Comments on: A Quick Trip to Pittsburgh

By: unclekage

unclekage — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:58:38 +0000

Actually, parking at the convention center is $10 per DAY. If you park overnight, it’s $18. Grrrr.
The hotel will give us $10 per overnight stay, but that does not get you in-and-out privs, sadly.

By: woofwoofarf

woofwoofarf — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:12:46 +0000

In reply to loriana. Not too much to worry about, parking wise. The hotel has a garage under the building (though anything taller than six feet is Right Out) that will hold, I would guess, 200-300 cars. For the overflow, there's more than enough parking a block away at the convention center, as you can see from this satellite photo (the Westin is the V-shaped building). (Unconfirmed) rumor has it that Anthrocon has negotiated a $10/day parking rate with the hotel, and the parking at the convention center is $10 per day as well, though I do not believe they offer in/out privileges. As for fursuiting, I know there will be a headless lounge over in the Convention Center, in one of the programming rooms they have there. Here are the floor plans of the Convention Center (PDF) - Anthrocon has Hall C on the second floor and programming rooms 301-305 and the Spirit of Pittsburgh ballroom on the third floor.

By: loriana

loriana — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 05:13:18 +0000

Thanks for posting this… I’ve been curious to know what the facilities would be like for some time.
Umm.. parking is the one thing that scares me still!
What was parking space like at the hotel??
Alas, I have been wanting an excuse to go back to pittsubrugh! I havent been there since CMU days! 😛
I have so many ‘side trips’ i wanna make into Oakland, and Squirrel Hill, and of course CMU campus again…. to see what has changed, and to taste some of the food again that I remember from so long ago.
*dreamy look in eyes*
Ohh.. ummm.. right! Anyway, thanks again for the post. It will be interesting to see what fursuiting is like in such a spacious convention center *ponder*

By: delphi_of_clf

delphi_of_clf — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:34:03 +0000

Thanks for the post :), it gave me the chance to mention it to friends, and the pictures were helpfull too.

By: giza

giza — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:18:24 +0000

If only they had been running OS/X... ;-)

By: rigelkitty

rigelkitty — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:53:16 +0000

In reply to woofwoofarf. We were at the site for the first official visit, but have been meaning to go again on an informal basis.

By: woofwoofarf

woofwoofarf — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 20:01:17 +0000

In reply to rigelkitty.

Ummm, whoops. There’s this guy in Philadelphia you’ll need to take that up with…
(For what it’s worth, the space for the Masq and dances is pretty damn spiffy! And ginormous, but that applies to most of the spaces in the Convention Center.)

By: rigelkitty

rigelkitty — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:33:45 +0000

Damn, we’ve been looking for an opportunity to visit the site when many of the staff would be there. Looks like we missed the chance. 😛

By: shockwave77598

shockwave77598 — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 18:37:06 +0000

Many of us are watching carefully how well this goes. Typically, moving a con to a new city (>100 miles) causes a 5% drop in attendance. But with the steady 11% growth in all cons, anything is possible.