My hotel isnear downtown.
句子中用的是near downtown,为何不需要 near the downtown?
downtown用作名词时其前一般不需要冠词。又如:
I live close to downtown. 我住在市中心附近。
We will open an outlet in downtown. 大家将在市区经营一家品牌折扣店。
The buses to downtown leave on the hour. 到市中心的公共汽车整点发车。
虽然 downtown 可用作名词。但在很多状况,大家宁可用其形容词或副词使用方法,如 streets in downtown 可改成downtown streets。