Front desk staff were extremely helpful and welcoming. Hotel is dated, but clean and functional. It's a great buy, and the location is ideal to get to PSU, food carts, and downtown. Ovation coffee across the street. Transit is right there, getting across the river is easy. The streetcar out front is really not that loud. As others have stated, some of the free parking spots are between columns and are incredibly hard to park between. Recommend an economy size rental car and a spotter. Barring that, there's cheap enough parking in the area.