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Located at 17th & Race Streets, northwest of City Hall, just off the Vine Street Expressway, and near the Ben Franklin Expressway. Hurry now to reserve your room!
Wednesday Nov. 15th — Hotel sold out, again. We snapped up the available rooms, but you never know when more will be released. So, keep calling the hotel and drop a note with your needs to:
If you book at the non-convention rate, contact our hotel liaison at:
The following are alternative lodgings in the vicinity of the Sheraton. They are not official Philcon hotels, so you will have to arrange reservations yourself.
(Formerly the Wyndham Franklin Plaza)
Located at 17th & Race Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
Official website of Starwood Hotels.
Room Rates:
Reservation Codes and Terms:
To phone-in your reservation:
Special considerations:
The hotel is unable to provide a direct link. Please call instead.
If you already have a room and are looking here for Philcon's cancellation policy — please, Do Not Cancel Your Room! Instead, email our hotel liaison so that we can reassign your reservation to another Philcon member in need. That's:
The Sheraton is located just one block off the Vine Street Expressway, an east-west artery (located below street level) that links the Schuylkill Expressway and I-95. MORE TO COME...
The Sheraton is located several blocks north of Suburban Station, the middle of three stations serving the east-west axis (subsurface) of the SEPTA Regional Rail system. It's an easy stroll, unless you're toting extensive luggage.
Philadelphia is served by Amtrak, which stops at the historic and recently renovated 30th Street Station on the west bank of the Schuylkill River.
Philadelphia International Airport is connected to Center City Philadelphia by SEPTA's R1 line, which interchanges with other Regional Rail lines at 30th Street Station.
The Sheraton itself has on-site parking. Price is $32.00 per night for valet, $25.00 if you park yourself. (Unlike last year's hotel, valet service is not obligatory.) So, if you stay Friday and Saturday nights (and leave on Sunday), your bill will be either $50.00 or $64.00.
The Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) website has information about parking lots and structures.
The closest is the Philadelphia Gateway Parking Garage, across the street from (east of) the hotel:
1540 Vine Street, with entrances on Spring (E-W) and 16th (N-S, between it and the hotel) Streets. Operates 24/7. Phone: 215-246-0300. Rates pertinent to the con (the webpage is misleading): $5.00 per each 24-hour period if you enter after 5:00 pm on Friday, until Monday 9:00 am. If you park at e.g. 3:00 pm, you'll be charged $2.00 per each 20-minute interval — and you won't automatically convert to the weekend rate when the clock hits 5:00 pm. You'll have to exit and re-enter.
Example: You park on Friday at 1:00 pm and leave at 4:40 pm. That's 3 hours 40 minutes, or 8x 20-minute periods: $16.00, except the meter plateaus at $13.00 for a stay up to 10 hours. You exit and return at 5:10 pm, enjoy the conference for the next two nights, then retrieve your car on Sunday afternoon at 4:00 pm. That's slightly less than two 24-hour intervals, so $10.00. Total parking bill: $23.00. (If, however, you picked it up at 6:00 pm, that would be three 24-hour intervals, so $15.00.)
EZ PARK at 16th & Vine Streets, $10.00 per day.
EZ PARK at 17th & Vine Streets, $10.00 per day.
And a large flat open lot at 18th & Vine Streets, which takes oversized vehicles. $8.00 per day.
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