Parking and Airport Transportation
Parking is available in the municipal ramp adjacent to the hotel and is currently $9.50 per 24-hour period. The hotel is literally across the street from the campus, and it is only a short walk from there to the music building (Ferguson Hall) on the Westbank of the Minneapolis campus. The Metrodome also operates a Complimentary Area Shuttle within a three mile radius of the hotel.
There is also campus parking across the street from the School of Music. The hourly rate adds up quickly, but is estimated at about $12 for the day. Maps of the campus, with parking locations, can be taken off of the UMN website: UMN Parking.
Airport Transportation is available to the conference hotel. From the airport, follow signs to the scheduled hotel van pick up. The shuttle operates seven days a week with departures from the airport every 15 minutes from 5:30 am through midnight. To return to the airport, please ask the front desk to assist you when making your return reservations. Cost: $13.00 one way (per person), $20.00 round trip (per person).
Driving Directions to the Holiday Inn Metrodome
* 35W heading North: Take the 3rd Street University of Minnesota exit (Exit 17C). Follow the West Bank lane to Washington Ave. At the stoplight, turn right onto Washington. At the next stoplight, turn left. The parking ramp is on the left.
* 35W heading South: Take the Washington Ave. exit to the first set of stoplights. Turn left (crossover 35W). At the 2nd stoplight turn left. The parking ramp is on the left.
* I-94 heading West (toward downtown Minneapolis): From I-94, exit onto Cedar Ave. Turn right. Hotel is six blocks directly ahead.
* I-94 heading East (toward St. Paul): From I-94, exit on 35W North. Follow the above directions for 35W heading North.
* From Downtown Minneapolis: Take Washington Ave. East (crossover 35W). At the stoplight turn left. The parking ramp is on the left.
* From St. Paul: Follow directions for I-94 heading West.
* From Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport: Exit airport in left lane on Highway 5. Merge right and follow "Minneapolis" signs. Exit on Minneapolis Highway 55 (Hiawatha). Continue on Highway 55 in the right lane. Exit at "Third Street/U of MN Westbank" to Washington Ave. Turn right onto Washington Ave., and turn left at the next stoplight. Make an immediate left turn to hotel entrance.
* Please make your reservations early. For additional information contact our local arrangements chair, Michael Cherlin CHERL001@tc.umn.edu.