Downtown has high end hotels that are nice...I stay at a Motel 6 close to the Moda Center, food courts and downtown within walking distance...funky old Sushi Bar right up the street but I'm cheap when it comes to temporary lodgings...if you've got the scratch, stay downtown in style dude!
I'd be more inclined to go for something more like this.... WAY cheaper, and you get to meet some REALLY cool people.... The stories I've heard, make me appreciate more, what I do have. Yes, this was a serious post....