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Date Posted: 18:32:27 01/28/25 Tue
Author: See inside
Subject: The location is going to be great.
In reply to: Positive spin much? 's message, "Disagree. Glad you like the venue…but personally find it disappointing" on 15:45:28 01/28/25 Tue

Lots of hotels close by, many with shuttles to the venue. And many are reasonably priced and have pools and include breakfast.

Yeah, you might want to rent a car, but there are Ubers. And if the hotel is cheap, that will offset the cost of uber.

This move makes me think CLRG might have a chance at survival as they appear to have done something that made financial sense. Schaumburg is no frills, but it is with 5 miles of O’Hare so pretty much everyone should be able to book a reasonably priced nonstop flight (except for Australians and New Zealanders, maybe we should set up a fund to help them out). And, as I said, lots of good hotel options and food options as well.

But the real beauty of Schaumburg is that CLRG is going to pull in gobs of money with teams. Pretty much every single team that dances at the MidAmerica O this fall will be at Worlds. There were more than 250 4-hand teams across all age groups at O last fall. There were around 80 8-hand teams. And these are just teams from the host region. I expect there to be a ton of teams from other US regions because Schaumburg is just about the easiest/cheapest venue to get to.

Congrats to CLRG for thinking outside the box.

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Watch and wait for the hotel fiasco. Schaumburg is not Dublin, Glasgow, London or other major cities. There are barely sufficient rooms for Mid-America Oireachtas. (NT) -- Just wait - you’ll be sorry., 18:59:48 01/28/25 Tue
- The hotel attached to the venue is not big enough. But there are tons of hotels in Schaumburg. We had families book close hotels the week of O. (NT) -- Stop making up stuff, 05:15:51 01/29/25 Wed
- You realize we can all go Priceline.com and search for all the hotels in Schaumburg and the vicinity, right? (NT) -- Right?, 05:22:11 01/29/25 Wed
  - Well - I guess it’s as simple as waiting to see what happens next year. We’ll see who is right. The positive spin or the reality of Schaumburg compared to cities like Dublin, Glasgow, Belfast, and London. (NT) -- Not a brain surgeon … but, 08:50:09 01/29/25 Wed
    - Over 9,000,000 people live in the Chicago area and this city hosts conferences larger than Worlds regularly? -- Mad Americans will show up?, 11:27:07 01/29/25 Wed
      - Are you sure there is no block ? There always is when Worlds is in NA -- ., 17:13:09 01/29/25 Wed
        There will be a block. Although Chicago is large, most conventions are held downtown where the hotels are. Schaumburg is a small suburb ... for reference - Greensboro is twice the size. Direct from Schaumburg website (inside) -- Reality is tough to swallow, 11:15:27 01/31/25 Fri
        Have you been? Many more nearby hotels not listed, just look at a map -- Over 4k rooms, see link inside, 10:14:02 02/01/25 Sat
      - There will be a room block and facility fee if you don’t stay (NT) -- CLRG told TCs, 20:37:20 01/29/25 Wed
      - Why wouldn’t there be a block? There’s always a block for NANS, for over 2 decades. (NT) -- Dm, 10:16:37 01/31/25 Fri

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