by Marty Gear
For Bucconeer, we will utilize the new section of the Baltimore Convention Center and four major hotels. At the BCC, we currently have a reservation for 185,000 square feet of exhibit/function space as well as 30 meeting rooms. This represents a 60% increase in the amount of space we used for ConStellation (the 1983 Worldcon).
Most of the daytime activities as well as the Hugo Ceremonies and the Masquerade will be held in the Convention Center, located across the street from Oriole Park at Camden Yards and three blocks from Baltimoreís Inner Harbor dining and shopping area.
Our four hotels are the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor, The Holiday Inn Inner Harbor, the Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore, and the Omni Inner Harbor Hotel. We have paired our hotels so that the party hotels will be the Marriott and the Holiday Inn, which are directly across from each other on Eutaw Street. The quiet hotels will be the Omni and the Radisson, which are joined by an overhead walkway.
We are planning for the evening activities, except the Masquerade and the Hugo Award ceremony, to take place at the Marriott/Holiday Inn pair, although some activities such as the Regency Dance are tentatively planned for the Radisson.
We are also currently negotiating room blocks in the Day's Inn Inner Harbor as well as several other hotels ranging from four star through all suites to bed & breakfasts and hostels. We hope to be able to offer something in the way of accommodations to everyone regardless of their budget or taste.
Exact rates will be established later in 1997, and it appears that they will be comparable to those currently in effect for the larger regional conventions. All convention reservations will be made through the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association. Please don't attempt to make your reservations directly with the hotels. Detailed hotel information and reservation forms will be mailed with Broadside Four.
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