Wheelchair Access to STOC 95

                                                 Koval Lane
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       ||                                             |      ----> to UNLV
       --       MGM GRAND                             |
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 ---|------|---o-------------------------------------------- Tropicana Ave
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 EXC   --   TROPICANA | SAN REMO    |        |  MOTEL |
 ALI   ||   HOTEL     |  HOTEL      |        |  6     |
 BUR   ||             |             |        |        |
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 HOTEL ||     IT      |             |        |        |
       ||             |             |        | COMFORT|
       ||             |             |  TRO   |  INN   |
       ||             |             |  PIC   |        |
       ||             |             |  ANA   |--------|
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       ||             |             |  INN   |AIRPLANE|
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 -----------------------------------------------------  - - - - -  Reno Ave
       ||            fence        Duke      fence
 LUXOR ||                         Ellington                   SCENIC
       ||     SHRINE                                         AIR TOURS
 HOTEL ||    (Catholic)                                    (Grand Canyon)
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     Las Vegas Blvd
     (the "Strip")

• Getting into the Convention is not a problem, providing you can get to the Tropicana parking lot.
• In the map, North is up.
• The fences shown stretch from Tropicana Ave to Reno Ave.
• Crossing either Tropicana Ave or Las Vegas Blvd by wheelchair is very difficult because of heavy traffic, except on the skywalks, which are equipped with elevators at each end. Skywalks are shown by lines across those streets.
• Duke Ellington Way has no through traffic. It has curb cuts on both sides at the North end, but only on the East side at the South end. Thus, to cross Duke Ellington at Reno, you must go in to the first driveway (not far) cross the street, then up another driveway.
• AIRPLANE is an old airplane permanently set up in that lot. It looks like a neglected memorial.
• IT marks the approximate location of the Island Tower wheelchair entrance.
• The -----o----- is a lamp post barrier. You must go around it to get to the entrance to the Tropicana Hotel parking lot. If your wheelchair is no more than 28 inches wide, you can do it. If it is slightly wider, there's a possibility, but it's not designed to be wheelchair-friendly.
• The entire North side of the Tropicana parking lot from the East fence to the driveway just West of the lamp post is protected by a hedge and a curb. There is an opening wide enough for a wheelchair, but it's hopeless because it has a curb.
• There is substantial traffic on Koval and Reno, as many people take that route to avoid the LV-Trop intersection.

1. Exit Motel 6, drive down the South side of Trop until you reach Duke Ellington, cross by using driveways, continue past lamp post, turn left into parking lot, proceed directly South to IT entrance. (This is longer by half a mile.)
2. Exit Motel 6, drive down the West side of Koval, then North side of Reno until you reach Duke Ellington, cross by using driveways, turn right into Tropicana parking lot, proceed North to IT entrance. (This is even longer than 1.)
3. Exit Motel 6, drive down the South side of Trop until you reach Duke Ellington, proceed South on Duke Ellington, crossing somewhere, then North side of Reno until you reach Tropicana parking lot, proceed North to IT entrance. (This is much longer than 1.)
4. Stay at the MGM Grand or Excalibur and use the skywalks.
5. Stay at the Tropicana.