaHa · August 6, 2009 8:49AM

Hell I'm just getting tired right now thinking about your journey ..

Also if I was to Attend tha show, I would go to the nearest grocery store, grab a basket, whip out my rain gear or blanket and park my ass in the back alley of the convention center so I could sleep and eat near the HVAC blowers..

When I need to chit/shower or shave, well the convention center has clean restrooms right.. Next time you see a dirty looking guy with a cane and a sign saying I love coins, wish I could be like you,. Just drop a gold token or a $20 bill in my Maxwell house can and all will be just fine..

droopyd · August 6, 2009 8:52AM

<< well the convention center has clean restrooms right. >>

clean-ish perhaps.

GFourDriver · August 6, 2009 9:51AM

<<<Longacre always travels with a chauffeur. >>>

Ever have an Ahhhhh Ha moment?

Longacre is Thurston Howell III.

timber100 · August 6, 2009 11:53AM

The Bears over the Steelers?

WTCG · August 6, 2009 11:56AM

<< The official designated hotel for the LA ANA sho is the Wishire Grand downtown.

It's just a mere one mile plus form the convention center!

Now what genius process figured this out. To walk that far, with coins of value, in 85%+ heat....through an evolving but not yet good area? This stinks. There are connectiong hotels all over the center but they found one a mile away. Hummm....wonder what the real rates are?

It stink and this is why I always say "who gives a crap about the ANA". What have they done for me today? >>

I'm guessing the OP has never been to the L.A. Convention Center area. If he has then he probably has not explored the area around the convention center. Verifiable with Google Maps, there is not a single hotel that is attached to the convention center. There is only one hotel, a Holiday Inn, that is within a half mile of the convention center. That Holiday Inn, needless to say, is not an impressive place.

There is a Ritz-Carlton under construction that is very close by, but that hotel is not yet open.

Perhaps the facts should be known before the rush to criticism is commenced.

COALPORTER · August 6, 2009 12:25PM

Cause it's LA and most guests are Rock Stars with Mega limos.

The farter it is from the hotel to the venue- the more time you have to get smashed in the back of a limo.

garsmith · August 6, 2009 12:36PM

<< Hey, TonkMocker, hail a cab. >>

Ya, an cabbie would never rob you

saintguru · August 6, 2009 4:03PM

<< The Bears over the Steelers?

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Hey Timber. Let me give you a little history. I went to Pitt. A very, very close friend of mine back then was Art Rooney II. I was an avid fan from 1972-1976. When I moved to Chicago I was a Steelers fan...but living in Chicgo one can't resist the allure of the Bears. And I embraced then, through good and bad as Steelers fans did for so many horrible years. It's loyalty and supporting your home team.

Do I want the Bears to beat the Steeler? You bet your ass I do. But I will never not like the boys from the 'burgh. Nope, never.

Coinosaurus · August 6, 2009 4:06PM

I'm with StG on this one. I'm staying at the WG and it is just way too far away from the convention center. I will certainly check out the "official hotel" for geography before booking for the Boston ANA next year. At least they have free wifi and free breakfast (assuming you can get to the 15th floor).

As for the Steelers........Mr. Cutler will carve them up good

The ANA: What a disgrace! Here's what YOUR ANA does for you.

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