The Rally Hotel

Character and identity

Across the street from Coors Field in Denver's LoDo, The Rally anchors the McGregor Square development with a baseball theme that runs conceptual rather than kitsch: leather-panelled lobby walls stitched in red like an oversized glove, signed bats and balls displayed in dim museum-style cases. The 182 rooms carry Rockies-coded touches (plaid carpeting, mitt-evoking leather headboards, a purple-hued eighth-floor "Mile High Floor"). The Original handles diner-Americana cooking with deviled egg flights and duck fat matzo ball soup, while The Rally Bar dresses up ballpark snacks. Service runs professional and laid-back, with a daily 4 to 6 p.m. social hour pouring free drinks.

Who's it for

Bottom line

The defining draw here is location and concept working in tandem: nowhere else puts you this close to a Major League park inside a hotel this design-considered. Book a Coors Field-facing room during a Rockies homestand if the baseball angle is the point, or the Mile High Floor for the sunset palette. Off-season rates are softer and the LoDo restaurants stay busy year-round.