A Few Nights and a Ballgame...

We%26#39;re going to be visiting St. Louis in Mid-June for a few nights and a Cards game at Busch Stadium. We will be there Wed-Saturday and am trying to figure out where we want to stay.

Here%26#39;s what we like:

1) Nightlife

2) Good Eats

3) Maybe a show (?)

4) Walk-ability

5) One fine-dining (or at least upscale dining) night

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Is the area around the park walkable? Is it better to stay a couple miles away where there may be nicer (safer) places within walking distance and just take a cab to the game?

Any and all thoughts/ideas are appreciated.

A Few Nights and a Ballgame...

There are several hotels near Union Station, some nice upscale restaurants (Dierdorf %26amp; Harts, not far from Busch Stadium). If you stay at someplace like the Hampton at Union Station, you%26#39;re not far from the riverfront and the arch. There%26#39;s also a shuttle to the stadium that%26#39;s very inexpensive ($4 round-trip/person) -- then you don%26#39;t have to pay for parking. It%26#39;s pretty easy to get around in that part of town. Hotels usually have prewritten directions to places like museums, Forest Park (zoo, St. Louis Museum, MO History Museum). Take in a show at the Fox Theartre.

A Few Nights and a Ballgame...

There are some hotels withing walking distance to the stadium along with a few restaurants and bars. There is a light rail system (Metrolink) that has a stop across from the stadium that you can take to Lacledes Landing for nightlife, some more dining and a new upscale casino/hotel and dining (Lumiere Place). The light rail also has a stop at Union Station which the previous poster mentioned.

http://www.lumiereplace.com/home.aspx

http://www.lacledeslanding.com/

Have a good time

I would suggest 2 areas of St. Louis: Soulard and the Central West End. You are not walkable from the stadium area but there are a lot of options for nightlife and eating once you get there.

There are also a number of nice restaurants and nightlife on Washington St downtown.

It would be helpful if you could provide a little more guidance about the class of hotel you are looking for and types of food that interest you.

IMO, downtown STL is very walkable, and the only dangers after a game are the ';over-served';. The streets will be full of people before and after the games.

Thanks for everyone%26#39;s responses thus far. To answer your questions to me:

1) We%26#39;re looking for rooms that can be had for less than $120/night. we%26#39;d also really like to be able to walk out of our hotel and, within blocks, be at fun dining/cultural/nightlife spots.

2) As to dining, we%26#39;d like to have a nice dinner one night we are there --- something different and ecclectic. Basically, 5-star dining at a steakhouse or nice Italian restaurant... nothing snooty, though...