We recently stayed at the Residence Inn Uptown Charlotte for the Coca Cola 600 Memorial Day weekend. The hotel was great. We were within walking distance of the Speed Week Street Festival and within a 20 minute drive to the track.
The hotel offers a manager's reception Monday thru Thursday of free beer, wine and food. A wonderful breakfast buffett is also offered every morning. Hot foods... not your typical continental breakfast.
We had booked a studio room w/ a pull out couch for my son. The room had a full size refrigerator, a dishwasher, a 2 burner stove and a microwave. The refrigerator was great for all of our "beverages" for the race.
The staff was very friendly and accomadating at all times.
Parking was $10 a night, which I thought was ridiculous since you can park yourself in the garage for $6 a night., but we used it anyway.
A free shuttle is also offered, but during the Speed week festival, it was very busy, so we walked. It was only a few blocks.
The hotel is located right next to the Carolina Panthers stadium so it would be a great place to stay for the football games.
Would definitely stay here again for the race.

This hotel is located near the stadium and is downtown. We had a great studio room on the 9th floor. The queen bed was very comfortable. A comfortable couch and chair and full kitchenette rounded out the room. A hot continental breakfast is included. Staff was very attentive and efficient.

We needed a room for just one night downtown/uptown Charlotte. I was pleasantly surprised at the space, decor and cleanliness of our room! It was definitely more than what we needed for one night.

The complimentary breakfast was decent. They also have a manager's reception/cocktail hour in the evenings during the week. Currently the hotel is experiencing some renovations so there is no restaurant/bar on site, however there is room service from 5pm-11pm nightly and a little convenience "store" with snacks and drinks.

The only negative is the parking. The hotel charges you $10 a night for parking in an attached public parking facility. If you are not staying at the hotel parking is only $5!

Overall my short stay exceeded my expectations. I would happily stay at this hotel for an extended period of time.

This place was amazing. My sister and law were running the Charlotte Half marathon, and we booked a two bedroom suite. This place is much more like an upscale condo at motel prices. Unbelievable. Even with this big of an event their prices were incredible. The hotel was only a block from the start and finish which would have been enough of an incentive, but in addition to that they gave us basically a driver for our entire stay. Wherever we wanted to go with uptown Charlotte, their driver took us. Ive never stayed in a place like that, and it was incredible. They also threw a party in the lounge with free drinks and food. We weren't part of that because of the race, but we really felt like we lived there. Great place.