Hotel Arcadia Suite: Unique Downtown Loft

Entire townhouse in McLean, Illinois

  1. 7 guests
  2. 3 bedrooms
  3. 5 beds
  4. 1.5 baths
Rated 4.72 out of 5 stars.95 reviews
Hosted by John
  1. 10 years hosting

Listing highlights

Self check-in

Check yourself in with the keypad.

Extra spacious

Guests love this home’s spaciousness for a comfortable stay.

Unbeatable location

100% of guests in the past year gave this location a 5-star rating.
This is an amazing arcade-themed space, about 1700 sq. ft. with 3 roomy bedrooms, huge living room and kitchen with cathedral ceilings. Hotel Arcadia Suite offers total privacy in a peaceful second floor loft-style apartment. 2 arcade multigames on free play, huge HD TV (plus TVs in each bedroom) all with Netflix and Amazon Prime. 2nd floor deck with nice gas grill. Cook your meals in the full kitchen; do laundry in the laundry room; enjoy the gorgeous fireplace. NO big parties please.

The space
This building was entirely renovated about 15 years ago, and my new wife and I moved in and lived here for 10 years. We also have just redone the floors in the entire place - half have been restored to their original 120+ year old solid wood quality, and the other half has had new hardwood type flooring installed.

The place is on the second floor, just above my arcade restoration shop. If I'm around during your stay and you have any interest, I'd be happy to show you the shop where I bring back to life classic arcade games and pinball machines.

There are about 15-20 stairs you must ascend to enter this space. Also, there is a commercial grade entrance lock as well as an additional door lock and bolt at the top of the stairs, providing total security during your stay. Fortunately, this is entirely unnecessary, as McLean is one of the safest towns on Earth.

By the way, the extra guest charge is simply to compensate for the extra cleaning / laundry that is necessary when we have to open the additional bedrooms.

Guest access
While staying at Hotel Arcadia Suite, you will have full access to the entire place, except for any bedrooms you don't need. For example, if you only need one bedroom, we will close off the other two since they will be unneeded and it will reduce the cleaning burden upon your checkout.

You are welcome to use any and all of the amenities of the space: the fireplace, dishwasher, stove, oven, fridge, microwave, washer, dryer, etc.

Other things to note
Another interesting tidbit about this place is that it is located on two main transportation arteries: Historic US Route 66, and the primary railroad between Chicago and St. Louis. And when I say "ON" I mean it. You can just about reach out and touch the trains when they come by....LOL. That's a bit of an exaggeration. But if you or one of your kids is into trains, they will really get a kick out of watching the trains go by just behind the building.

Where you’ll sleep

Bedroom 1
1 queen bed, 1 single bed
Bedroom 2
2 single beds
Bedroom 3
1 queen bed

What this place offers

Kitchen
Wifi
Free parking on premises
TV
Washer

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Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars for cleanliness

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars for accuracy

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars for check-in

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars for communication

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars for location

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars for value

Where you’ll be

McLean, Illinois, United States
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Neighborhood highlights

This is a very nice, safe, friendly neighborhood. You will see people out walking their dogs, or just walking up-town to get their mail. You will see kids of all ages riding their bikes and playing ball. People are very approachable and will strike up a conversation with strangers. The town has been compared to Mayberry.

Also, I would be remiss to fail to mention that this place is directly across the street from two world-class arcade museums: Arcadia and Pinball Paradise. Over 145 working, playable arcade games from the 1960s through the 2000s. Our museums have had visitors from all over the world, and they are growing every year. We have massive expansion plans and are working on two new locations right now, hopefully to open by the end of the year. All right in the downtown within a stone's throw of this Hotel!

Meet your host

Host
619 reviews
4.82 out of 5 average rating
10 years of hosting
Born in the 60s
Where I went to school: University of Illinois
Christian, Husband, Father of 3, Entrepreneur, Obsessed arcade collector / hoarder / enthusiast, Electrical Engineer, Programmer, Web developer. I am a very driven guy, whose current vision is to turn McLean, IL into an arcade Mecca. I am slowly renovating and transforming every building in the downtown into some arcade-related business. I love to chat with people about anything: religion, politics, current events, philosophy, life in general. Stop by, stay at Hotel Arcadia, visit my arcade museums, and let's chew the fat!

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Things to know

Cancellation policy
House rules
Check-in: 3:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Checkout before 11:00 AM
7 guests maximum
Safety & property
Carbon monoxide alarm
Smoke alarm
Potential for noise