DC certainly has that.  Plenty of hotels within a few blocks of MCI Center,
with a couple of massive hotel projects on the way to go with our new
convention center.

A good host city has a large arena.  MCI seats ~18,000 for hockey.

A good host city has lots of things for people to do on the off-day.
Washington has:
-many, many museums
-memorials
-tours of the White House, Capitol, and Supreme Court
-a (lately) ever-increasing number of dining and entertainment options in the
downtown

A good host city has an arena I can walk to from home. :-)

John, I'd love to help you with this.  Have you contacted Washington Sports or
th DC Convention and Visitors Bureau?

Quoting Erik Biever <[log in to unmask]>:

> Here's another:  A group of hotels (with rooms available!) in close
> proximity
> to each other and reasonably near the arena, like we had in Buffalo.
> Milwaukee's downtown is especially good in this respect.  Albany is an
> example
> of the opposite.
>



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