Hotel Info & Reservations
Update 2008-03-05
The housing bureau is now closed. See the reservations site for the hotel direct phone numbers.
The conference hotel is full for some nights (March 13 & 14). There may be space in a hotel right next door to the conference hotel for $129/night + tax (the DoubleTree Chicago O'Hare; see the reservations site for phone numbers).
The venue for PyCon 2008:
Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare hotel (link for info only; reservation info here)5440 N River RdRosemont, IL 60018(North-west corner of North River Road and Balmoral Avenue.)
The room rate is $99/night + 13% tax, totalling $112/night.
- Find the hotel on Google Maps. (It's the right address, but Google Maps may put the green arrow on the wrong building. See the Getting to the hotel page for a better map.)
- Getting to the hotel. The hotel is near Chicago O'Hare airport (ORD), with a free shuttle bus.
- Traveling to Chicago.
Reservations
Hotel reservations info here (off-site).
Please note that a 3rd-party housing bureau handled reservations for the PyCon room block. The hotel may not have a record of your reservation. The email confirmation you received from the housing bureau is guaranteed. Please check it for accuracy and contact the housing bureau with any changes (contact info is in the confirmation message).
Room Sharing
Make arrangements on the "room sharing" wiki page.
Have a roommate and save 50%. 3 people in a room means 3 nights for $112 per person.
Parking
The hotel's parking lot costs $18/day.
Rosemont Village parking garage is right next to the hotel and is $11/day.
Conference Rooms
- Floor plan (not to scale)
- Floor plan on Flickr (also not to scale, but less so)
- Capacity chart (PDF)
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