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Originally posted by Sosa
Ok, I'm trying to setup some vacation time to get to Chicago to see the cubs/redsox in June. I'm gonna be all over tickets etc the first day since I know that will be my only chance at em without paying a shitload more.
What I need to know is a good hotel close to Wrigley, (doesn't have to be a $500/night place) most searches I'm doing is coming up with $200-$300 per night for 3 adults and 1 kid and being withing 2 miles of the field.
Also, is their a six flags around Chicago? Or what other places around the city are worth checking out? None of us have ever been there so I thought I would ask here 
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Ace0r's on the money, get a good downtown hotel and take the EL in for the game, or rent a limo and just get dropped off at the front gate. Chicago limousine rates are pretty cheap compared to other cities I've been in.
I'd recommend Amm's Limo -
http://www.ammslimo.com
Ask for Jimmy, he will take care of you!
Something maybe worth looking into, there are shuttle buses from Gurnee Mills to downtown, mainly for the sailors from Great Lakes Naval Training Center to get downtown, you can usually get a van to yourselves when they deadhead it back north for another load of sailors on liberty. The drop off zone is where the old Rock and Roll McDonalds was, I will find out the skinny next time I am in Gurnee.
You might want to get a hotel in Gurnee, Six Flags is putting in a water park for next year. I recommend the Hampton Inn Gurnee over the five other hotels in walking distance. Also, if you are shopping fans, Gurnee Mills mall is an indoor outlet mall with about 200+ stores, 20 resturants 20 movie screens, ice skating rink, rifle range, etc. There is usually about 30+ tour buses parked there for shopping tours there.
Not knowing what you want to do in Chicago limits me in recommending something, Chicago is a 24/7 city, there is ALWAYS something going on that interests me.
