CARLISLE WE ARE A GO ! Speedster & Spyders at Carlisle 2021 !
Covid -19 vaccines are in distribution and Pennsylvania is to
open up to at least 75% on April 1st per Courtyard by Marriott.
The short back story:
I began negotiating with CY Shippensburg PA for favorable room and
facility use contract arrangements discovering that the CY has new
management. I was able to resolve multiple proposed contract issues
inclusive of me being solely responsible if unreasonable financial
minimums were not met. The bigger issue at hand was that CY no longer
permits alcoholic beverages to be carried in coolers by group guests
as well as no outside food permitted (e.g. Friday Pizza night).
So there would be no beer and or wine coolers permitted whatsoever.
These items would have to be brought in on the sly which would have surely created issues. With these two major issues at an impasse and as much as we all enjoyed the outdoor patio venue, we were not able to come to an amicable agreement with Courtyard Shippensburg, PA.
The good news is, we have a familiar venue! The majority of you have
met Courtyard Event Coordinator Charity Shreffler from past years.
Charity now has two hotels one happens to be the Courtyard by
Marriott the property we were at for a few years . Charity at CY Mechanicsburg, PA dropped everything and as usual said: “So it’s short notice I can make this happen”. Hence, we are going back to Courtyard by Marriot on Gettysburg Road,
Mechanicsburg .
While we will not have the large patio venue at the previous CY, we
will have the Hospitality Suite and the outdoor Gazebo etc. The Hotel is supplying cookies and beverages for our Thursday upon arrival from 1:00PM to 5:00PM Also included is a free daily breakfasts for Friday Saturday and Sunday AM. There are various options for food, in smaller groups to go to including the Bone Fish Grill, Pizza Grill, Texas Roadhouse, Dukes, Rock Bass Grill, Dockside Willy’s and many others as well as that cool Oldies Diner that is just down the street from our hotel. With our event being planned with short notice at this moment, we do not have any group dinner plans in place but Connie, Ed and I will see if there us any venue available, if not we’ll wing it for Saturday . Ed Ericson will put together a couple of local TBA cruises etc. Please respect mask requirements .
What You Need To Do: Our event dates are Thursday May 13th - Sunday
May 16th .. some of us will arrive on Wednesday May 12 .
Please call and reserve …ASAP: Courtyard Marriott Gettysburg Rd Mechanicsburg, PA The room rate for either Queen or King is $129 plus the usual taxes.
Call 717-1766-9006 and be sure to mention Speedster Owner’s Group.
Check in is 4:00pm (I assume that you can arrive earlier) and Check out is at Noon. Hotel reservation cut off date is May 1st 2021
Important: After you register, please.... post "Coming & how many " on this thread.
Carlisle Car Show Event details and registration here :
Carlisle Import & Performance Nationals (carlisleevents.com)