Hotels, Restaurants,
and Entertainment
The following hotels are within 2 miles of the CSUS campus and have agreed
to give a discounted rate to all NCWCA attendees for the week of March 3,
2007.
- Best
Western Expo Inn
1413 Howe Avenue
(916) 922-9833
Reservations: 1-800-643-4422
Dbl occupancy - discount rate:
$ 79.00
Hotel shuttle to airport & train station
only
- Vagabond
Inn Executive
2030 Arden Way
(916) 929-5600
Reservations: 1-800-522-1555
Dbl occupancy - discount rate:
$ 59.00
**(Shuttle van service for the day to &
from CSUS at a cost of $64.00 per group on Saturday, March 3rd)
- Residence
Inn – Marriott
1530 Howe Avenue
Reservations: (800)-218-7214
* Ask for Sac
State
discount rate:
Studio suites: $ 99.00
Penthouse suites: $ 149.00
Nearby
entertainment & shopping:
- Century Theaters
next door to Vagabond Inn
- Arden Fair Mall
2-3 blocks from hotels
Nearby restaurants within walking distance of first three listed hotels:
Outback
Chipotle
Bucca de Beppo
Red Lobster
Chili’s
TGIF
Applebee’s
Sacramento Bee
Dining Guide: http://www.sacticket.com/dining/
The following hotels
are located in downtown Sacramento (app. 7 miles from CSUS).
Shuttle service is
NOT available to and from CSUS.
-
Embassy Suites Hotel
Sacramento-Riverfront Promenade
(AAA Four Diamond Rating)
*Higher end hotel in downtown
Sacramento
next to historic “Old Town Sacramento,” app. 7 miles from CSUS campus.
100 Capitol Mall (off of I-5)
Reservations: (916) 326-5000
Dbl occupancy reg. rate:
$179.00
- Hyatt
Regency Sacramento
(AAA Four Diamond Rating)
*Higher end hotel in downtown
Sacramento
near the State Capitol
1209 L Street
Reservations: (800)
346-8357 $ 149.00
- La Quinta
Inn Downtown Sacramento
200 Jibboom St
Reservations: (916) 448-8100
Dbl occupancy AAA
rate: $ 84.60
- Vagabond Inn
*next to historic Old
Town Sacramento
909 3rd St.
Reservations: (916) 446-1481
$94.00
Restaurants in
Old Town Sacramento
Firehouse Restaurant
Rio City Café (on
the river)
Pilothouse
Restaurant (on board the Delta King)
Joe’s Crab Shack
Restaurants in
downtown Sacramento
II Fornaio
400 Capitol Mall
916-446-4100
Chanterelle
1300 H St 916-442-0451
Brew It Up! Brewery
& Grill 801 14th St 916-441-3000
The Broiler Steakhouse 1201 K St 916-444-3444
Gallagher’s Irish
Pub 1201 K St 916-444-3444
Sacramento Bee
Dining Guide: http://www.sacticket.com/dining/
Some things to
do & see in Sacramento
- Visit historic
“Old Town Sacramento” on the Sacramento River
- California
Rail
Road Museum
- State
Capitol
Building
- Crocker
Art Museum
(free on Sundays from nine until noon)
- K Street Mall
Transportation
Unfortunately, the
CSUS Hornet Express bus service does not operate on weekends. In addition
to this, most hotel shuttle service is to the Sacramento
International
Airport and Amtrak train station exclusively. For those attendees in need
of public transportation, there are two options:
- RT buses have
direct (no transfer) routes on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at:
Vagabond Inn (Arden
Way) Route 087 bus. Depart: 7:24 AM and 8:24 AM directly to CSUS Fair:
$2.00
CSUS to Vagabond Inn
– Route 087 bus. Depart: 5:50 PM
and 6:50 PM directly to Arden
Way Fair: $2.00
**Note: Best
Western Expo Inn, Vagabond Inn, and Residence Inn-Marriott are all in
close proximity of each other.
For other Sacramento
Rapid Transit time schedules and routes, log onto: www.sacrt.com/
Arden Way/Howe
Ave. Affordable Cab Co (916) 425-4604
Downtown
Sacramento: Discount Taxi (916) 444-6344
