We will be returning again to the Holiday Inn Select for 2008. The room rates will be the same as last year, $89 + tax for a regular room and $99 + tax for suites. Parties will be grouped together on the 13th floor, close to the Con Suite and Krushenko's. Smoking parties will be on 12th floor.

To reserve a sleeping room for MarsCon 2008, call 952-854-9000 or 1-800-HOLIDAY, and make sure to mention “MarsCon” in order to get the reduced rate. Taking a room at the hotel is a wonderful way to enhance your convention experience. It gives you a home base, a place to park your stuff, entertain friends, and land whenever you finish with partying throughout the convention weekend...not to mention it makes the host hotel very happy with our multifarious convention.

We've heard occasional reports from people who were having trouble getting the MarsCon rate when booking a room. If you've been calling the 1-800 number, please try the 952 number. If you still are having trouble, please let us know via the form at the bottom of this page and we'll try to help.

To reserve a party room, please first contact MarsCon's Parties Coordinator (Nicky) directly via mail, email, or the party room request form. Party room rates are the same as for sleeping rooms. Bed removal costs $25 per room and must be pre-arranged with Nicky. If you are hosting a party, we will need your party room request by February 3rd to insure that a room has been set aside for you on the thirteenth floor. Smoking party rooms can be set aside for you on the twelfth floor, but act fast as they are in short supply. Party hosts will also need to secure their room reservations with the hotel via credit card or a deposit. Requests for connecting rooms or specific room assignments will be honored on a first come, first served basis.

The Holiday Inn Select offers FREE HIGH SPEED WIRELESS INTERNET in all guest rooms and a full-service health club with a whirlpool spa, sauna, tanning and massage facilities. There is a Junior Olympic sized pool, gift shop, video arcade, business center, full service lounge and an on-site restaurant which offers daily breakfast buffets. Kids 12 and under eat free. Complimentary shuttles are available to transport you to or from the hotel, the mall, and the airport throughout the convention weekend.

The hotel is at Three Appletree Square, Bloomington, MN 55425. You can find it easily by going to I-494 & 34th Avenue South in Bloomington, as shown in our splendid map.

For drivers, free parking is available at the hotel. The ramp has low clearance, but there is an open air lot immediately adjacent to it where you may park your over-sized land speeders.

For folks planning to use LRT to travel to MarsCon, the Hiawatha Line Hiawatha Line (Route 55) goes right by the Holiday Inn Select. Bloomington Central Station is about a block-and-a-half walk to or from the hotel. Rail fares are the same as local bus fares ($2.00 during rush hours, $1.50 at all other times). No express charges apply. Seniors, youth, Medicare card holders, and people with disabilities qualify for reduced fares during non-rush hours. FFI: 1-800-NEW-RIDER or MetroTransit.org.

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MarsCon 2008 / Feb 29th—Mar 2nd / Holiday Inn Select / Bloomington,MN
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