Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
Chicago, Illinois
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About the Hotel
With echoes of billiard balls, poker chips, and clinking glasses frozen within its walls, this 1890’s Venetian Gothic landmark in the Chicago Loop springs back to life as an incomparable historic downtown Chicago hotel—where the spirit of play reigns supreme. After all, this is the city where the can-and-will-do attitude of Ernie “Let’s Play Two!” Banks lives on, where the father of Chicago blues, Muddy Waters, shook all night long at the Checkerboard Lounge, and Sir Duke tickled the ivories at The Blue Note. And this is the club whose historic members swam with five-time Olympic gold medalist Johnny Weissmuller—a.k.a. the original Hollywood Tarzan—and watched their fellow member Pudge Heffelfinger own so much end zone, he became football’s first pro. Today, Chicago Athletic Association is both a stunning hotel offering outstanding guest rooms and a historic monument to the big-shouldered, switch hitting spirit that defines our city with a downtown location in the Chicago Loop.
Location
Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
60603
Nearest Airport: MDW
Features and Amenities
- On-Site Amenities
- Fitness Room
- Fitness Center
- Game Room
- Rooftop Terrace
- Rooftop Garden
- Interests
- Culture & Arts
- Hotels
- Signature Perks
Reviews for Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
Avoid
This place has a lot of street traffic that frequents the "game room", and it's loud. Only four very slow elevators (2 banks) that don't all go to the same place. In some cases you need to get off on an upper floor and cross over to the other elevator. Staff training is weak. When we discovered our room phone did not work, took the slow elevator to the front desk, where I was told that yes, the phones didn't work, that they were going to be replaced and gave us a number to text-no mention of this checking in. Room service opened the door and announced they had my sausage left off my room service breakfast order (it wasn't mine and they could do this because there was no security latch on the door). Our room looked directly into the offices in the next building. Room lighting particularly bad. Beautiful old building but beat up. Roof-top bar is a tourist trap with little kids. When my wife sent an email to management we got a pathetic "yes we are getting the phones replaced and we hope we see you again". Well, guess what.
Jeff B
Great location, I would not return.
The location is fantastic and the staff that we encountered was very good. That being said, our room was extremely small. It also appears that the Hotel caters to private parties. Each of the public areas (restaurants) were hosting private events during our stay. This caused one of the venues to be closed and in the other areas it impacted availability of seating and a huge impact on staff. At one restaurant/bar, we left after 30 minutes because of no staff availability.
Navigator17411835349
Perfect for hotel for combining work with sightseeing!
Fantastic location across from Millenium Park. Excellent lounge space for working. Good food, service and rooms. Highly recommended, especially if you appreciate old Chicago classic buildings like the one they renovated for this hotel.
DRPBob - Hong Kong, China
Awesome Hotel
Excellent hotel to stay on. Very very nice with a ton of accommodations! Room and bathroom were huge with plenty of room. Super clean! Excellent bar and restaurant and game room. Ton of activities around the hotel. Will not be disappointed
stevekN7434AL
Beautiful and convenient hotel
Beautiful historic building in an amazing location. We were in town for a concert at Soldier Field - it was an easy 20 minute walk from the hotel. Loved being right across from Millennium Park. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay.
Laurel B - Metuchen, New Jersey
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