Location/Hotels

Kansas State University Student Union. K/S Ballrooms and Cottonwood Room (2nd floor).
For MapQuest, use “Union bookstore, Manhattan, Ks 66506″ As the address.

Note: the parking lot is supposed to be done, but may be still under construction. There is another lot nearby, with shuttles running (though it is still not much of a walk). Here is a map with shuttle parking noted (look at the white dots)

Floorplans of building

Amenities: The building has vending machines, a convenience store, a Subway store, coffee shop, video arcade, pool hall, bowling alley, and more. See the floorplans above, and the Union web site fore more info and details.


Lodging:

Across the street from the venue:
Holiday Inn Express
1641 Anderson Avenue
Manhattan, KS 66502
785-539-7531, 800-962-0014

Others:

CLARION local phone# 785-539-5311
530 RICHARDS DRIVE
Manhattan, KS 66502

SUPER 8 Local Phone # 785-537-8468
200 Tuttle Creek Boulevard
Manhattan, KS 66502

Hampton Inn
501 E. Poyntz Avenue
785-539-5000
800-HAMPTON

Comfort Inn
150 E Poyntz Avenue
785-770-8000
800-4CHOICE

Other lodging can be found on This page

Limited crash space may be available (use the contacts page to query).

Restaurants/Dining:
Aggieville is two blocks away from the union, and has several eating/drinking establishments. This page has a complete listing. Everything on Moro or Laramie street is in Aggieville.

Airports:
Manhattan does have air service (MHK).
It is cheaper to fly into Kansas City (MCI), then shuttle to manhattan.
For shuttle service, there is KCI Roadrunner.

Highway:
Manhattan is just off I-70 (exit 313 from the east, exit 303 from the west)
You can use MapQuest to get directions from your current location.
Use this for the destination address:
Union bookstore
Manhattan, Ks 66506