Riviere-Fabes Symposium Hotel Information

Speakers' hotel

The speakers at this year's conference are staying at:

Radisson Hotel Metrodome
615 Washington Avenue S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Hotel Reservations Phone Number: 612-379-8888

It is a roughly 10 minute walk from this hotel to Vincent Hall.

Sponsored Postdocs and Graduate Students Hotel

Sponsored Postdocs and Graduate Students will be staying at the following hotel:

The Days Inn
2407 University Ave SE
(Intersection of Univ Ave SE and Washington Ave SE)
Minneapolis, MN 55414 US
Phone: 612-623-3999

It is a 15 minute (approx) walk from the Days Inn to the Mathematics Department.

Walking from the Hotels to Vincent Hall

To do this, you walk straight west on Washington Avenue, until you come to the the silver bridge just west of Church street.

At this point you should turn right and Vincent Hall will be the second building on your right. Click here for a map of the area around Vincent hall, and a photograph of the building itself.

Directions to Hotel and Math Department from Minneapolis St. Paul Airport

To get between the Airport in Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota, it is possible to take an airport shuttle (approx $15), a taxi (approx $30) or Public transportation (approximately $2.) Depending on when you travel, it is probably easiest to take public transport from the airport to the hotel. The following is a description of how to do this trip from the airport. The description makes the trip look much more difficult than it is since it is written in (possibly annoying) detail.

Taking Public Transport from the Airport to the Hotel or Conference

The trip from airport to hotel involves a 20 minute train ride followed by a short bus ride. Even when the roads are clear of traffic, the following public transport is almost certainly faster than taking an airport shuttle.

Here are the steps by public transport, in (probably) annoying detail:

1. From the baggage claim level of the airport (one level lower than the arrival level) go down one more level still and follow the signs to the Tram. (This Tram will take you to the transit center. The transit center is the location of the light rail station.)
2. Get on the Tram. It goes in one direction only and does not take long.
3. When the tram stops you should get off, because you are in the transit center. Follow signs to the light rail station. You go down one floor and buy your ticket from one of the vending machines (it will be either $1.25 or $1.75, depending on whether you are traveling in rush hour or not.)
4. After you purchase your ticket, go down one more floor to the train platform. You should wait on the side marked "to Minneapolis".
5. Get on the train and take it to the stop marked "Downtown East/Metrodome" This ride takes 20 Minutes. Your ticket does not need to be punched or turned into anyone, but hold onto it as you will need it for the duration of your trip to the hotel.
6. When you get off the train at the Downtown East/Metrodome stop, walk to the bus stop which is located at 4th Street and Chicago Avenue. This walk should take less than 30 seconds - the bus stop is very close to the back of the train you just got off. You will be taking a bus going in the east direction, so wait on the train station's side of 4th street. (East is the direction away from the tall buildings of downtown which you see on one side of you).
7. You want to take either the number 16 or the number 50-S bus (limited stops), in the easterly direction (The direction of St. Paul). The ticket you had for the train is valid for this ride too.

   You will take the bus for approximately 8-10 minutes. You can get off the bus at the intersection of Washington Avenue (which you will be riding along) and Oak Street. This is the 4th traffic light after you have crossed the river.

   If you are staying at the Radisson, you should walk back west from this bus stop along Washington Avenue approximately 200 yards. If you are staying at the Day's Inn, you should walk east from the bus stop approximately 300 yards - until Washington Avenue meets University Avenue SE.

   If you are staying at the Days Inn, and if you happen to catch a number 16 bus, you can stay on the bus for another stop after Oak Street, in which case the Day's Inn will be a very short walk from where you get off. (The number 50 bus has limited stops, and this is why it involves a longer walk near the hotel.)

   If you miss your stop you needn't worry as the next stop is not too far from your hotel, and you can simply walk back to the hotel.

Note that if you are coming directly to the conference from the airport, you should get off the bus as soon as you cross the bridge on Washington Avenue. (The stop is in front of Coffman Union, and both the 50-s and the 16 bus routes stop here.)

Maps

Vincent Hall neighborhood map

Directions to the Minneapolis Campus

Full maps of the Minneapolis and St. Paul Campuses

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