Izinto Zokwazi Uma Ziya Ekugcineni Kwezine Zonyaka Kulo Houston
I-Final Four iyisenzakalo kulolu hlu lwamabhakede lomdlalo wezemidlalo futhi umcimbi uqhubekela eNkundleni ye-NRG eHouston ngowezi-2016. I-Final Four iphelile lapha ngo-2011 futhi ukubuyekezwa kwalesi senzakalo kwakungokoqobo. Kungase kubonakale kungaqondakali ukuthi uMashi Madness uphetha ngo-Ephreli, kodwa akukho okungaqondakali mayelana nenjabulo ehambisana nomncintiswano we-NCAA Men's Basketball. Mhlawumbe kungamachibi ehhovisi noma mhlawumbe ujabulela ibhola basketball ngendlela ehlanzekile kakhulu kune-NBA, kodwa uMashi Madness uthatha lesi sizwe ngamasonto amathathu agcwele.
Konke kufike enhloko ngoMgqibelo, ngo-Ephreli wesibili njengoba izikole ezine eziqhubekayo ziqhubekela phambili ku-Four Four. Lo mzuzu okhanyelayo ubona ithimba elilodwa lenkampani elihle kakhulu liphakamisa i-trophy ekupheleni ngoMsombuluko, ngo-Ephreli 4. UMgqibelo wokuqala ka-Ephreli ubeka indlela enkulu yokujabulela ukuqala kokuphela kukaMashi Madness kanye nokugcina ngoMsombuluko kuyoba yi-cherry ngaphezulu kwe-sundae.
Amathikithi
Cishe ngeke wenze uhambo oluya eHouston ngaphandle kokuthola amathikithi amanye kusengaphambili. Imakethe eyinhloko mhlawumbe ngeke ibe yilapho enobungane kuwe. I-NCAA ikhipha amathikithi emphakathini ngokusebenzisa uhlelo lwe-lottery oluqala cishe unyaka ngaphambi komcimbi. Unelungelo elingaphezu kwama-50% lamathikithi okuwina ngempumelelo uma uzwa emuva ngo-Agasti, kodwa izihlalo kuphela ezihlinzekwa ngenqubo yiNqanaba Eliphezulu lebhola lebhola lezinyawo. Intengo yomnikelo ingaphansi kuka-$ 200 ukuze ithikithi lifike kuzo zombili i-National Semifinals kanye neNational Championship Game, ngakho okungenani ithengeka.
Uma empeleni ufuna ukukwazi ukubona umdlalo oya kuwo ngokuphambene nokubukela umdlalo ebhodini lebhodi eliphakathi nendawo ye-NRG Stadium, ungathenga amathikithi oyinhloko njengengxenye yephakheji lokungenisa izivakashi ngeThikethi. Ezinye izihlalo zithengiswa ngePhakheji ye-Fan Hospitality, efaka iqembu lesandulela ngculazi nokudla okunye kanye ne-bar yekheshi.
Abanye beza njengengxenye yepakethe ye-VIP yezihambi ezibandakanya ibha evulekile, ukudla, ukuzijabulisa, nokubukeka kusuka ezindabeni zangaphambili ze-NCAA. Izindleko ezivela ku-$ 784 kuya ku-$ 5010, kodwa okungenani ukuthi inkulu eyisithupha ikuthola isihlalo ezingeni eliphansi. Ungase futhi uthenge iphakethe elifanayo namakamelo ehhotela afakiwe nge-PrimeSport. Unayo ikhono lokukhetha izinga lakho lentengo nehhotela, kodwa uzobe ukhokha okuningi lapho futhi. Okokuqala woza, kuqala ukukhonza ngoba kwenzeka ngo-Okthoba wangonyaka odlule.
Izikole ezithintekayo ku-Final Four zinokufinyelela okungcono kwamathikithi. Yunivesithi ngayinye ithola amathikithi okusabalalisa kuma-fan bases. Abanikazi bamathikithi bezinkathi zezinkathi nezikhuni baqala ukuguqula, kodwa amathikithi awaningi kakhulu. Abalingani bebhizinisi be-NCAA nabo badutshulwa ngamathikithi, kodwa inhlanhla ibeka izandla zakho kulabo.
Uma unquma ukushaya emakethe yesibili, uzobe ungcono kakhulu ukuya e-PrimeSport. Nguye umthengisi wetekisi osemthethweni we-NCAA Tournament futhi uzoqinisekisa ukuthi amathikithi owamukelayo awawona amanga. Iningi, uma kungenjalo, lamathikithi amathikithi angenamaphesenti ngoba i-NCAA ikhishwe amathikithi angenamaphepha kumthengisi. Kumele bahlale ohlelweni kuze kube seduze nosuku lomcimbi, ngakho-ke ingozi yokuqashwa ingaphansi.
Amanye amasayithi amathikithi wesibili afana ne-Stubub noma i-aggregator yethikithi njenge SeatGeek noma iTiqIQ inikezela amathikithi okumele athunyelwe nge-UPS, kodwa ngeke uwuthole kuze kufike isonto ngaphambi komcimbi. Kumele uqaphele ngokwengeziwe okwenzekile ku-Super Bowl nabathengisi abathengisa amathikithi ababengenayo.
Igama elilodwa lokugcina ekuthengeni amathikithi e-Final Four: ungathengi amathikithi kokubili amaseshini. Thenga amathikithi ukuya kuMgqibelo bese ulinda kuze kube yilapho imidlalo isiphelile ukuthenga amathikithi e-National Championship Game. Abadlali beqembu elilahlekelwa nguMgqibelo bazobe bethengisa amathikithi abo njengoba amaqembu abo adlala ngoMsombuluko. Imakethe izokhukhulwa ngokunikezwa kanye namanani azokwehla.
Ukufika Lapho
I-Houston International Airport inezindiza ezingaba ngu-650 eziza nsuku zonke kusuka ezindaweni ezingaba ngu-200 emhlabeni jikelele.
Ukwenza ku-Houston ngendiza kumele kube lula kuwe ukuthi ukwenze, kodwa amanani angeke ashibhe. Kunengqondo kakhulu ukubhala indiza yakho ngaphezu kwenyanga kusengaphambili uma ungakhathazeki kakhulu ngokubuka ukudlala esikoleni. (Futhi uma ubheka ukubona isikole esithile, sebenzisa ikhono lakho lokushintsha ithikithi lakho lika-$ 200 noma i-$ 250, kuye ngokuthi yi-airline, ukusebenzisa imali oyisebenzisele olunye uhambo.) Amanani azokhula ngokuphawulekayo phakathi kwamasonto amabili I-Final Four ngamanani mhlawumbe kufinyelela amadijithi amane kuleliviki eliholela kuleyoMgqibelo ejabulisayo kakhulu. Uma unquma ukulinda, kuzoba ngcono ukuhamba ngezinyawo ukuya e-Austin, eSan Antonio noma mhlawumbe naseDallas futhi ushayela lapho. Amanani azoba angaphansi kwezindiza eHouston ngokuqondile. Indlela elula yokubuka indiza ihamba ne-travel aggregator Hipmunk ngaphandle kokuthi wazi ngokuqondile ukuthi yikuphi ukuhamba kwezindiza ofuna ukuhamba kuyo.
Labo eningizimu kufanele bacabangele ukushayela emcimbini. Njengoba kukhulunywe ngenhla, imizi eminingi ephakathi kweMidwestern emikhulu iphakathi kokuhamba ibanga. I-Austin neSan Antonio bobabili bangaphansi kwehora lesithathu ukuhamba ukusuka eHouston, kuyilapho i Dallas cishe amahora amathathu nesigamu. U-Amtrak unikeza inkonzo yezitimela phakathi kweHouston neSan Antonio, kodwa kuthatha cishe amahora amahlanu, ngakho-ke ungcono ukushayela. Ungabamba ibhasi nezinkampani ezifana neGreyhound noma i-Megabus ukusuka kwamanye amadolobha amakhulu aseTexas.
Uzohlalaphi
Kukhona amahhotela amaningi eHouston, kodwa ngeshwa ukuthola amakamelo ehhotela angabi lula njengokungena edolobheni. Kukhona amanani ehotela we-hotel njengengxenye yephakheji lokungenisa izihambi okukhulunywe ngenhla kuzokubiza. Noma yini engayithathiwe yi-NCAA yamayunivesithi nabalingani bezinkampani Ihlanganiswe phansi emaphaketheni wokungenisa izihambi. Ngokuvamile ngeke kube amahhotela amaningi kakhulu atholakalayo ngesikhathi uqala ukucabanga ngokuya ku-Four Four.
Izindawo ezimbili zokubheka amahhotela ziyiDowntown noma i-Uptown, okunye okubizwa ngokuthi indawo ye-Galleria. Ngeke ufune ukuhlala eduze neNRG Stadium ngoba akukho okuningi okuzungezile ngokuphathelene nokudla kanye nokuphila ebusuku. Uzobe ushayela kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uvelaphi, ngakho-ke hlala lapho isenzo khona. Intengo ngokuvamile iqala cishe ngamaRandi 250 ngehora kulezo zindawo, ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi ubheke kwenye indawo uma kungekho kubhajethi yakho. Kunezinye izindlela ezishibhile ngaphandle kwezindawo eziyinhloko ezingaphansi kwe $ 200 ngobusuku. Ukubheja okungcono kunazo zonke ebhukwini lakho igumbi lehhotela kuyinto aggregator travel njengo Hipmunk. Ngaphandle kwalokho ungabheka ukuqasha indlu noma indlu nge AirBNB, HomeAway, noma i-VRBO. Ngingase ngithembele efulethini noma ekuqashweni kwezindlu kulolu hlobo ngoba ungalimaza indawo enhle ngamanani angcono.
Emdlalweni
Ngeke ulambe e-NRG Stadium njengoba ikhaya le-Houston Texans linokuningi okukhethwa kukho kokudla kwekhwalithi.
Abahlali bajabulela iBerger's Burger Bus ngendlela yokudla kweloli, ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi ama-burgers akhonza ngaphandle kweSigaba 115 ukudweba ukuhlaziya. Kumele ujabulele amanye ama-Tex-Mex lapho kule ndawo, ngakho-ke thatha phansi ingulube noma izinhlanzi zezinhlanzi eBerryhill Baja Grill ngeSigaba 135. Ngethemba ukuthi ngeke udinga ukulala ngemuva kokuthatha amazambane abhakabhaka abekwe nge-brisket eqoshiwe, ushizi, futhi ukhilimu omuncu e-Demeris BBQ, enezindawo ezine ezingeni lika-300.
Yonke into ekhudlwana eTexas, ngakho akufanele kusimangaze ukuthi kukhona isangweji elikhulu elinamandla ngesimo sikaGridy's Carvery sika "Akukho Bull Texans Chicken Stack." Kuyisihlabathi lezinkukhu ezibhemayo ezigcwala i-bacon candied, i-cranberry mayo, i-arugula ne-Texas jack ushizi on roll jalapeno. I-Genghis Grill inezindawo ezingu-Section 132 no-510 ukukunikeza i-Dragon Steak Bowl, okuyisisekelo esikuzwakalayo. Uzojabulela amathiphu we-steak maritated nge-Dragon seasoning, i-sweet sauce esiphundu, i-pepper e-bell eluhlaza, izaqathe, no-anyanisi.
Kumele uhloniphe umpheki nomklomelo kaJakobe Beard, yingakho uzofuna ukuzama amaphiko we-PB & J namathanga amancane ku-Chris Sheperd's Hay Merchant eduze neSigaba 101. I-shawarmas ye-meatball ne-craft ubhiya iyahamba kakhulu. Akuyona yedwa ubhiya bezinsimbi ezizungezile njengoba iNRG Stadium isanda kufaka izinsimbi zobisi ezingaphezulu ukuze zihambe nomkhuba kazwelonke. I-Wonder Brewery engu-8 i-Dome Faux'm Cream Ale kulezi zinsuku, okuyizintandokazi zendawo.
Ngaphandle eHouston
Njengoba i-Houston idolobha lokushayela, akukho okugxilwe kakhulu kwisigcawu sangaphambili nesigameko se-postgame kumabhadla nokudla eduze ne-NRG Stadium. Azikho izinketho eziningi ezinhle eduze kwe-NRG Stadium, kodwa izindawo ezimbalwa zime. Kunezinketho eziningi ezinhle zeThe Tex-Mex eHouston kanye neCanina iPapasito sikaCanina inezindawo eziningi ezifaka eyodwa eduze kweNRG Stadium.
I-Cantina ka-Cantina nayo ayikude kakhulu futhi kufanele ulandise "iMexico City Dinner" noma i-off-menu yayo ye-chili con carne. Indawo ye-Galleria ayikude kakhulu neNRG Stadium futhi kungenzeka ukuthi uyaphi lapho uphumula ikhanda lakho ngempelasonto. I-Roegels Barbecue Co ne-Brisket House yizintandokazi zendawo eziseduzane ne-brisket. I-Blakes BBQ ne-Burgers inikeza omunye wabakwa-Burgers abakhulu kunazo zonke futhi kunesonto elincane elincane. I-BBQ ye-Gatlin yiyona ingozi eyaziwa kakhulu e-Houston futhi kuwufanelekile uhambo oluya enyakatho kunokuba uzovame ukuhamba ngenxa yezintambo zazo zokubhema. Kumele futhi uzame isinkwa esingaphandle kwe-"Sink Kitchen" isangweji nge-brisket, isoseji, irayisi elingcolile, anyanisi eqoshiwe, i-jalapenos, i-cheddar, ne-sauce ye-barbecue.
Kukhona isenzo esithile esendaweni yaseMidtown eHouston.
Kunokuncane kweSpain kumenyu e-Oporto Fooding House & Wine, kodwa kakhulu isiPutukezi esithonywa yi-shrimp enkulu ne-octopus salami. Uma lelo salami le-octopus lidla ukudla kwakho kwezilwandle, khona-ke akukho ndawo engcono edolobheni ukuvakashela kuneReef, eyalinganiselwa njengenye yokudlela yokudla kwama-seafood eMelika eminyakeni embalwa edlule ngumagazini weBon Appetite. Ukudla kanye neMakethe ye-Lankford kungenzeka kube kude kakhulu ukuhamba, kodwa i-Burger yabo ingenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu edolobheni. I-Sparrow Bar + i-Cookshop inikeza ukuhamba okujwayelekile kwama-American kulabo abafuna ukulula. Izindinganiso + Izisindo ukuhlanganiswa okuthakazelisayo kwama-cocktails, ukudla okulula, kanye nezimpahla ezibhakabhukule konke. I-burger engcono kakhulu kule ndawo ingatholakala ku-Holley ngisho noma ihlelwe njengendawo yokudlela yasolwandle. I-ketchup ye-bourbon ikhahlela izinto. I-El Real Tex-Mex ingaphandle kweMidtown, kodwa 'iyayifanelekela i-enchiladas eshicilelwe e-chili con carne. Ngeziphuzo, isitezi sesithathu sinikeza imibono yomuzi ngezobuchwepheshe obuhle behora namahora amaningi e-cocktails. Uthando kanye ne-Squalor, indawo yokuphumula yangemuva kulezi zilinganiso ezibalwe ngenhla, futhi inikeza ama-cocktails amahle.
Uma usehle eduze neToyota Center edolobheni, kukhona enye indawo yePapasitos Cantina kanye neGuadalajara ngezidingo zakho ze-Tex-Mex. I-Andalucia iyindlela yokudla yaseSpanishi enhle ngempela, futhi uzojabulela kakhulu i-sangria yabo ne-tapas yakho. Ungase ungaqapheli ukuthi ukudla kwaseVietnam kuyinto enkulu endaweni yokudlela yaseHouston, kodwa, futhi iCafé TH iveza eziningi zezigaba ezigcina abantu bebuya. I-Grove iyindlela ephakeme kakhulu uma ufuna ukudla okuhle ngaphambi komdlalo. Futhi-ke, i-steak enhle kungenzeka ibe engqondweni yakho kusukela useTexas, ngakho-ke u-Vic & Anthony angakusiza lapho. I-Jackson Street BBQ yiyona ibhande elihle kunazo zonke endaweni yedolobha njengoba zihlonipha ubuntshontshi obungcwele obungcwele: izimbambo, i-brisket ne-sausage yesitayela saseJalimane. Ngokuqondene neziphuzo, labo abajabulela ibourbon bazobe bekhonza kangcono ukwenza uhambo oluya e-Reserve 101 ngenxa yokukhetha kwabo okukhulu. I-Lucky's Pub inikeza amabhiya angaphezu kuka-250 uma ufuna indawo elula yokuphuza. Futhi-ke, asikwazi ukuthola lokhu ngaphandle kokukhuluma nge-Tejas Grill & Bar yezemidlalo, okungcono kakhulu kwezinto ezihlukahlukene zebha yezemidlalo endaweni.