Directions

Campus Map (PDF)

Parking

Venue, Directions, Parking

Venue Location

The conference will be held at the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Millennium Student Center is located 3 miles east of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, and 20 minutes from downtown St. Louis. The venue is within walking distance of the MetroLink Light Rail UMSL North station, that connects to Union Station downtown and the airport.

Detailed directions (from UMSL's website).

UMSL North Campus Map

Download PDF Map highlighting the following:

• The location and a photograph of the façade of the Millennium Student Center (MSC, structure No. 4 in the map)
• The Millennium Garage North (MGN, structure 54)
• The location of the MetroLink UMSL-North Station. MetroLink is the light-rail transportation system of St. Louis, that goes to the airport (Lambert Field) and to downtown, including Union Station.

Parking

Free Daytime Parking

There will be free parking at UMSL's Millennium Student Center Garage North (MGN - (see map), for the duration of the conference. No registration, tags or permits are required in that specific parking garage during conference session hours (8 AM - 8PM).

Overnight Parking

Also, there is free, secure and constantly supervised overnight parking in the same garage. If you want to leave your car overnight at the university, please note the following:

• You need to fill a special parking form and hand it at the registration desk at check-in time.
  The form is available for download and printing: Word format / PDF format
• Your vehicle must be parked in the Millennium Student Center Garage North (see map), conveniently close to the MetroLink light rail station that connects to both the hotel at Union Station and the St. Luis airport. (See below)
• You need to be registered for the conference if you want to leave your car  overnight. Cars can only stay the nights of May  18th and 19th, 2009.

If you plan on leaving the car overnight, there is Additional details about overnight parking will be posted here.

Transportation

Metrolink - St. Louis

The Metrolink is the urban rail system of the City of St. Louis, and is the best way to get to the University of Missouri-St. Louis Millennium Student Center. The Metrolink Station is called UMSL North (University of Missouri - St. Louis, North Campus), within walking distance of the Millennium Center.

Current Metrolink One-ride fares: Regular: $2.25. Seniors and Citizens with Disabilities: $1.10.

• From St. Louis Union Station Marriott Hotel: There is a Metrolink at Union Station. Take the Westbound Metrolink. Approximate time needed: 20 minutes from station to station.
• From St. Louis Lambert Internationl Airport: Take the Eastbound Metrolink. Approximate time needed: 10 minutes from station to station.

Fares: one ride ticket $2.25;
Visit the MetroLink website for more information about maps, schedules, and fares.

More information about St. Louis is provided by the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission:

• Explore St. Louis
• St. Louis Hotels & Accommodations Information

This page updated:
15 May, 2009

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