NEWS
NEWS
Several people expressed concern over the announcement that the last convention in Chesterfield was the last one. Never fear, there will still be a con on the Missouri side of the river, only location has changed. It will no longer be in Chesterfield, where we had been for over 6 years.
The new location will be at the Sheraton Westport Plaza Tower, 900 Westport Plaza St Louis ( I-270 @ Page Ave EXIT 16A). This is alog I270 about midway between I-64 and I-70. This is less thana 15 minute drive from the Chesterfield location, so for some fans it will be closer for others a bit further. The first date at the new venue will be on February 13, 2010. We will have a bigger room for the event.
There are two Sheratons in Westport, the conventnion will be in the one with the big tower. Although the hotel is visible from the freeway, it can be a but tricky to get to.
This is how you can get there:
From Hwy 70, take I-270 South. Take the Page East Exit. Stay in the right lane, exiting at the first exit, Lackland Road / Westport Plaza Drive. Make a right turn onto Lackland (heading West) and Make another right turn onto Westport Plaza Drive (heading North). Proceed to the first traffic light at Westline Industrial Drive and turn Left at the intersection heading into Westport Plaza Complex. Follow the road around to the Sheraton Plaza Hotel.
From Hwy 64/40, take I-270 North. Take the Page East Exit. Then follow above directions on Page.
From Hwy 55 (in Illinois), take Hwy 70 West to I-270 South. Take the Page East Exit. Then follow above directions on Page.
From Hwy 55 (Festus/Arnold area), take I-270 West. Take the Page East Exit. Then follow above directions on Page.
Green Bay dealers are happy they are not outside in the cold of March!
Occasionally one of the conventions will be featured in the local newspapers. When I find out about them, I'll post links to the online versions here. Let me know if a link goes dead since some papers only keep free versions of their articles online for a limited period of time
Artist Sean Forney does a sketch at the very first Toledo convention last February!