A university conference center offering hotel rooms on the side.
Note: I'm evaluating this as a hotel. As a home away from home conference center, the rating would be a bit stronger.
As far as hotels go this place has a number of strengths:
- decent sized rooms and bathrooms
- attached, underground parking ($12/day)
- classic, arts and craft decor
- nice looking lobby
- location- right on the SE edge of campus
- nice but small pub on top floor (opens at 4:30)
Opportunities
-pillows are pretty hard
-only queen beds -either one bed or two per room
-rooms feel a little Spartan- sort of a nicer bigger dorm room
- shower heads are extra low flow (felt like it took 10 min just to get wet)
We stayed one night in January on a non-sports weekend (school hadn't resumed yet for the semester) so we had the place mostly to ourselves and there were plenty of spaces in the attached parking garage. Checkin process was quick and easy and the student inn keepers were friendly and helpful. As hotels go, this place is on par with a 3-star hotel. If you want something a bit more plus, around the same price with a few more amenities, try the new Hampton Inn a block away (I've stayed there a couple of times).
Overall the Fluono center is nice but not my first choice for a campus hotel.