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Dan and everyone,
I have not had time to check into this.... but will in the next week
or two. So, if you can wait a bit, I will post some helpful hints
for navigating St Paul!
-Carol
Minneapolis resident.
D B Doucette wrote:
> Just received my mailing with tickets to the upcoming Last Four.
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> The tourist-oriented brochure enclosed must have been what was alluded to
> in my conversations with the Visitors Bureau when they said "in February" a
> mailing to ticket holders would be made with a description of
> transportation arrangements for the events.
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> I am very disappointed at the St. Paul organizers for not replicating the
> excellent special bus shuttle system used last year in Albany. Instead of
> special arrangements for attendees, the brochure as much as says to
> us: "We got local buses, you figure it out". I really don't want to hire
> a car when there, and nowhere can I find which hotels are on the bus
> line(s?) that stop at the venue. Don't tell me about staying in walking
> distance, unless you want to pay me the extortionary price markup between
> the hotel charges on those days and the same place's regular weekend rates.
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> I for one would pay a special multi-day fare, above regular bus prices, for
> this service in St. Paul.
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> Can anyone out there offer any insight or encouragement about the
> possibility of special transportation services for April ?
>
> Dan Doucette
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