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He estimates that the overall boost from all of the Tigers' postseason games will amount to more than $72 million -- the economic benefit rental car price comparison forecasted when the Tigers made it to the championship series in 2006.
"I don't know if I am screaming at the TV because I want the Tigers to win or because I know they are going to fill our hotel for a week," said Judy Booth, director of sales and marketing at the Detroit Marriott hotel at the Renaissance Center.
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Part of the reason for this is that Oakland simply does not have as many hotel rooms as San Francisco. Oakland also lacks San Francisco's high-end brand names -- no Ritz-Carlton or Four Seasons for instance.
Oakland's total number of hotel rooms, as calculated by the adding the numbers rental car price comparison provided by the Oakland Convention and Visitor's Bureau is 3,584 -- including the Claremont Hotel which is technically in Berkeley (by mailing address anyway). The Port of San Francisco, as part of its promotional materials for The America's Cup noted that as of 2009 there were 32,976 hotel rooms in San Francisco.
If the A's were to move south, hotels in San Jose would likely benefit as the option of staying in San Francisco becomes rental car price comparison more difficult. The distance to San Francisco would increase from about 17 miles (mapping from the Four Seasons to the Coliseum) to 42 miles (mapping from the Four Seasons to the HP Pavilion).
If you search for where opposing rental car price comparison teams stay when playing the Sharks in San Jose, the consensus appears to be downtown San Jose -- for instance, the Vancouver Sun spotted the Canucks at the hotel Valencia last May.
With this in mind, consider A's Managing Partner Lew Wolff's various hotel investments. While Wolff owns part of the Fairmont in San Francisco, his company Wolff Urban Development, LLC lists among its properties both the Fairmont and the Hilton and Towers in San Jose. In addition, in 2011 Wolff also purchased the Sainte Claire in downtown San Jose. He is very clearly well-poistioned to gain from fans and teams staying in San Jose.
He s got 3 other hotels that could provide the same option, Stone said, adding that the purchase should nevertheless signal to city officials that Wolff is committed to help bring people and business to downtown San Jose.
Wolff very clearly, and sensibly, wants a cut of the ancillary revenue streams that would be created by bringing a team to downtown San Jose. It is utterly naive to think that Wolff's personal calculus regarding the team's location isn't impacted by his non-team investments. In San Jose he has stakes in hotels and office buildings throughout the city. His investment in Oakland rental car price comparison is non-existent besides being a tenant of the Coliseum.