Going to the Federalist Society Student Conference in Nashville?

Word is that Priceline is accepting bids for rooms at the Nashville Sheraton Downtown for $39 per night, 2/20/-22. It’s a mile and half away, so you’ll need sturdy legs, a rental car, or money for a cab, but it’s a AAA diamond hotel, and substantially cheaper than the hotel deals lined up by the Feds.
UPDATE: Gary Leff, author of the excellent Webflyer.com blog, writes elaborates:

The Sheraton Nashville Downtown is a 3* property in the Downtown – Vanderbilt University zone. If you bid 3* in that zone you might get the Sheraton. You might also get:

Wyndham Union Station
Doubletree Hotel Nashville
Holiday Inn Select Vanderbilt
Embassy Suites
Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University

(Not commenting on the likelihood of getting any of those on the particular dates of the Federalist Society conference — that’s a function of the availability at various price points each enters into their reservation system. Just noting that the Sheraton isn’t the only possible hotel you might get off a Priceline 3* bid in that zone, as Priceline works with those (5) other properties there with the same criteria. In fact the Wyndham and the Doubletree both turn up successful bids at the low $40s.) Also worth noting that if your first 3* bid for a downtown property is
unsuccessful, there’s no reason to wait 72 hours or change quality level or zone. You can actually bid again right away, just raising the price. Why? Because Nashville has several zones which don’t offer 3* properties. Just add the North Nashville zone and bid again. Since North Nashville has no 3*, you’re still really just bidding downtown. Unsuccessful again? Add South Nashville. Guess what? One more change — add Antioch.

With 3 free rebids at the 3* level, you could easily bid $39 and then $44
and then $49 and then $54…

For a decent discussion of free rebids on Priceline, see:
http://hotels.about.com/cs/travelerstools/a/pricelinebid.htm

Also, if you’re not familiar with it, you should check out
http://www.biddingfortravel.com where folks post their winning and losing
bids (more or less plotting the supply curve) and build a backend hotel
list.