Hotel & Convention Location

San Japan :3 will be located at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter Hotel in downtown San Antonio, Texas. It will be happening on July 9th-11th, 2010. The hotel is directly connected to the Rivercenter Mall. Inside the Rivercenter Mall is a large food court with a large variety of low-cost eateries (less than 3 minute walk from the convention). Everything is at the heart of famous River Walk with the famous Alamo a short walk from the hotel.

Hotel Address:

101 Bowie Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205 USA
Phone: 1-210-223-1000
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It is located by the intersection of Commerce & Hwy 281 near the Alamodome. This is about a mile from the IH35 & Hwy 281 Intersection.

The entire convention will be located on the 3rd floor of the hotel as we will have over 50,000 square feet of function space to use. Click here to see a photo tour of the hotel. To re-iterate, everything is in one location this time so there is no longer a walk between two locations in the Texas heat.

San Japan has negotiated a fantastic convention hotel room rate of $126/night (normal daily rate is $199/night). This is the lowest hotel rate that you'll find in the immediate vicinity. We also negotiated with the hotel a daily parking rate of $13/day self-parking. The special parking rate only applies if you're staying at the Marriott Rivercenter and the room that you're staying in is under your own name otherwise the normal rate for parking is $25/day. You will be able to reserve a room between August 4th to August 9th at the convention rate if you want to arrive early or stay a couple days afterward.

While you are not required to reserve a room at the hotel in order to attend San Japan, it is quite beneficial for San Japan if you decide to reserve a room as we are required to fill a certain amount of hotel rooms in order to have access to the function space. To ensure that San Japan is able to hold future conventions at the hotel, we highly recommend in considering to reserve a room at the hotel.

Marriott has added additional rooms! Reserve your room before they're gone!

Hotel Reservations must be done online at the website link above in order to receive the discount rate. Do not call the hotel to reserve the room for the convention.

To answer other common questions:

Q) How much is parking around the area?
A) Parking is $5-$15 for open area parking and $18-$25/day for garage parking.

Q) How much is the total cost per room night with tax?
A) San Antonio Sales & Hotel Tax is 16.75% added to the final bill. It comes to around $137 a night. So if you're staying for two nights, it'll cost around $275; three nights, around $410; and four nights around $550 to help you with the math if you're planning to share a room. This is still the cheapest room rate in the area as hotels in the immediate vicinity are around $150+ a night before taxes (and that's just at the La Quinta across the street).

Q) What stores are at the Rivercenter Mall? What is there to eat there?
A) Go to the official website for a list of eateries and stores. Some places to check out is the Sanrio Store (Hello Kitty), IMAX Theater and a Dairy Queen/Orange Julias at the Food Court. We do have a list of places to eat around the area.

Q) Are there any activities around the immediate area?
A) The hotel is right at the heart of the Riverwalk which you can take a tour. There is a River Taxi service a short distance from the hotel located on the Riverwalk by the mall which costs $5 each way or $10-$15 for a 24 hour pass. The Alamo, Hemisphere Park with the Alamo Tower, and Ripley's Believe Or Not are all located within a mile radius of the hotel.

Q) After 9pm, the mall will be closed. What food options will be available?
A) San Japan has setup an exclusive with a vendor to be selling Japanese snacks at the convention for the duration of the convention. There is a Denny's across the street from the hotel. A Starbuck's is located in the hotel on the lobby floor. Click here to read about additional places to eat around the area.

Q) What should I do to get the lowest hotel rate?
A) Click on either "1" or "2" on number of guests when reserving your hotel room. If you click on any number higher then the Marriott will be charging you extra per guest. We will not be inquiring on how many guests actually stay in the hotel room nor is it our business. Our only business is to ensure you have a great time at San Japan.

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