We're just getting our feet wet with an organized group here in St Louis. We do have several venues of just the right size: Ballrooms at the Amercia's Center complex (on Washington Ave and includes Edward Jones Dome where Ram's play) Union Station Hotel Millennium Hotel next to the Arch Renaissance Grand on Washington Ave (main nightlife area and several tech businesses) Hilton at the Ballpark (adjacent to Busch Stadium) Those are just the major ones, probably a half dozen more venues in the downtown area (e.g. http://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Downtown-Convention-Package-Map-3-14-13.pdf ) WUSTL is outside the downtown area, but only a metrolink ride away. Their biggest meeting space only hosts 375 though. The Busch Student Center at St Louis University can handle up to 1600 too. It has access to the arts district, but is a bit pricey for external events.
Even with the number of venues, it can still be very difficult to find an open venue in spring. If people are interested in this idea, I think I can get some help putting together a proposal but would need others to work on it. --Brett Lord-Castillo St Louis County Emergency Management > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:10 AM, <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:03:02 -0800 >> From: Darrell Fuhriman <[email protected]> >> To: Eric Theise <[email protected]> >> Cc: Open Street Map Talk-US <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014 >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> Having recently visited St Louis, I think that would be a great location. >> Inexpensive, well connected by air, and with several charming, walkable >> neighborhoods. Plus there are a number of Universities that might have >> inexpensive facilities. >> >> I would prefer that to expensive cities like Chicago and especially DC. >> And since I think a lot of people, like me, pay to attend out of their own >> pocket, cheap lodging is a big plus. (SF was a great conference, but brutal >> on the pocketbook). >> >> d. >> >>
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