Used to be Holiday Inn, rest. was Vicker Switch. I worked the Front Desk in

winter/spring ‘83 - usually 3-4 days/wk, 3-11p. One night during a snow storm, I filled that whole hotel by myself as people left I-81 looking for a room. Had to walk back to my fraternity house after midnight in the snow. Another night, this geeky looking dude in glasses was checking in and mentioned he and his colleagues were in a hurry - they were playing at a club in town. I asked who they were and where, and he give me pass. After work I went and saw R.E.M. at After Sundown (Mike Mills had checked them in). It was shortly after their first EP had been reviewed in Rolling Stone and a couple months before their first full album, Murmur, was released . 😎👍🏻

I hadn’t been back to that hotel since spring of 83, over 35yrs ago, but I had a room this weekend for the ND game. Wow, what a dump the place has become. The folks working there couldn’t be nicer, but that building is a tear down. Issues with our room, air conditioner, etc. Can’t swap us, they’re full. $240+/night, 2 day min for this past weekend, then $58 Sun night. 😱 I was apologizing to the ND fans at the free breakfast Sat morning. Within 5 mins of checking in Fri night, my wife was on TripAdvisor complaining that 1 Star was low as she could give. She made me promise we wouldn’t stay there again. 😳 Kinda sad, actually.

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Awesome childhood memories came up this weekend in Blacksburg. As kids we -- Hurley09 10/09/2018 10:05AM

Used to be Holiday Inn, rest. was Vicker Switch. I worked the Front Desk in -- B777Fr8Dog 10/09/2018 4:37PM

In '73 I remember that KFC was on the right on the way to Christiansburg -- MikeVT85 10/09/2018 2:57PM

It was a presentable place until the late aughts -- banishedtothelounge 10/09/2018 12:09PM

They actually used that place as a dorm a few years back -- JoesterVT 10/09/2018 1:01PM

That Day's Inn used to be a Ramada Limited -- jmanatVT 10/09/2018 10:46AM

...Vickers Switch restaurant at the Holiday Inn ** -- chumley 10/09/2018 10:44AM

So it was a Holiday Inn before RL; thought the address suggested that. ** -- jmanatVT 10/09/2018 10:47AM

Holiday Inn, that's it! We stayed there many years back whilst Hurley04 was -- Hurley09 10/09/2018 11:43AM

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It's next to Audiotronics which used to be Scotty's Radio and -- santafe 10/09/2018 10:55AM

I put a streetview in my post above. But it's actually Blacksburg -- jmanatVT 10/09/2018 10:49AM

That streetview didn't work for me...basically opened my current location ** -- JoesterVT 10/09/2018 10:50AM

Yep, bad link ** -- EDGEMAN 10/09/2018 10:56AM

Darn, well look up Days Inn Blacksburg -- jmanatVT 10/09/2018 1:14PM

The last time I stayed there was about 20 years ago too. -- HokieSignGuy 10/09/2018 10:18AM

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