[Chicago] [Fwd: Any ChiPy plans for PyCon 2008?]

[Brantley Harris]

To chime in, quickly:

In my opinion, a location nearer to the city-proper would be much more
preferable.  It would be a shame if people had to spend a week in
Schaumburg.  It's not exactly the softest side of Chicago.

I wonder if the Mayor's Office would be interested in helping with
this?  I would think they would want to foster any sort of
semi-international event that had to do with the cutting-edge tech
industry.

On 12/6/06, Ted Pollari <tcp at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
> Another option may be the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention
> Center  -- it's  a new hotel and conference center not far from
> O'Hare.  It wouldn't be my first choice for locations as it's lacking
> in L or Metra access, but its proximity to the airport and the
> schaumburg/woodfield food/shopping megaplex makes it a potential site
> and certainly comparable to the current site in Texas as far as
> location goes.
>
> http://marriott.com/property/meetingsandevents/default/chirs
>
> I guess the next step would be to get an idea of their costs.
>
> -ted
>
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