Going to GenCon Indy for the first time

[JiffyPopTart]

Last year my non-gaming wife was so jealous of all the fun myself and my friends had that this year she wanted to go with us. She is in for a good 5 day of people watching, as she isn't really a gamer.

DS

 

[darjr]

I'm going for the first time. Unfortunately I started late and the only places open are 8 miles away. Is there typically a shuttle? What is the public transportation like? Should I bring my bike?

 

[Hand of Evil]

I'm going for the first time. Unfortunately I started late and the only places open are 8 miles away. Is there typically a shuttle? What is the public transportation like? Should I bring my bike?

IF you can you may want to bring your bike, taxi rides just add to the cost. The other thing to do is get on the GenCon site for a room mate finder, the closer to the con, people start looking for replacements.

You can also get on the wait list for housing, rooms come free and they go to the list. The thing about this is you MAY get the call just days before the con.

 

[Lanefan]

I'm going for the first time. Unfortunately I started late and the only places open are 8 miles away. Is there typically a shuttle? What is the public transportation like? Should I bring my bike?

Given how few times I ever saw a bus on the Indy streets, I'd hazard a guess that public transit isn't going to help very much. And I don't know of any hotels that run shuttles to anywhere except maybe those near the airport taking people to the airport.

My suggestion: drive to Indy if you can, then drive in to town each day and just accept that you're going to have to pay $20 a day to park somewhere near the convention center.

Lanefan

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Ya, I'm going to go post the game in the Gen Con Forum. You in?

I'm in! Og good.

 

[JediSoth]

Given how few times I ever saw a bus on the Indy streets, I'd hazard a guess that public transit isn't going to help very much. And I don't know of any hotels that run shuttles to anywhere except maybe those near the airport taking people to the airport.

My suggestion: drive to Indy if you can, then drive in to town each day and just accept that you're going to have to pay $20 a day to park somewhere near the convention center.

Lanefan

Indianapolis does have public transit: IndyGo buses. That being said, it's probably less hassle to take a taxi or rent a car because, quite frankly, mass transit in Indianapolis SUCKS.

 

[Hand of Evil]

IF you want to know where the parking places are...and prices...

Indianapolis Downtown, Inc.

 

[darjr]

seankreynolds - Gen Con tip, T minus 42 days

A blog post with some good advice, getting into walking shape for GenCon.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Thanks!

I've also noted recently that Wil Wheaton is now listed as an atendee, according to his blog. Good stuff!

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

New question!

In terms of getting from the airport to the hotel, eating whilst I'm there, and getting back to the airport, roughly how much money do you think I'll need? I do get breakfast as part of the hotel package, and I'm not going to go crazy on food, so a bit of an idea might be helpful.

Of course, I'll add spending money on top of that.