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I booked it for five nights as a base for spring training exploration. I'm three nights into the stay, and I have no complaints.
The room, at $136 a night, is more than adequately sized for me, a single guest. There is free Wi-Fi and free parking, though the parking situation is tricky. There are about 20 spots in the lot on which the hotel sits. If they are all taken, guests can use the parking garage shared with the Radisson down the street. So far, I haven't had to use the garage.
There's an HD TV that seems to get about 3,000 channels, but I have barely turned it on. The room also has a mini fridge, along with the usual dresser, desk, closet, iron, cofeemaker and a selection of coffee and tea.
The room has a king-size bed that to me is very comfortable. The bathroom is spotless, with no stray hairs or scuff marks or crusty areas anywhere. In fact, even I, a noted germophobe, feel comfortable walking around barefoot, which I almost never do in hotel rooms.
The climate control is more than adequate; it is accessed by a digital thermostat on the wall.
I haven't heard other guests around me; I'm pretty sure at least one neighboring room is occupied, but whoever is staying there has not been making obnoxious noise.
One of the front-desk staff members gave me an excellent recommendation for a Mexican restaurant, Mi Patio, that is within walking distance (see my Yelp review of it). His manager tried in vain in a friendly manner to help me when the vending machine wouldn't dispense fabric softener (I was doing laundry--and a slight quibble here is that one front-desk person whom I asked if there was a guest laundry said there wasn't one. The next day, the same staff member who recommended the Mexican place said there was, indeed, a guest laundry, on the second floor. He was right. It's adjacent to the fitness center.).
So far, the hotel's location has been pretty good for a spring-training base. Many of the camps are nearby Phoenix, so it makes sense to just plop yourself down somewhere and visit the various cities. Word of warning, though, if you do come out for spring training: Leave early for the games. The last mile of distance to the ballpark could well take you an hour-plus to navigate. Clearly, these sites are not built to handle the volume of traffic that a major league team can generate. There are no six-level parking garages at these sites.
There's also a 24-hour Walgreens, a Staples, and a Chase bank two blocks away from the hotel (the Chase is actually closer to five or six blocks, but it's still a short walk).
I've been very pleased with my stay at the Holiday Inn and would recommend it. If I come back for spring training again, I will most likely stay here.
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