Registration * Travel * Lodging * Eating * Volunteering
Registration
Complete details about registration are here. The at-the-door rate is $50. Day and weekend rates are available on the registration page.
See Volunteering for how to get a badge reimbursement.
Travel
The Troy Marriott in Troy, MI borders on highway I-75 at exit 69 (Big Beaver Rd).
If you are driving from southeastern or eastern states in the US, you'll want to get to I-75 and take it North to exit 69 (Big Beaver Rd). Take Big Beaver Rd East about .5 miles and the hotel will be on the North side of the road.
If you're driving from Grand Rapids or Lansing, take I-96 east to I-696. Merge onto I-696 east. When I-696 comes to I-75, go North on I-75 for eight miles to exit 69 (Big Beaver Rd). Take Big Beaver Rd east about .5 miles and the hotel will be on the North side of the road.
If you're driving from Wisconsin or Chicago, get to highway I-94 just East of Chicago. Take that East to I-75. Take I-75 North to exit 69 (Big Beaver Rd). Take Big Beaver Rd East about .5 miles and the hotel will be on the North side of the road.
The main local airport is Detroit Metro in Romulus, Michigan. I-94 Borders the airport to the North, take Merriman Rd North out of the airport and merge onto I-94. Take I-94 East to I -75. Take I-75 North to exit 69 (Big Beaver Rd). Take Big Beaver Rd East about .5 miles and the hotel will be on the North side of the road.
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Lodging
The Penguicon hotel is now taking reservations. More information on reserving a room is available on the Hotel page. Please direct all calls for reserving a room to The Troy Marriott. The corporate headquarters of any hotel chain is sometimes not as clueful as their friendly local hotel staff, so they might accidentally take your reservation even though they cannot honor it. You won't have a room when you get there if you do it that way.
Eating
The complimentary Consuite is great for quenching your thirst and eating cereal, fruit, sandwiches, soup, chupaquesos, and so forth. That comes included with your registration badge. However, we recommend one non-Consuite meal per day.
See the Local Business map to find restaurants in the area.Volunteering
You can get all kinds of things by working a few hours on easy tasks. Sit in front of a door checking attendance badges, carry things, watch the Anime room and change DVDs, load or unload the truck, or other random unskilled labor. See the Volunteering page for the latest details.
Last updated February 30th.