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Chicago Hotel Welcomes Packer Fans

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It might be a little risky to wear your green and yellow and styrofoam cheese head hat on the streets of Chicago next weekend but one hotel is embracing the Green Bay Packer faithful before the big game. The Omni Chicago Hotel on Michigan Avenue is offering the "Green Bay Bundle" package. The two-night offer will give Green Bay devotees their second night stay free of charge should Green Bay triumph over Chicago in the NFC championship game and also includes a $50 food and beverage credit to use during their stay. Bill Bennett, director of sales and marketing for the Omni Chicago Hotel, Windy City native and die hard Chicago fan, has even agreed to don a Green Bay jersey and "cheesehead" hat if Green Bay wins and personally congratulate Green Bay supporters who check-out of the hotel on Monday, January 24. The "Green Bay Bundle" package is available on January 21, 22 and 23 only and the rate is $179 per night with a free second night should Green Bay win.

In another football-related package, the Liberty hotel in Boston is offering a "Go and Gloat Weekend" in Boston. Starting at just $310, visitors can book the "Big House Breakfast Package," which includes overnight luxury accommodations and breakfast for two in the hotel's signature restaurant CLINK or through In-room dining.

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Bears-Packers Rivalry Spikes Ticket Prices

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Tickets for next Sunday's much-anticipated NFC championship game at Chicago's Soldier Field may rival the Super Bowl in price. The reason of course is the heated rivalry between the Bears and Wisconsin's Green Bay Packers. In the long-standing Midwestern battle royal this is only the second time that the teams have met in the playoffs.

The Chicago Tribune reports that even the worst seats in the frosty upper outreaches of the stadium are selling for around $500 a seat on the secondary market. At StubHub.com seats range from $446 to $20,000 a ticket for the second row. The pricer tickets are generally in the United Club. Local brokers told the Tribune they haven't seen this kind of demand for tickets since the glory days of the Chicago Bulls back in the 1990s. SeatGeek.com shows average seats around $500 from various sources. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's Packers blog says that when the Packers competed against the Giants in the NFC game in at Lambeau Field prices averaged over $700 each.

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Julius Peppers Wins Over His New Town With Pricey Champagne

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New Chicago Bears player Julius Peppers celebrated with his new town in a big way. Peppers signed a six-year, $91.5 million deal with the Bears last Friday. On Saturday at around 2:30 a.m. at the Crescendo nightclub, the DJ made an announcement and the staff brought out 25 bottles of Perrier Jouet Fleur de Champagne (at around $350 per bottle). The bottles were topped with sparklers making quite an impressive presentation. The DJ told the crowd that it was Peppers' way of saying thank you to the city. Peppers sat in a VIP area and ordered three bottles of Ace of Spades Rose for his own table. Check out video of the very happy crowd after the jump.

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