Travel Arrangements (Chi-Town)

[-BT-]

So i've pretty much decided what the hell, im gonna try and make the trip to chi-town to catch Sumwons race next week

I'm gonna be flying out of Dulles International Virginia into O'Hare and taking a cab from O'Hare to the track/hotel. The plan is, to arrive on the 11th (the day of) and ship out the next morning. Here's the dilemma, i don't know what is a good part of town and what is a bad part of town to get a hotel in. I'm not looking for anything fancy, just some where to lay my head for 1 night and not have to worry about getting shanked or mugged on my way to the ice machine. Any suggestions on cities or particular places to stay that are located between O'Hare and the track or not too far off?

What are everyone else's travel arrangements looking like?

-bt-