Awesome Lakes Rabbit & Cavy Shows 2007 ARBA Convention Proposal www.glrcs.com
Slide 2Welcome to Grand Rapids, MI Home of the 2007 ARBA National Convention October 14 â October 18
Slide 3Why Grand Rapids? Michiganâs second biggest city Close to countless individuals DeVos Place (Convention Center) Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Slide 4Why Grand Rapids? Home of Gerald R Fordâs Presidential Museum 60 Restaurants and Nightclubs in the downtown zone & 5 shopping centers all through the city Easily Accessible â Via roadways (US-131 & I-96/I-196) or Gerald R Ford International Airport Great Convention Bureau Support
Slide 5Downtown Accessibility
Slide 6Gerald R. Passage International Airport 15 moment drive to downtown: DeVos Place and Amway Grand Plaza Hotel Serviced by 7 noteworthy carriers including: Continental, Delta, Northwest, United Airlines and US Airways 140 flights day by day â 66 to direct destinations Offers relentless traveler administration to 14 noteworthy business sector destinations: Atlanta Chicago OâHare/Midway Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Detroit Houston Memphis Milwaukee Minneapolis New York/Newark Orlando Philadelphia Tampa most of the corresponding flights from these business sectors are the bigger 737 or 757 air ship (Connections from the West Coast through Chicago have a tendency to be worker planes.)
Slide 7Airline Shipping Northwest Airlines: $80 per pet hotel ( one route) as handled baggage -Dc 9âs: 6-30 pet hotels -Airbus 19: up to 62 pet hotels -Airbus 320: up to 80 pet hotels Delta: -Maximum of 6 pet hotels -$169/$207 per pet hotel (contingent upon size) United Airlines: -As pets â 2 rabbits for each pet hotel with greatest of 3 pet hotels -$100 per pet hotel -As cargo â up to 15 rabbits for each holder (cost relies on upon separation, size and weight)
Slide 8DeVos Place
Slide 9DeVos Place 162,000 square foot display corridor 40,000 square foot assembly hall 36,000 square feet of meeting space
Slide 10DeVos Place Exhibition Hall 162,000 square foot presentation lobby Inside measurements 360â x 450â Housing for up 24,000 rabbits & cavies relying upon breeds and showroom format
Slide 11DeVos Place Exhibition Hall Ceiling statures 37â to 75â â normal tallness 65â 4 complete air trades for every hour all day, every day 100 foot flame force lighting Floor parcels each 30â for access to water, power and sewer
Slide 13DeVos Place Loading Dock
Slide 14DeVos Place Loading Dock Totally Enclosed 36,504 square feet 117â x 312â 12 truck & 1 wash sound
Slide 15DeVos Place Loading Dock Enter by means of 2 â 20â x 16â entryways on Michigan Street 2 â 16â x 16â & 1 â 22â x 16â entryway permit passage into presentation corridor Marshaling region outside, restricted movement stream & satisfactory show faculty accessible to guarantee a deliberate stream amid the emptying procedure.
Slide 16DeVos Place Grand Gallery
Slide 17DeVos Place Grand Gallery Signature some piece of DeVos Place 360â long & 60â wide with a 75â high glass rooftop Main passageways to DeVos Place from Monroe Street and the flip side opens onto the 9,000 sq ft Riverfront Promenade
Slide 18Meeting & Banquet Rooms DeVos Place: 24 meeting rooms of different sizes Amway Grand Plaza Hotel: 3 expansive dance halls (290-810 limit) 10 littler dance floors (230 limit) 26 meeting rooms (10-110 limit)
Slide 19Booth Locations Commercial corners will be situated in the rooms off the Grand Gallery Specialty Club Booths will be a divider between Open & Youth rabbits Cage merchants and other extensive business merchants will be housed in the presentation lobby
Slide 20Amway Grand Plaza Hotel Four Star â Four Diamond Hotel Attached to DeVos Place 682 Luxury rooms downright 10 Restaurants and Lounges Pool and wellness room
Slide 21Amway Grand Plaza Hotel Rooms blocked: 300 Room rate: $99.00 every night 1-4 individuals Parking: $5.00/night self stopping Special tradition judges rate: $85.00 every night
Slide 22Additional Hotels Courtyard by Marriott: - Attached to DeVos Place - Room square: 150 - Room rate: $95.00 + charge Days Inn - Room piece: 125 - Room rate: $89.00 + charge Radisson Riverfront - Room piece: 75 - Room rate: $99.00 + assessment Overflow inns: Holiday Inn Express & Baymont Inn
Slide 23Entries $12.00 per class/$7.00 hide class Substitutions for nothing out of pocket until 7 days preceding the ARBA Convention
Slide 242007 ARBA National Convention Grand Rapids, Michigan October