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The 2010 SEC Basketball Tournament is scheduled for March 11th-14th, 2010 at the Sommet Center in Nashville Tennessee. Nashville is known as Music City USA and as well as being the home of country music. If you are traveling to Nashville for the 2010 SEC Tournament, finding a downtown Nashville hotel will put you walking distance from many of the area’s attractions while only being a 15 minute drive from the Nashville International airport.

Nashville Downtown Hotels

Comfort Inn Nashville

The Comfort Inn is located in downtown Nashville and is a popular options amongst those visiting the city who want to save money on hotel lodging but still have a quality stay in the city. Room amenities include cable TV, coffee makers, free high speed Internet, a microwave, a refrigerator, hair dryer , iron and ironing board, clock radio and some rooms have Jacuzzi tubs. The hotel features complimentary breakfast, a small business center, and pets are welcome too. The hotel is close to the Nashville Zoo, Zaine’s Comedy Club and Nashville’s Historic Second Avenue.

The Comfort Inn
1501 Demonbreun Street
Nashville, TN 37203
615-255-9977

Hilton Nashville

The Hilton is in the heart of downtown Nashville and is walking distance from the Sommet Center for watching the SEC Tournament games. The hotel suite amenities include a microwave, coffeemaker, refrigerator, two TV’s TWO telephones and a pull-out sofa . The hotel features an ATM, babysitting service, concierge , car rental, laundry, valet , room service , lounge and convenience store. When you get hungry while staying at the Hilton, you can choose from The Parkview Café,  The Market Street, The Sports Grille, The  Palm and room service. The hotel is adjacent to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Sommet Center, Schermerhorn Symphony Center and Convention Center.

Hilton Nashville
121 4th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37201
615-620-2050

Courtyard Marriott Nashville

The Courtyard is located in Nashville’s historic district downtown. Their rooms have been updated with LCD flat TV’s with HD signal, hair dyer, two telephones with voice mail, sound proof rooms and some suites have whirlpool tubs. The Courtyard Marriot features a business services, complimentary coffee, valet dry cleaning, high-speed wireless internet and newspapers in the lobby. The Courtyard café provides breakfast and the Exchange Lounge has cocktails. The hotel is the closest to the stadium, arena and Nashville’s Entertainment district

Courtyard Marriott
170 Fourth Ave North
Nashville, TN 37219
615-256-0900

The 2010 SEC Basketball tournament is scheduled March 11th – 14th, 2010 at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville is the home of the Vanderbilt Commodores and is also known as Music City USA. The SEC Tournament will be played in two sessions daily for the first two days of the tournament before the semifinals kick off on March 13th, 2010.  If you are traveling to Nashville for the SEC Tournament, finding a hotel near the Nashville airport may be your best option for lodging if you want to minimize your travel time on your arrival and departure days from the city.

Nashville Airport Hotels

Wingate by Wyndham

The Wingate by Wyndham is one mile from the Nashville airport and eight miles from downtown Nashville. Room amenities at the hotel include free high-speed wireless Internet, iron, ironing board, safe, coffee maker, Judith Jackson bathroom products, top of the line mattress and box springs. Hotel features include airport shuttles, a meeting space, gym/ fitness center,  heated outdoor pool, free hot breakfast, a free business center, free USA today and express checkout. There are many restaurants that are within walking distance from the hotel such as Chilis, Ruby Tuesday, and many more. Local attractions from the hotel include the Country Music Hall of Fame, Tennessee Titans Coliseum, Grand Ole Orpy and the Orpy Mills Shopping Center.
Wingate by Wyndam
800 Royal Parkway
Nashville, TN 37214
(615) 884-9777

Doubletree Guest Suites

The Doubletree Guest Suites Nashville Airport hotel is two miles from the airport and is close to all major insterstates in the city (I-24, I-40,I-65). The Double Tree Has suites that are spacious and have two rooms with separate sleeping and parlor areas, a work desk, sleeper sofas, iron and ironing board, hairdryer, refrigerator, microwave,  two color tv’s, two telephones with voice mail and free wireless internet. The hotel has a convenience store, room service, gift shop, complimentary beverages,  fitness room, pool, video arcade and an ATM. The Bistro Restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Room service is  also available if you just want to relax in your room. The hotel is close to State Capitol, Gaylord Entertainment Center and Predators NHL Hockey.
Doubletree Guest Suites
2424 Atrium Way
Nashville, TN 37214
(615) 889-8889

Holiday Inn Nashville

The Holiday Inn is only two miles from the airport. Room amenities include a coffeemaker, hairdryer, iron & ironing board, sofa bed, work desk, connecting rooms, cable tv with pay- per-view movies, free high speed wireless internet and two phones with voice mail. The hotel has an ATM gift shop, fitness center, indoor heated pool, sauna, whirlpool,  a restaurant, and a night club. Jackson Veranda severs breakfast, lunch and dinner with a wide variety of food including steak. Attractions close to the hotel include Nashville’s Music Row, Superspeedway and a number of shopping malls.

Holiday Inn
Elm Hill Pike
Nashville,TN  37214
(615) 883-9770

The following is a guest post from Andy Charles who regularly contributes to Bet Fair.

Kentucky’s hopes of going a long way this season have been boosted by the news that point guard John Wall has been cleared to play by the NCAA.

Although Wall will have to sit out two games – only one of those a regular season outing – he will be eligible from their November 16 clash with Miami (Ohio) and gives the Wildcats a real prospect to work with.

Wall has long been considered one of the top high-school players in the country and Kentucky were desperate to get him on board for the season, coach John Calipari’s first in charge since his sterling efforts with the Memphis Tigers.

His status had been in doubt over a possible relationship with his AAU coach Brian Clifton, who is a certified agent, since any connection with him would have left his amateur status in tatters and probably meant a move to play professionally in Europe.

The freshman out of Raleigh, NC, joins a roster full of talent and including a pre-season All-American in Patrick Patterson, who averaged 17.9 points per game last season    on a team he and Jodie Meeks, now involved in the NBA Picks, dominated.

But in Wall the Wildcats have a far better (and less greedy) ball handler than Meeks and he could rival many of the recent star point guards in college, with Calipari already saying he was more advanced at this stage than either Derrick Rose or Tyreke Evans – high praise indeed.

Wall and Patterson’s talent mean it is imperative that Kentucky does not match last season’s failure to even make the NCAA Tournament in March – indeed failure to make the Elite Eight would be a disappointment given the resources at hand.

And Calipari will be aware that in both of the last two seasons, the Wildcats have suffered early shock defeats (2007 to Gardner-Webb and last year to Virginia Military) which put them behind the eight-ball before things had really gotten started.

As for pre-season top five basketball picks, there is no room for that kind of error, and Wall will have to get up to speed quickly with early December games against North Carolina and Connecticut on the slate and a tough SEC season to look forward to as well.

I, for one, can’t wait for the games to start!