The performing arts center Chrysler Hall opened in 1972. It seats 2,364 and is home to touring Broadway productions, the Virginia Ballet, the Virginia Arts Festival and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Other programs include comedians, concerts, family theater, national speakers, school shows and graduations. Norfolk's other attractions include the Chrysler Museum of Art, Lake Whitehurst, the Norfolk Botanical Garden, the NoVa music venue and the Hunter House Victorian Museum.
The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Norfolk is 0less than a mile from Chrysler Hall, and also conveniently close to Botetourt Gardens, the NorVa and the Virginia Opera. The hotel has Wi-Fi access, a fitness center, a lounge, a business center, a sundeck, an Olympic-sized pool and an on-site restaurant. Amenities include same-day dry cleaning pick-up and laundry facilities, a safety deposit box at the front desk and a porter. Each room includes cable and satellite television with in-room pay-per-view movies, a coffee maker, microwave, mini-refrigerator and stereo.
Crowne Plaza Hotel Norfolk/Portsmouth
700 Monticello Ave.
Norfolk, VA 23510
757-627-5555
crowneplaza.com
Built in 1906 three blocks and half a mile from Chrysler Hall, the James Madison Hotel is a luxury boutique-style hotel within walking distance of MacArthur Center Mall, the Norfolk Scope Arena, the Norfolk Convention Center, Town Point Park and the Norfolk Waterside. It has 124 guest rooms, an on-site restaurant with room service, a 24-hour business center, a fitness center, a cocktail lounge, laundry facilities, an outdoor pool and meeting and banquet facilities. Rooms include cable television, coffee makers, hair dryers and irons with ironing boards. Pets are allowed.
James Madison Hotel
345 Granby St.
Norfolk, VA 23510
757-622-6682
The Residence Inn Norfolk Downtown is a smoke-free, all-suite, extended-stay Marriott hotel less than a mile from Chrysler Hall and also close to Bea Arthur Dog Park, Riverside Park and the Virginia Stage Company. Pets are welcome for a fee. Amenities include a fitness center, a heated indoor pool, on-site laundry facilities, valet dry cleaning, a front desk safety deposit box, free breakfast, HDTV and high-speed wireless internet. Each suite has its own fully-equipped kitchen and the hotel offers a grocery shopping service.
Residence Inn Norfolk Downtown
227 West Brambleton Ave.
Norfolk, VA 23510
757-842-6216
marriott.com
The Tazewell Hotel and Suites is an Ascend Collection hotel half a mile from Chrysler Hall and also close to Virginia Beach, the Pagoda and Oriental Garden, and the USS Wisconsin and its interactive science and technology center Nauticus. Amenities include a lounge, an on-site restaurant, a business center, event space, a valet cleaning service, free breakfast and free wireless high-speed internet. Guest rooms offer cable television, coffee makers, hair dryers and irons with ironing boards. Some rooms have microwaves, refrigerators and wet bars. Smoke free rooms are available. Pets are welcome for a fee.
Tazewell Hotel and Suites
245 Granby St.
Norfolk, VA 23510
757-623-6200
ascendcollection.com
