Ride Share from O'Hare to CCPC Show
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Just an aside, but having grown up not far from O'Hare, I always wondered if the organizers of the Chicago Pipe Show priced venues at the hotels on the elevated line from the airport, just a few stops away. It would really make attending the show convenient and do away with the need to rent cars. It seems as if the hotels would want to strike a deal, since I don't think they run anywhere near capacity, though I'm just speculating on that. The smoking prohibitions could be circumvented, maybe, by having a tent as a smoking area on the grounds. I've never been, but the Pheasant Run venue sounds like it has filled the bill, but maybe this is an alternative if that every changed. There's a little community in the vicinity of some of those hotels, Rosemont, that has a park with a pond, bridges, and swans, which would make a nice outdoor area, if not a smoking area. I guess it would depend on how the hotel rates are going in any particular year. They may run high, regardless of capacity, to keep them high otherwise.
I'm local, and will pass right by O'Hare. If anyone is getting in before noon on Thur, I could pick you up. Shoot me a dm.
I suspect that barriers to a move to a more convenient location would be high prices and finding hoteliers who are as motivated as Pheasant Run has been to accommodate a smoking event. Besides, it's only a twenty minute drive from home for me now and O'Hare is an hour away. :-P
I think it's continuity in part, as well as since it ain't broke, why fix it? I know I'm not going to bring up moving it closer to O'Hare, because I'd risk being assigned to head up the scouting process...no thanks. 8O
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