Miller Park Hotel

[trwi7]

Granted, they have the casino there but it's basically in the same area.

 

Umm yeah, the casino is the reason for the hotel. Comparing a Miller Park hotel to the Potawatomi hotel, is about as big of an apples and oranges comparison as you can make. And while it is a decent walk, it's plausible that you could walk from the casino to downtown. Not only that but the Potawatomi hotel is also close to popular neighborhoods, Walker's Point and the Third Ward. Not so much from Miller Park.

 

I also think it's funny who started this thread considering a hotel right by Miller Park would hugely cater to Cubs fans, especially on weekends.

[tmwiese55]

Granted, they have the casino there but it's basically in the same area.

 

Umm yeah, the casino is the reason for the hotel. Comparing a Miller Park hotel to the Potawatomi hotel, is about as big of an apples and oranges comparison as you can make. And while it is a decent walk, it's plausible that you could walk from the casino to downtown. Not only that but the Potawatomi hotel is also close to popular neighborhoods, Walker's Point and the Third Ward. Not so much from Miller Park.

 

I also think it's funny who started this thread considering a hotel right by Miller Park would hugely cater to Cubs fans, especially on weekends.

 

Yea it's the reason it exists but I'm just pointing out that it's the 2nd closest hotel to MP and sells rooms for 3-400 on weekends because of it, so just showing there is a demand in the area. Still, is it worth it considering weeknights are likely blah and offseason of course is blah (whereas Poto has casino all the time)? Probably not at this point. For the distance stuff, Poto is like 1 to 1.5 miles from MP. so anything Poto is close to so is MP

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I think this comes down to people drastically exaggerating the number of people consistently coming down from other parts of the state to go to Brewers games. Sure, that happens. But the majority of people are an hour away tops and want to go home. There aren't enough people coming down every weekend from Superior and Neenah to justify a hotel. Even if they are, they're staying in a place close to the city to get the "Milwaukee experience" and go out on Water, take their kids to Betty Brinn, or eat downtown.

 

There's just no incentive to stay near the stadium. It is extremely easy to get there from the city where everything else is. Putting it where it is was the trade-off for continuing the tailgate tradition.

[wallus]

I think this comes down to people drastically exaggerating the number of people consistently coming down from other parts of the state to go to Brewers games. Sure, that happens. But the majority of people are an hour away tops and want to go home.

 

I'd love to see the studies that support your opinion on that.

[MrTPlush]

I think this comes down to people drastically exaggerating the number of people consistently coming down from other parts of the state to go to Brewers games. Sure, that happens. But the majority of people are an hour away tops and want to go home.

 

I'd love to see the studies that support your opinion on that.

 

The Brewers have a major pull from outside the Milwaukee area compared to what other teams do. That is totally true...especially come summer time. That’s because it is a easy drive and mostly stress free...and for the roof. No risk of rain allows people 2 hours away to comfortably come.

 

Problem is at the same time the majority of that greater pull radius are still close enough where a hotel isn’t needed. Stevens Point, Oshkosh, Madison, Green Bay, Wis Dells, Beloit, etc. are all within travel distance. Everyone I know in these areas never spend the night in a hotel. All travel home.

 

I’d say you’d have to be 2.5 hours or more to be in likely hotel stay range. Living in that area almost all these people go to Sunday games so they can drive there’s and back same day. Wisconsin people are pretty frugal especially in rural areas. They don’t like blowing money on hotels. Even the biggest fans I know up here go to max 3 games a year typically. They aren’t a big percentage of the fans on any given day.

[trwi7]

I think this comes down to people drastically exaggerating the number of people consistently coming down from other parts of the state to go to Brewers games. Sure, that happens. But the majority of people are an hour away tops and want to go home.

 

I'd love to see the studies that support your opinion on that.

 

The Brewers have a major pull from outside the Milwaukee area compared to what other teams do. That is totally true...especially come summer time. That’s because it is a easy drive and mostly stress free...and for the roof. No risk of rain allows people 2 hours away to comfortably come.

 

Problem is at the same time the majority of that greater pull radius are still close enough where a hotel isn’t needed. Stevens Point, Oshkosh, Madison, Green Bay, Wis Dells, Beloit, etc. are all within travel distance. Everyone I know in these areas never spend the night in a hotel. All travel home.

 

I’d say you’d have to be 2.5 hours or more to be in likely hotel stay range. Living in that area almost all these people go to Sunday games so they can drive there’s and back same day. Wisconsin people are pretty frugal especially in rural areas. They don’t like blowing money on hotels. Even the biggest fans I know up here go to max 3 games a year typically. They aren’t a big percentage of the fans on any given day.

 

Not only this but if you're staying for a weekend, why would you want to stay near Miller Park? If you're here during Summerfest, you would probably want to stay in the Kimpton or Westin which are right by the Summerfest Grounds and also Betty Brinn, Discovery World and the Art Museum. If you want discounted and halfway between Miller Park and downtown you can stay at the Ambassador. If it's a bunch of younger people who want to bar hop after the game they would stay along the river.

 

There is just nothing near Miller Park that would make people want to stay at a hotel there unless people get their kicks at a Walmart Super Center or Target. If I live in Eau Claire or something and am coming down for a weekend series, I'm not going to want to stay in an area that has just the stadium. It's most likely nice weather, I'm going to want to be at the beach or just walking around downtown or doing literally anything other than sitting in my hotel room waiting for the gates to open.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I think this comes down to people drastically exaggerating the number of people consistently coming down from other parts of the state to go to Brewers games. Sure, that happens. But the majority of people are an hour away tops and want to go home.

 

I'd love to see the studies that support your opinion on that.

 

I doubt that has been greatly "studied" in academia. Do you really think the majority of people are coming from outside an hour? It's not enough of their clientele to justify this type of project. My apparently controversial statement means that over 50% of attendees live within an hour of the stadium...you think that's not the case? Sorry, uh, it is. I'd guess that number is more like 95% on a given day.

 

If you compare it to Lambeau where the team plays once a week and 8x per year, you're going to have a FAR more diverse crowd of people from all over the state.

 

I think the fact that no such area exists and the stadium is approaching 20 year olds makes it more likely than not that it's true. Do you have some evidence to the contrary?

 

Even if they are, they are only doing so on weekend home games. It just isn't a great number of dates.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

trw, exactly. If you come out of town you make a weekend of it and want the lake, a festival, Betty Brinn, night life, food...not Cermak and a bank.

[MrTPlush]

Miller Park now has a second hotel within walking distance. The Best Western is about a 1.1 mile walk (23 mins) and a Marriott Fairfield is opening down Miller Park Way just a .5 mile (12 min) walk.

 

No ballpark village, but at least a little bit of growth in the area nearby to give it a second hotel.