NELS 37 at UIUC:Arriving

Arriving

The venue for N37S will be the Levis Faculty Center, located at 919 W Illinois St, Urbana. You can find this location in the UIUC campus map and in Google Maps.

The N37S dinner will be held at the Basmati Indian Cuisine restaurant, Saturday October 14th at 8:30pm. Basmati is located at 302 S 1st St, Champaign, IL. We will provide directions during the conference.

Getting to Urbana-Champaign

The Champaign Willard Airport (CMI) offers daily flights through American, Northwest, and Delta. AMTRAK service is also available.

Champaign-Urbana is located on Interstates 72, 74, and 57; 135 miles south of Chicago, Illinois; 180 miles north of St. Louis Missouri; and 120 miles west of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Directions to Campus

You can also arrive by charter bus services from all major airports: Chicago O'Hare, Chicago Midway, Indianapolis, and St. Louis. Please use the following links :

Lincoln Land Express (LEX)
1-800-223-9313
http://www.lincolnlandexpress.com/

Suburban Express
217-344-5500
www.suburbanexpress.com

Peoria Charter Coach
1-800-448-0572 ext. 29
http://www.peoriacharter.com/

Within Urbana-Champaign, there is a mass transit system, and the bus schedules are available at the MTD web page. Paper booklets are also available on the buses.

Parking

On Friday, metered parking will be available on the streets adjacent to the Levis Faculty Center, the conference venue. On Saturday and Sunday, free parking will be available at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts parking garage and at parking lot D21 (located at the corner of W Oregon St and S Gregory St.) Both locations are within walking distance from Levis.

More travel resources are available below.

Links of Interest:

- Champaign County Convention and Visitors Bureau	http://www.cucvb.org/
- Illinois Bureau of Tourism	http://www.enjoyillinois.com/
- Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau	http://www.meetinchicago.com/
- St. Louis Convention and Visitors Bureau	http://www.explorestlouis.com/
- Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association	http://www.indy.org/