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Housing
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| The Symposium
has reserved rooms in the Fermilab dormitories located on-site in the
Fermilab Village. These dormitory type rooms are available at the rate
of $13 to $17.50 per night. Each room has a single bed and telephone,
with central shower/bath facilities, kitchens, and lounge areas located
within each dormitory. Reservations for rooms may be made through the
Housing Office, located in Aspen East, at 630-840-3777or by e-mail at HOUSING@FNAL.GOV . The home page of
the housing office is: http://fnalpubs.fnal.gov/housing/index.html Important! When making reservations clearly indicate that you attend the LHC2003 symposium. |
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Transportation |
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| Transportation to and from Chicago
O'Hare Airport or Midway Airport is available by limousine, taxi or
car rental. There is no public transportation to Fermilab. Car Rental: All of the usual rental companies (Hertz, Avis, Budget, National, etc.) are located at the airports. For the best price, we recommend Ace Rent-a-Car at O'Hare Airport, telephone 1-800-323-3221 or visit their web site, as their prices are competitive and include the cost of insurance. We recommend renting a car while visiting the Symposium. Limousine Service: Around Fermilab having a car seems to be essential. Outside the City of Chicago public transportation almost does not exist. Only a train ( Metra), which operates approximately every half hour during rush hour, connects the suburbs around Fermilab with Chicago downtown. Public transportation from the train stations to Fermilab does not exist. But when you want to visit the City of Chicago you might want to consider leaving the car at the Metra train station and take the train downtown. This way you avoid traffic and the costs for parking which are quite steep in Chicago. For weekends an inexpensive ($5) Weekend Pass which allows unlimited rides on both Saturday and Sunday. On-Site Transportation: |
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Financial support |
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| A limited amount of financial
support for attendees is available to help with the cost of
Registration and Accommodation in case of need. Requests for such
support should be sent before 28 February 2003 to Dan Green (
dgreen@fnal.gov). Their merits will then be discussed by the
organizers and the applicants will be informed as soon as possible.
Late applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis. |
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Visiting Fermilab |
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| The following link contains
information concerning visiting Fermilab (including a map of Fermilab) http://www.fnal.gov/pub/visiting/index.html |
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| User's Office |
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Users' Center The Users' Center is a place for people to socialize after work. It is located at 2 Che Che Pinqua in the Fermilab Village and is open Monday through Friday 5 p.m. till 12:00 midnight. The Users' Center has a bar, lounge area with a fireplace, a game room with pool and ping pong tables, a room with a TV and VCR and a piano room. For information about the Users Center, contact the Users Office. |
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| The Graduate Student Association at
Fermilab (GSA) has put together a web site with lots of information: http://www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa/ |
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Things to do around Fermilab |
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| A good web page to look
for Movie Theaters, Restaurants, Shopping etc. has been put
together by the Graduate Student Association at Fermilab (GSA) here. Of course while you are at FNAL the members of
the local organizing committee will be happy to help with any
questions. |
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City of Chicago |
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| Chicago is a great city to visit
offering something for everyone. With its towering
skyscrapers, magnificent shops, ethnic neighborhoods, and premier
parks, Chicago has a lot to offer if you're exploring on foot. Chicago
has a variety of great museums, a world class symphony and opera.
And while in Chicago don't miss visiting a Blues bar. Below are just a
few links that you could use as a starting points to further explore
what you can do while in Chicago. General Info: http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/home.do (click on the Exploring Chicago button) http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g35805-Chicago_Illinois-Vacations.html http://www.choosechicago.com/ Blues Bars: http://centerstage.net/music/clubs/styles/blues.html Chicago lyric opera and symphony: http://www.lyricopera.org/ http://www.cso.org/ Museums and art: http://www.artic.edu/ http://www.msichicago.org/ http://www.shedd.org/ http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/ http://www.fmnh.org/ Navy pier: http://www.navypier.com/ |
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Running |
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| The Chicago area has a very active
running community for information have a look at: http://www.chicagoaa.com/ http://www.cararuns.org/ http://www.frtr.org/index.html http://www.windrunners.org/ Fermilab and the surrounding area is a great place to run. The Run Too running group meets three times a week. The Great Western 30K and 8k race is scheduled for May 4th the Sunday after the symposium. The race is on the great western trail which follows right along the very edge of the historic and beautiful Fox River. For more information about the race, how to register on-line etc. have a look at: http://www.frtr.org/FRTR%20Races/GW8k30k.htm Send mail to Hans if you are thinking of participating. |
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