Hosted by the Minnesota Loons

Summary of Tournament Information

Last updated 05-13-2007

Tournament Dates:

* July 6, 7, & 8 at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
* Captains Meeting 8:45 am on the 6th.
* Play to start after the captains meeting.

Tournament Costs:

* Pool Fees: $850 per team
(People without teams contact us for help locating a team, flinguwh@yahoo.com)
* Banquet Costs: $28 per person -You must pre register for Vegetarian Meal and kid’s meal. (Costs for kids meal will be determined.)

* Cash bar
* Additional Beer option - $10 for wrist band. You can drink the beer until it is gone. We will have a minimum of 3 kegs.
* You must have a birth date of July 8, 1986 to consume alcoholic beverages at the banquet.

Hotels:

Radisson Hotel Metrodome ($92/night Double occupancy +tax +parking)

THIS IS A DEAL!

615 Washington Avenue SE
Call 612-379-8888 or the toll free hotel number 1-800-822-6757.
Reservations must be made by June 20, 2007.
The hotel is located across the parking lot from the pool.
It will also be the site of the Sunday banquet.

Days Inn ($79/night + tax, includes continental breakfast and free parking)
2407 University Avenue SE
Reservations are through the sales department, request the underwater hockey room rate.
Call 612-623-9303. Reservations must be made by June 5, 2007.
The Days Inn is a typical Days Inn (nothing special).
The hotel is located 5 blocks from the pool.
We currently have 30 rooms on hold.

GENERAL INFORMATION

* The venue will allow for a car-free tournament.
* You can take the light rail from the airport (MSP) to downtown Minneapolis, at which point the hotel shuttle will pick you up from the Metrodome Station, or it's a 3 mile walk crossing the Mississippi River.

Located within a short walk of the hotel is the pool, banquet facility, a variety of restaurants/bars (mostly smoke free), a liquor store (CLOSED ON SUNDAY), grocery stores, and a hospital. It's everything an underwater hockey player needs for a weekend of fun

Transportation:

Air:
The airport to fly into is Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP). MSP is a NWA hub, but also is serviced by many other carriers. In the airport, follow the signs downstairs to the light rail. You will have to take a short tram to the airport light rail station. Tickets are purchased at the cool underground station that was bored by a big machine from Japan.

Some smaller airlines, like Sun Country, fly into the smaller Humphrey terminal. Follow the signs to the light rail.

Light Rail:
The light rail line runs from the airport (MSP) to downtown Minneapolis. Both hotels run shuttles to the Metrodome train station about 3 miles away from the hotels. The Hiawatha Line (Route 55, it's the only light rail line). When you're on the train call your hotel (after you pass through the tunnel) and tell them you're headed to the Metrodome Station and would like a shuttle pick up.

Note: If you end up at the Mall of America you went the wrong way, unless that is where you want to go.