In Tampa for a couple weeks...

jeff061 · 04-26-2010, 08:15 PM

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 · 04-26-2010, 08:36 PM

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 · 04-27-2010, 05:13 AM

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

hoopsguy · 04-27-2010, 06:53 AM

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 · 04-27-2010, 08:04 AM

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

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

SteveMax58 · 04-27-2010, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jeff061

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

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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 · 04-27-2010, 08:29 AM

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 · 04-27-2010, 09:09 AM

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

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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 · 04-27-2010, 09:20 AM

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

KWhit · 04-27-2010, 09:29 AM

Just stay next door to Mons Venus.

jeff061 · 04-27-2010, 10:14 AM

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

04-27-2010, 05:13 AM	#3
Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	2010 Rays Schedule \| raysbaseball.com: Schedule Here's the Tampa Bay Rays schedule if you want to take in a baseball game. Last edited by Dutch : 04-27-2010 at 05:13 AM.

04-27-2010, 08:04 AM	#5
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	Hah, not sure if I could go from Boston to Tampa for a ball game . I think Ybor was recommended to me last time I was down there, I'll check into that. __________________

04-27-2010, 08:29 AM	#7
ShaneTheMaster High School JV Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tampa, FL	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. __________________ ShaneTheMaster GM, Savannah Kings (WOOF2) Ex-GM, Austin Rage (USFL) Ex-GM, Cincinatti Bengals, (Replicated NFL) Ex-GM, Tampa Bay Surge, (WLAF) Last edited by ShaneTheMaster : 04-27-2010 at 08:31 AM.

04-27-2010, 09:09 AM	#8
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	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. __________________

04-27-2010, 09:20 AM	#9
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Ybor City is awesome. Stayed at a nice hotel there... I think it was a Marriot property. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

04-26-2010, 08:36 PM	#2
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	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.

04-27-2010, 06:53 AM	#4
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	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.

04-27-2010, 09:29 AM	#10
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	Just stay next door to Mons Venus.

04-27-2010, 10:14 AM	#11
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	Well I do get a $500 weekly stripper allowance... __________________

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