In Tampa for a couple weeks...

[jeff061]

Back to back projects. I may not have any time to go out at night, but just in case I figure I ought to stay somewhere that has things within walking distance.

Any suggestions? I stayed at the Hyatt downtown last November, not a damn thing nearby that I found. Well I did find a bar, Boss Hog's, yeah...

[hoopsguy]

There were a lot of bars in Ybor City nearby, but I have no idea what is good there (if anything) at this point in time. It's been ten years since I was in Tampa, and even then I wasn't exactly bar-hopping there every weekend.

[Dutch]

2010 Rays Schedule | raysbaseball.com: Schedule (http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=tb&m=5&y=2010)

Here's the Tampa Bay Rays schedule if you want to take in a baseball game.

[hoopsguy]

It is a terrible ball park, although maybe the experience will be better with more than the 3,500 fans that were there for my one Rays game.

I described the experience as "depressing" and the park as a "mausoleum", fwiw.

[jeff061]

Hah, not sure if I could go from Boston to Tampa for a ball game :D.

I think Ybor was recommended to me last time I was down there, I'll check into that.

[SteveMax58]

Hah, not sure if I could go from Boston to Tampa for a ball game :D.

I think Ybor was recommended to me last time I was down there, I'll check into that.

Yeah, Ybor is probably a good bet to find some things to do. But I don't know if there are any hotels you'd want to stay at within walking distance. EDIT: I guess there are some hotels that might be decent to stay at there. I've just never really looked as I lived in the Tampa area and didnt need a hotel. :)

I'd also recommend Bay Street at International Plaza. It has some different restaurants & bars there in a little walkable area(it has a mall attached to it as well). That might sound a little cheesy but every time I've been there (usually Thursdays/Fridays) it's been pretty busy with late 20's to early 40's people and skews more towards professionals.

Not sure if you're looking for clubs...but, well...I havent really been to any in a while so hard to give any advice there.

Downtown Tampa isn't really a place to go to do much. It's mostly just a business district.

[ShaneTheMaster]

Ybor City - 20s crowd
Channelside - 30s crowd

I'm not sure about hotels in those 2 areas, though. Channelside has Splitsville, a bar with a bowling alley inside it that is pretty cool.

EDIT: Depending on where you have to go to work, I'd stay in Clearwater beach, they have plenty of bars/resteraunts in the area, and they are all within walking distance.

[jeff061]

Very good suggestions, thanks all. Bay Steet sounds more my style. I don't want to stay in too nice of a hotel anyways. I'm the product my company is selling so I need to keep costs down :).

I have to drive about 45 minutes outside of Tampa. But I didn't feel like staying in the sticks for a couple weeks.

[ISiddiqui]

Ybor City is awesome. Stayed at a nice hotel there... I think it was a Marriot property.

[KWhit]

Just stay next door to Mons Venus.

[jeff061]

Well I do get a $500 weekly stripper allowance...