Nā mea eʻike ai i ka wā e hele ai i ka hala hope loa o kēia makahiki i Houston
ʻO ka Final Four he hopena ma ka papa inoa o ka balota a me nā mea hoʻokūkū i ka NRG Stadium ma Houston no ka 2016. Ua hala hope loa ka hope o nā mea hope loa i ka makahiki 2011 a he kūpono ka nānāʻana o nā hoʻolālā. He mea paʻakikī ka hopena o Malaki ma hope oʻApelila, akā,ʻaʻohe mea e pili ana i ka hauʻoli e hoʻopuni ana i ka hoʻokūkū Basketball Basketball o ka NCAA. Malia pahaʻo ia nā pools o nā keʻena a iʻole paha e hauʻoli nei i ka hāpai pīkīpika ma kahiʻanoʻoi aku maʻemaʻe ma mua o ka NBA, akā aiaʻo Maeki Madness hopu i ka lāhui no nā hebedoma pihaʻekolu.
Hāʻalo ia i ke poʻo ma ka Pōʻalua,ʻApelila 2, e like me nā huakaʻiʻehā i ola i ka Final Four. I kēlā manawa pale eʻike ai i kahi hui lanakila e hāpai i ka pila ma ka hope ma ka lā Pōʻakahi,ʻApelila 4. ʻO ka Pōʻalima mua oʻApelila e lilo i mea maikaʻi loa eʻoliʻoli ai i ka hopena o ka hopena o Malaki Maʻawa aʻo ka hopena ma ka Lāhinaʻo ka cherry ma luna o ka sundae.
Kāleka
ʻAʻole pahaʻoe e hele i Houston me ka loaʻaʻole o nā tickets i mua. ʻAʻole paha e lilo ka makika mua i ka lokomaikaʻi iāʻoe. Hoʻokuʻu ka NCAA i nā tiketi i ka lehulehu ma o ka papa loiloi e hoʻomaka ana i kahi makahiki ma mua o ka hanana. Loaʻa iāʻoe he 50% o ka hiki ke lanakila i nā tiketi inā loheʻoe iʻAukake, akāʻo nā noho wale nō e hāʻawiʻia ana ma ke kaʻina hana,ʻo ia ka Papa kiʻekiʻe o ka kahua pāʻani. ʻO ka uku o ka mōhai i emi iho i ka $ 200 no ka tikika i nā National Semifinals a me ka National Championship Game, no lailaʻaʻole pono ke kumukūʻai.
Inā makemakeʻoe eʻike i ka pāʻani āu e kū'ē nei i ka nānāʻana i ka pāʻani ma luna o ka papa hilinaʻi o ka NRG Stadium, hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai i nā tickets mua ma keʻano he wahi hoʻolaha hōʻailona ma o Ticketmaster. Ua kūʻaiʻia kekahi mau noho me ka hōʻailona hoʻolauleʻa Fan, e komo pū ana me kahi mea pāʻani me kahi meaʻai a me ka'āpana kālā.
ʻO kekahi poʻe i komo i loko o ka papahana hoʻolauleʻa halepiʻi VIP e komo pū ana i ka papaʻaina, nā meaʻai, nā mea hoʻokipa, a me nā hiʻohiʻona mai nā kaʻao kahiko o ka NCAA. ʻO nā koina e pili ana mai ka $ 784 a hiki i $ 5010, akāʻaʻoleʻoe e noho i kahi nohoʻeono i kahi haʻahaʻa. Hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai aku i ka'ōhua like piha me nā lumi hoʻokipa ma o PrimeSport. Loaʻa iāʻoe ka mana e koho i kāu kaulike o ka uku a me ka hōkele, akā e uku nui anaʻoe ma laila. ʻO ka mua e hele mai, hana muaʻia ka hoʻolaha iʻOkakopa o ka makahiki i hala.
Ke loaʻa nā kula i ka Final Four i kahi kūpono loa e komo i nā tikika. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia kulanui ka hoʻokaʻawaleʻana i nā tiketi e hāʻawi i ko lākou mau kumu kumu. Hiki i nā mea lawe pepa a me nā mea hōʻailona ke loaʻa i ka holo mua, akā,ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kumu kūʻai. Hiki i nā hoa pili o ka NCAA ke kiʻi i kā lākou pana ma nā tiketi, akā he laʻa ke kauʻana i kou mau lima ma luna o kēlā.
Inā hoʻoholoʻoe e paʻi i ka māhele kiʻekiʻe, eʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ke komoʻana i PrimeSport. ʻO ia ka mea kūʻai kūʻai kūlana kiʻekiʻe lua no ka NCAA Tournament a ke mālama neiʻoe i ka loaʻaʻole o nā tickets e loaʻa nei iāʻoe. ʻO ka hapa nui, ināʻaʻole nā mea a pau, o nā tickets nā pepaʻoki pepaʻole no ka mea ua hāʻawi ka NCAA i nā tickets pepaʻole i ka mea kūʻai aku. Pono lākou e noho ma ke kikowaena a kokoke i ka lā o ka lā, no laila, he mea liʻiliʻi ka hopena o ka hoʻopunipuni.
ʻO nā papa'ē aʻe'ē aʻe likeʻo Stubhub a iʻole ka mea hōʻailona ticket e like me SeatGeek a iʻole TiqIQ e hāʻawi aku i nā tikika e hoʻounaʻia ma o UPS, akāʻaʻoleʻoe e loaʻa ia mau mea a hiki i ka hebedoma ma mua o ka hanana. Ponoʻoe e noʻonoʻo pono i ka mea i hanaʻia ma ka Super Bowl me nā mea kūʻai kumukuai e kūʻai ana i nā pepa i loaʻaʻole iā lākou.
ʻO kahi hua hope loa ma ke kūʻaiʻana i nā ticketsʻelima: mai kūʻai i nā tiketi i nā papaʻelua. E kūʻai i nā tickets i ka Pōʻalima a kali a hiki i ka pauʻana o nā pāʻani e kūʻai i nā tikika no ka National Championship Game. E kūʻai aku ana nā poʻe o nā pūʻali nalowale mai ka Pōʻalua i kā lākou mau tiketi ma muli o kā lākou huiʻole e pāʻani ana ma ka Lāhina. E nininiʻia ka māka kūʻai me ka lako a hoʻolālā ka kālā.
Loaʻa i laila
Loaʻa he 650 mau moku o ka moku'āina o Houston International Airport i nā lā a pau mai kahi 200 mau huakaʻi i ka honua.
ʻO ka hanaʻana iā Houston ma ka mokulele he mea maʻalahi ia no kāu hana, akā,ʻaʻole e uku ka uku. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻoholo i kāu holoʻana ma mua o hoʻokahi mahina ma mua ināʻaʻoleʻoe e hopohopo e nānā i kahi pāʻani maʻamau o kahi kula. (A ināʻoe eʻike ana i kahi kula pono'ī, e hoʻohana wale i ka hiki ke hoʻololi i kāu pepakiʻi no $ 200 a $ 250 paha, ma muli o ka laina o ka mokulele, e hoʻohana i ke kālā i lilo no kekahi huakaʻi'ē aʻe.) E hoʻonui nuiʻia ka uku i loko oʻelua pule o ka ʻO ka lāʻehā me nā kumukūʻai a hiki i nā huaheluʻehā o ka hebedoma e hiki ana i kēlā lā Sākona hauʻoli nui. Inā hoʻoholoʻoe e kali, eʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka leleʻana i Austin, San Antonio, aiʻoleʻo Dallas paha a hoʻokeleʻia mai laila. E hoʻemi ikiʻia ka nui ma mua o ka leleʻana i Houston. ʻO ke ala maʻalahi loa e nānā i ka mahukaʻana me ka hui kaiaulu Hipmunk koe keʻikeʻoleʻoe i kaʻoihana ea e makemakeʻoe e hele.
ʻO ka poʻe ma ka hema e pono e hoʻokele i ka hana. E like me ka mea i'ōleloʻia ma luna nei, nui ka nui o nā kūlanakauhale Midwestern i kahi mamao. ʻO'Austin a me San Antonioʻelua ma lalo oʻekolu hola mai ka holoʻana mai Houston, aʻo Dallas kahiʻekolu a me ka hapalua hora. Ua hoʻolakoʻo Amtrak i kaʻoihana kaʻaahi ma waena o Houston a me San Antonio, akā uaʻaneʻane kokoke iʻelima mau hora, no laila,ʻoi aku kou maikaʻi ma ka hoʻokele. Hiki iāʻoe ke hopu i kahi pahi me nā hui e like me Greyhound aiʻole Megabus mai nā kūlanakauhale nui ma Texas.
Kahi e noho ai
Nui ka nui o nā hokele ma Houston, akā naʻe,ʻaʻole i maʻalahi ka loaʻaʻana o nā lumi hale hoʻolālā maikaʻi i ka heleʻana i ke kūlanakauhale. Aia kekahi kumu o ka hōkele o ka hōʻailona ma kahiʻano hoʻokipa hoʻokipa i'ōleloʻia ma luna nei e uku ana iāʻoe. ʻO nā mea a pau i hoʻopaʻaʻoleʻia e NCAA no nā kula a me nā hoa hui likeʻole i hoʻopaʻaʻia i loko o nā hōʻailona hoʻokipa. Ma ka manawa,ʻaʻole e nui nā hale hoʻolālā kūpono i ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai e noʻonoʻo e hele i ka Final Four.
ʻO nā wahiʻelua eʻimi i nā hōkeleʻo Downtown a iʻole Uptown paha, iʻikeʻia ma ka inoaʻo Galleria. ʻAʻoleʻoe e makemake e noho kokoke i ka NRG Stadium no ka meaʻaʻole nui kahi e pili ana ma laila e pili ana i ka meaʻai a me nā mea ola. Hiki paha iāʻoe ke hoʻokele kaʻawale ma kahi o heaʻoe e hele mai nei, no laila e noho ma kahi o ka hana. ʻO ke kumukuai i hoʻomakaʻia ma kahi o $ 250 a pō i kēlā mau wahi, no laila hiki iāʻoe ke nānā i nā wahi'ē aʻe ināʻaʻole ia i kāu kālā. Loaʻa nā mea maʻamau ma waho o nā wahi nui no lalo o $ 200 i ka pō. ʻO ka pī maikaʻi loa e kākau i kāu lumi hōkele he mea hōʻiliʻili e like me Hipmunk. Hiki iāʻoe ke nānā i ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i kahi hale a hale paha me AirBNB, HomeAway, a me ka VRBO. E hiki paha iaʻu ke kuhikuhi aku i kahi lumi a hale uku paha no kēia mea no ka mea hiki iāʻoe ke laka i kahi kaiāulu maikaʻi no kahi kālā maikaʻi.
I ke Kai
ʻAʻoleʻoe e pōloli ma ka NRG Stadiumʻoiai he home ka Houston Texans nui nā koho kai.
Hoʻolālā maikaʻi nā poʻe ma Bernard Bus Burbus i ka meaʻai momona, no laila,ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻopūhoihoi i ka mea i hanaʻia ma waho o ka Māhele 115 e huki i nā manaʻo alakaʻi. Ponoʻoe e leʻaleʻa i kahi Tex-Mex i kēia wahi, no laila e lawe i ka puaʻa a iʻole ka iʻa iʻa ma Berryhill Baja Grill ma ka Pauku 135. Manaʻoʻaʻoleʻoe e nele i ke kāpili ma hope o ka laweʻana i ka loko iʻa i kāpīʻia me ka brisket, a me ka kirimaila i Demeris BBQ, a heʻehā mau wahi ma 300 mau pae.
ʻO nā mea a pau loa ma Texas, no laila,ʻaʻole he mea e kahaha ai aia he kahaʻania nui nui ma keʻano o ka "No Bull Texans Chicken Stack" o Grady's Carvery. He hawikina ia o ka moa i puhiʻia me ka bacon, ka mayan, ka arugula, a me ka Texas i ka lihi ma kahi'ōwili pepa. ʻO Genghis Grill nā wahi e like me ka Pauku 132 a me 510 e hāʻawi iāʻoe i ka Dragon Steak Bowl,ʻo ia keʻano o ka leo. Hiki iāʻoe ke hauʻoli i nā'ōlelo hoʻohiwahiwa i hoʻokūkūʻia me ke kuniʻala, ka meaʻalani liʻiliʻi, nā'ōleoʻulaʻula, kāloti, a me nāʻeka.
Ponoʻoe e mahalo i kahi luna me kahi hōʻailona James Beard, no ke aha e makemake aiʻoe e ho'āʻo i nā'ēheu PB & J a me nā māhoe ma Chris Sheperdʻo Hay Merchant e kokoke ana i ka Pauku 101.ʻO ka manaʻo kānua a me ka beerʻoi aku lōʻihi loa. ʻAʻole ia wale ka beerʻoi aku a puni e like me ka NRG Stadium i hoʻopuka hou aku i nā beerʻoi aʻe e hele me nā loina āpau. 8ʻO ka Mea Hoʻohanohano Hoʻohanohanoʻo ia ka Dome Faux'm Mele Ale i kēia mau lā, he mea makemake punahele ia.
Hele i Houston
No ka holoʻanaʻo Houston i ke kūlanakauhale,ʻaʻole kahi mea nui e nānā ai i ka hiʻona a me ka hoʻolālā kiʻi no nā hale kaʻa a me nā haleʻaina kokoke i ka NRG Stadium. ʻAʻole i nui nā koho maikaʻi ma kahi o ka NRG Stadium, akā, kū kahi kūlanaʻelua. He nui nā koho maikaʻi no Tex-Mex i Houston a he nui nā wahi me kahi pāʻani Pappasito o Cantina e pili ana i ka NRG Stadium.
ʻAʻole mamao loaʻo Molinaʻo Cantina a ponoʻoe e kauoha aku i ko lākou "Mexico City Dinner" a iʻole kā lākou mau huahana. ʻAʻole mamao loa ka Galleria ma NRG Stadium a hiki paha i kahi e hoʻomaha ai kou poʻo no ka hopena pule. ʻO Roegels Barbecue Co a me ka Brisket House nā mea punahele kokoke kokoke i ka brisket. ʻO BBkes BBQ a me Burgers e hāʻawi aku ana i kekahi o nā meaʻoi loa loa o Houston a he wahi liʻiliʻi loa ia ma ke komohana. ʻO Gatlin's BBQ ka mea eʻike nuiʻia i kaʻaha palaoa ma Houston a he pono ka heleʻana i ka'ākau ma mua o ka hele mauʻana i kahi huakaʻi no ko lākouʻekolu o nā iwi ākea. Ponoʻoe e ho'āʻo i ke kāpuniʻua '' 'Kitchen Kitchen'ʻokoʻa me ka brisket, ka hausaʻi, ka wala lepo, nā'atila i hoʻouluʻia, jalapenos, cheddar, a me ka haʻina barbecue ma kahi pā.
Aia kahi lof o ka hana ma ka moku Midtown o Houston.
Aia kekahi wahi o Spania ma kahi oʻO Oporto Fooding House & Wine, akāʻo ka Portuguese koʻikoʻi i hoʻohuliʻia me ka salami nui a me ka salami. Inā pili ka salami pua i kāu meaʻai,ʻaʻole kahi kūpono ma ke kūlanakauhale e kipa aku ai ma mua o ka'Āina, kahi i heluʻia e like me kekahi o ka haleʻaina maikaʻi maikaʻi maʻAmelika i nā makahiki i hala aku nei ma ka puke paiʻo Bon Appetite. Ma kahi lōʻihi'ē aku ka holoʻana o Lankford's Grocery & Market. Akā,ʻo kā lākou pikala kekahi mea maikaʻi loa ma ke kūlanakauhale. Hāʻawiʻo Sparrow Bar + Hāpai i kahi meaʻaiʻAmelika hou no ka poʻe eʻimi ana i ka maʻalahi. ʻO nā mea kaupaona + Nānāʻia kahi hoʻolālā maikaʻi o nā cocktails, meaʻai maʻalahi, a me nā mea i kahuʻia i'ōwiliʻia i loko. ʻO ka Burger maikaʻi loa ma kēia wahi e hiki ke loaʻa iā Holleyʻoiaiʻoiai ua kūkuluʻia e like me ka haleʻaina kai. Hāpai ka pahu ketchup i nā mea i luna. ʻOiʻo El Real Tex-Mex i waho o Midtown, akā ua 'kūpono ia no ka hīkī chikapi i uhiʻia i ke kāpili chili. No ka mea inu, 3e Papa e hāʻawi i kaʻike kūlanakauhale me nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi maikaʻi a me ka nui o nā cocktails. ʻO ke aloha a me ka Squalor, ka lumi hoʻomaha i nā Paona + Measures + i hōʻike muaʻia, hāʻawi pū i ka cocktails maikaʻi.
Ināʻoe e pili kokoke ana i ka Pūnaewele Toyota i loko o ke kauhale, aia kekahi wahi Papasitos Cantina me Guadalajara no kāu pono Tex-Mex. Aʻo Andalucia he meaʻai maikaʻi loa na ka poʻe Sepania, a no laila e hauʻoli loaʻoe i kā lākou mele mele me kāu mau kāpas. ʻAʻole pahaʻoe eʻike he mea nui ka meaʻai Vietnamese i loko o kaʻaiʻaiʻo Houston, akā, aʻo Café TH e hoʻohuli i nā mea he nui e mālama i nā poʻe e hoʻi mai. ʻO ka Grove kahi kohoʻoi aʻe ināʻoiʻoe i kaʻahaʻaina maikaʻi ma mua o ka pāʻani. A no ka mea, he mea maikaʻi ma kahi o kou puʻuwai maikaʻi ma mua o kou nohoʻana ma Texas, no laila hiki iā Vic & Anthony ke kōkua iāʻoe i laila. ʻO Jackson Street ka BBQ kahiʻoi loa loa o ka barbecue ma kahi o lākou e mālama ai i kaʻoluʻolu kapu o ka bale: nāʻaoʻao, kaʻae a me ka lole Siamani. ʻO nā mea inu,ʻo ka poʻe i hauʻoli i ka bourbon eʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka heleʻana i ka Reserve 101 no ko lākou koho nuiʻana. Loaʻa i ka Pub ma mua o 250 mau puke ināʻoe eʻimi ana i kahi wahi maʻalahi e inu ai. A, no ka mea,ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hana i kēia me ka'ōleloʻole aku i ka papahanaʻo Tejas Grill & Sports, kahiʻoiʻoi loa o nāʻano pāʻani hoʻolālā ma ia wahi.