Travel / Hotel
Hotel Information
The preferred hotel area is Downtown Raleigh. Since a variety of restaurants, clubs and entertainment venues can be found in the surrounding blocks, we'll center the nighttime activities around this general area. Please note: the event is not at the hotel location! You can drive or take a quick cab ride to the conference from downtown.
There are many transportation options to get around downtown like the free R line bus, Raleigh Rickshaw and the many taxi's circling the city center. The hotel area is walking distance from the North Carolina State Capitol building. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, North Carolina State Fairgrounds and the RBC Center indoor sports arena are only a few minutes away.
Preferred Hotel:
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Book with the 'NCDevCon' room block for preferred pricing.
Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
421 South Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC
(919) 834-9900
Nice and Convenient:
Raleigh Marriott City Center
500 Fayetteville Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
(888) 236-2427
marriott.com
Budget Lodging:
Holiday Inn - Raleigh Downtown
320 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27603-1786
Phone: (919) 832-0501
Fax: (919) 833-1631
www.hiraleighdowntown.com
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Raleigh - Brownstone - University
1707 Hillsborough St
Raleigh, NC 27605
(919) 828-0811
brownstonehotel.com
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Raleigh near NC State University Southwest
3741 Thistledown Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606
(919) 854-0001
www.ihg.com
AirBnB - Raleigh
https://www.airbnb.com/
Event Location - Directions / Maps
Please note: the event is not at the hotel location! You can drive or take a quick uber, lyft or cab ride to the conference from downtown.
- We are at Centennial Campus. We are in College of Textiles, between Research Dr. and Campus Shore Dr.
- Note: On Google Maps the building we are in is labeled as: "The Graduate School".
- Google: 1000 Main Campus Drive Raleigh, NC 27695
We have a partnership with Lyft. All new users to Lyft can use this code and get 5 free rides up to $10 each. https://www.lyft.com/invited/NCDEVCON16
Maps
- Campus Map
- From NCDevCon to Hotel
- From I-40 (Durham, RDU Airport, etc)
- From I-440 Beltline (Cary, Raleigh, Garner, etc)
- Walking from Parking Deck to NCDevCon Registration
The above maps show our suggested route to Centennial Campus via Avent Ferry to Varsity Drive. We will have signs along this route.
- From Varsity
- Take a right onto Main Campus Drive
- Go approx 0.3 miles
- Turn right onto Campus Shore Drive
- Turn right again into Parking Deck (it is underground)
- Park and take stairs up to plaza
- Follow signs to NCDevCon
Airport Information
The Airport code is RDU, and is very easy to get into and out of. Security lines are short, the staff is friendly and we are served by Air Canada, AirTran, American, Continental, Delta, Jetblue, Southwest, United and US Airways. The conference starts at 9AM Saturday morning and ends at 4PM Sunday afternoon. Consider arriving Friday afternoon/evening and departing Sunday after 6PM. The airport is 20 minutes from the conference location.
Car Rental
The usual suspects are present at the Airport for car rental.
See http://www.rdu.com/groundtrans/rentalcars.htm for more details.
Uber is also available in Raleigh.
Lyft is available and is offering our attendees 5 free rides for new users to the Lyft platform.
Raleigh / Durham Visitor Information
Checkout visitraleigh.com for information about Raleigh, NC.
Visit durham-nc.com for information about Durham, NC.Local Museum List
Free Events and Attractions
Family Attractions List