[Sigia-l] Rooms for the IA Summit

[Richard Hill]

The Flamingo, HQ for the IA Summit, has run out of rooms _at the conference
rate_.  We expanded our block first, and have sold almost 11% over that
increased level.  So they can't give us more rooms.

Alternatives:

IA Summit will be located at Flamingo Hotel, 3555 Las Vegas Blvd. South.

Searching on cheap hotels.com turned up the following reasonable
alternatives.  We have no knowledge of these facilities nor of Las Vegas
geography.  Distances were determined by Google maps.  Facilities are in the
order of proximity.

This is not a comprehensive list by any means.  It is what one web site
produced and what appeared to be reasonably near from an E. Coast biased
perspective.

Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino, 3535 Las Vegas Blvd S., $130/night on the
web.  http://www.imperialpalace.com/  (800) 634-6441.  6/10 miles distant

Tuscany Suites & Casino, 255 E. Flamingo Road, $130/night on the web.
http://www.tuscanylasvegas.com/index.php?pid=HOME  (702) 893-8933.  6/10
miles distant
Candlewood Suites, LAS VEGAS, 4034 PARADISE RD.  Hotel Front Desk:
1-702-8363660 |

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cw/1/en/hotel/LASPD/welcome. 1.1 miles
distant.  $70/night on the web.

The New Frontier, 3120 Las Vegas Blvd S., $111.75 on the web.
http://www.frontierlv.com/, (800) 634-6966.  Someone has a web piece
expecting this to go out of business.  1.5 miles distant

Tropicanna Hotel and Casino, 3801 Las  Vegas Blvd. S., $144/ night on the
web.  http://www.tropicanalv.com/  (888) 826-8767.  1.6 miles distant

Rivera Hotel and Casino, 2901 Las Vegas Blvd S., $97.50 / night on the web.
Could not find direct number of web site quickly.  2.2 miles distant

Sahara Las Vegas Hotel and Casino,  2535 Las Vegas Blvd S., $87.50/night on
the web.  http://www.saharavegas.com/  (800) 382-8884./  2.5 miles distant

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Richard B. Hill
Executive Director
American Society for Information Science and Technology
1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510
Silver Spring, MD  20910
Fax: (301) 495-0810
Voice: (301) 495-0900