The Lodge at Torrey Pines is a very nice place to stay- right on the Torrey Pines golf course and driving range. Both the grill and restaurant offer great dining there and patio that overlooks the golf course. Another hotel nearby I recommend is the Estancia Hotel & Spa which is a favorite for friends and relatives to visit. It is on university property that the hotel leases so staff get a nice discount there. For obvious reasons I would also like to see the Wildcats play in the Holiday Bowl- it sure would make my travel plans easy!
Another thing about the Holiday Bowl. Currently they play this bowl game at Qualcomm in Mission Valley whose future is in doubt. The Chargers have proposed a new "convadium" (combination convention center annex and football stadium") for downtown near Petco Park. If this facility is built then the venue for the Holiday Bowl would be a major upgrade from its current site. But this plan for a new stadium hinges on a lot of factors and potential legal challenges plus a 2/3 public vote so it will be a rocky road to get it built.
Alaska- San Diego State had a men's basketball game on an aircraft carrier a few years ago and it was a fiasco because of the outdoor conditions and the wind blowing the ball around. Not learning their lesson from this disaster, the Aztecs held another outdoor game with USD at Petco Park this past season with similar results. There have been crazy proposals in the past for a floating "float port" airport in the past here, why not a floating stadium? Hey, maybe that would work for NU to have a football stadium floating out on Lake Michigan.
Too funny. But, if it all goes down like that and I make the trip, I'd be interested. The only time I played Torrey Pines it was so fogged in that you couldn't see the ocean.
