Now that Bradley has secured it's place in the College Basketball Experience Classic, they will be playing a game November 16 at either Florida or Syracuse (we should know within a week). Then they will play games November 24-26 on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers, Florida.
Unfortunately for students, there are classes until Tuesday, Nov. 25, then a break until Dec.1. That will make it tough for students to get away to attend the games in Ft. Myers, unless they cut out of a couple days of classes.
Are there any fans thinking of going to the games Nov. 24-26 in Ft. Myers? What are your travel plans?
Unfortunately, as I posted yesterday, Bradley University is not planning on arranging an official fan trip. But there should be many Bradley fans who make the trip themselves.
I know several people who are planning to go. I have checked out travel options, and from Peoria airport,
Northwest, American and United all have flight deals for $500-$600 per person. All those flights make a stop at Detroit (Northwest), or Chicago (AA, and UA). Delta has flights that stop in Atlanta, but for some reason their flights are priced much higher ($700-$800 pp).
Allegiant Airlines has a flight from Peoria (PIA) to Clearwater (PIE), and then it's a 2 hour drive to Ft. Myers down I-75. The total flight cost is only about $250 per person, if you don't mind driving to Ft. Myers from Clearwater and back. Also, Allegiant does not have a flight every day of the week, so it might be harder to fit their flight schedule with your travel schedule. But it is the lowest cost fight option.
The other option, for us here in Central Illinois, other than driving to Chicago or St. Louis, is to fly Air Tran Airlines out of the Bloomington airport. Air Tran has several flights a day that connect in Atlanta and go directly to the Ft. Myers airport (RSW). There are also several daily flight options returning . I booked flights on Airtran for around $300 per person, but many of the lower price fares on the flights that week are filling up, so if this option works for you, I'd suggest not waiting too long. That week of Thanksgiving is a heavy travel period.
Bradley has not yet announced what hotel they will be staying at in Ft. Myers, but it will probably be a hotel close to the Florida Gulf Coast University Campus (located in the southeast part of Ft. Myers, just south of the airport), where the games will be played in their on-campus arena, the Alico Arena.
I haven't booked a hotel, yet, because I will probably stay in Ft. Myers Beach or on Sanibel Island, which are about 10-15 miles west of the University on the Gulf coast.
But as soon as we know any more of the details of the Bradley trip, we will post them here.
Here is a map of the area. The gray area along the right edge is the Ft. Myers airport, and the FGCU campus is just south of the airport along I-75.
Unfortunately for students, there are classes until Tuesday, Nov. 25, then a break until Dec.1. That will make it tough for students to get away to attend the games in Ft. Myers, unless they cut out of a couple days of classes.
Are there any fans thinking of going to the games Nov. 24-26 in Ft. Myers? What are your travel plans?
Unfortunately, as I posted yesterday, Bradley University is not planning on arranging an official fan trip. But there should be many Bradley fans who make the trip themselves.
I know several people who are planning to go. I have checked out travel options, and from Peoria airport,
Northwest, American and United all have flight deals for $500-$600 per person. All those flights make a stop at Detroit (Northwest), or Chicago (AA, and UA). Delta has flights that stop in Atlanta, but for some reason their flights are priced much higher ($700-$800 pp).
Allegiant Airlines has a flight from Peoria (PIA) to Clearwater (PIE), and then it's a 2 hour drive to Ft. Myers down I-75. The total flight cost is only about $250 per person, if you don't mind driving to Ft. Myers from Clearwater and back. Also, Allegiant does not have a flight every day of the week, so it might be harder to fit their flight schedule with your travel schedule. But it is the lowest cost fight option.
The other option, for us here in Central Illinois, other than driving to Chicago or St. Louis, is to fly Air Tran Airlines out of the Bloomington airport. Air Tran has several flights a day that connect in Atlanta and go directly to the Ft. Myers airport (RSW). There are also several daily flight options returning . I booked flights on Airtran for around $300 per person, but many of the lower price fares on the flights that week are filling up, so if this option works for you, I'd suggest not waiting too long. That week of Thanksgiving is a heavy travel period.
Bradley has not yet announced what hotel they will be staying at in Ft. Myers, but it will probably be a hotel close to the Florida Gulf Coast University Campus (located in the southeast part of Ft. Myers, just south of the airport), where the games will be played in their on-campus arena, the Alico Arena.
I haven't booked a hotel, yet, because I will probably stay in Ft. Myers Beach or on Sanibel Island, which are about 10-15 miles west of the University on the Gulf coast.
But as soon as we know any more of the details of the Bradley trip, we will post them here.
Here is a map of the area. The gray area along the right edge is the Ft. Myers airport, and the FGCU campus is just south of the airport along I-75.
