The Maloof Money Cup is coming to New York City! Joe and Galvin Maloof who own the NBA’s Sacramento Kings announced that the event will be held nearby to the Holiday Inn LaGuardia Airport Hotel at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York on June 5.

 It is the world’s greatest skateboarding event!

Book Now for the 2010 Skateboarding Maloof Money Cup Event in NYC

http://www.maloofmoneycup.com/

We just heard that MCFADDEN’S will be opening up a bar/restaurant within walking distance to the HOLIDAY INN LAGUARDIA AIRPORT HOTEL at CITIFIELD in 2010!

McFadden’s originated in New York City, and with much success, they have since opened up in major cities across the United States including those cities with Major League Ballparks like Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh!


www.Mcfaddens42.com

Held at Madison Square Garden, just minutes away from the hotel by car or train – you can enjoy the games and come back to the Pine Bar & Restaurant in the hotel lobby to enjoy the recaps on large screen TV’s and chat it up amongst friends! Ask for our special reduced rate for rooms during the tournament!
http://www.bigeast.org/

Spring Fever will set in soon with the announcement of the Baseball home openers!

Watch for the NEW YORK METS – Opening Day – April 5th vs. the FLORIDA MARLINS and the defending World Series Champions:

NEW YORK YANKEES – Opening Day – April 13th vs. the LOS ANGELES ANGELS

It was just announced that the DAVE MATTHEWS BAND will perform right across the street from the HOLIDAY INN LAGUARDIA AIRPORT HOTEL at CITIFIELD in July 2010 on Friday, July 16th & Saturday, July 17th!

The Grammy winning DMB, having just performed during the HOPE FOR HAITI global benefit, were part of the top record setting relief effort in history!

http://www.davematthewsband.com /

We’re looking forward to the release of a new biography: “POPS” written about Louis Armstrong – the jazz legend, whose landmark home and museum is located within walking distance of the Holiday Inn LaGuardia Airport Citi Field Hotel! The Louis Armstrong House is open for tours and has a gift shop, with an amazing new visitors center slated to open in 2011…

www.louisarmstronghouse.org

This highly publicized event will be held within minutes from the hotel – with views along the way for all the runners to see The Long Island Sound and Whitestone & Throgs Neck Bridges that join the boro of Queens to the Bronx!

http://www.131marathon.com/13_1_New_York.html

The 13.1 Marathon will also be held in Manhattan on March 31, 2010 with the starting line in Central Park!

The exciting release of “GOOD EVENING NEW YORK CITY”, a 2 CD/DVD combo set of Paul McCartney’s historic concert across the street from the hotel at CitiField was extremely well received!

All of the discs contained in the set have images of baseballs, and there is an informative pamphlet with history and photos from the Beatles first concert at Shea Stadium to photos of the amazing event held in July, 2009 at CitiField, home of the NY Mets Major League Baseball Team.

 Look for the pyrotchnics during the song: “Live & Let Die” – that, and the entire concert, proved to be “classic.”

On Thanksgiving night, ABC TV broadcast the event which was narrated by Alec Baldwin giving a historical perspective of Sir Paul’s tour – with a special guest appearance by native New Yorker, Billy Joel!

www.paulmccartney.com 

We mourn the passing of … NANCY DeBENEDITTIS. It is with great sadness that our staff at the Holiday Inn LaGuardia Airport – CitiField mourns the passing of Nancy DeBenedittis, more commonly and fondly known as simply “Mama” –from Mama’s of Corona – Leo Latticini on 104th Street in Corona, Queens. Whenever you would visit this famous deli, as many locals, celebrities, reporters,politicians, baseball players and many others have …you would turn to the round table in the corner, and see Mama sitting there – perhaps with a sweater over her shoulder – and occasionally calling out: “Marie – you need me in the kitchen?” That would always bring a smile as she watched over her daughters Carmela, Irene & Marierunning the successful business her parentstarted over 80 years ago which expandedand thrived through the years when Mama & her husband took it over.

The stores are well known with Oronzo Lamorgese, Mama’s son in law preparing the homemade pasta in the windows of the store between their deli and the bakery with“Mama’s Backyard”. Everyone enjoyed the delicious, memorable food, which was also foundat Shea Stadium & CitiField over recent years,but it was always the warm welcome which you receivedthat made you feel like family in her presence – Mama was an institution, an icon, and an inspiration. Those who were fortunate to meet Mama in the neighborhoodwill never forget her. She will be remembered fondly, and sincerely missed.

 Food & Wine Article on Mama’s

Sir Paul McCartney’s Concert at CitiField was a home run!