MarsCon 2003 is over! Please visit our MarsCon 2004 pages.
Why yes, MarsCon will be at a new hotel this year -- what ever makes you ask?
As you recall, MarsCon 2001 was at the Radisson and MarsCon 2002 was at the Airport Hilton. We're moving again -- MarsCon 2003 will be at the Holiday Inn Select, and just to keep things interesting, we'll be returning to the Aiport Hilton for 2004. Does everyone have that? Good. Now for the details ...
The Hotel
MarsCon 2003 will be held in the Holiday Inn Select, located at I-494 & 34th Avenue South in Bloomington, MN. Here's our map of the area near the hotel.
Eat! Drink!
The Holiday Inn Select is adding several buffets for MarsCon:
They'll also have the Space Station Snack Bar with pizza, hot dogs, popcorn and liquids, the Harvest Cafe full service restaurant and the Greenhouse Lounge with drinks, lunches and dinners.
Room Rates
Room rates for the Holiday Inn Select will be as follows:
Sleeping room rates are $89.95 + tax for a regular room or $99.95 + tax for a suite. To reserve a sleeping room at the Holiday Inn Select, call 952-854-9000 or 1-800-HOLIDAY, and make sure to mention "MarsCon" in order to get the reduced rate.
Party Room Rates & Booking
Parties will be grouped together on the 12th and 13th floor of the hotel, close to Con Suite. If you are interested in reserving a party room, let us know no later than January 30, 2003. There are a handful of rooms still available on 13th floor, and individual crew members are ready and willing to move to other floors to make way for more parties if space demands it. If your group is not listed on the web site, but you plan to throw a party at MarsCon, please let us know asap. Also, feel free to contact us if you have any questions about parties. Party floor rooms are $109.95 + tax per day, and must be booked through MarsCon. Party rooms will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. To reserve a party room, please contact MarsCon directly via Email 2003info@marscon.org, phone 612-724-0687, or snail mail at P.O. Box 21213, Eagan, MN 55121.
Convention Layout
(click either map for enlargement)
Nothing here is as it appears! In other words, expect these maps to change as we draw closer to MarsCon.
First floor:
The Art Show, and hotel amenities like the restaurants, the bar and the pool.
Second floor:
Registration, Operations, Main Stage, our Dealer's Room, Programming Rooms, Science Room and Gaming Room.
Twelfth floor:
Extra PARTIES: World Defense Force, ???.
(Smoking permitted on this floor.)
Thirteenth floor:
Con Suite, Krushenko's, Blue Mars/Anime, LAN Gaming, Martian Music & Phobos Filk rooms, and PARTIES.
(No smoking on this floor, please.)
MarsCon 2003
"No one here is exactly what he appears"
February 28 - March 2, 2003
Holiday Inn Select
I-494 & 34th Avenue South
Bloomington, MN
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This page last revised January 12, 2006 at 01:47 PM