torchlite-hackathon

TORCHLITE Hackathon Logistics

Venue

The I Hotel and Illinois Conference Center: 1900 South 1st St., Champaign, Illinois, 61820

Events will take place in the Chancellor Ballroom (Tuesday, Wednesday), and in breakrout rooms Innovation, Excellence, and Loyalty (Wednesday, Thursday).

Conference Center map

Wi-Fi networks

Getting to Champaign-Urbana

By Air

The University of Illinois Willard Airport (Airport Code: CMI) serves the Champaign-Urbana area.

Other airport options are at least two hours away from Urbana-Champaign and will require you to make additional arrangements to get to campus, but may have viable flights for you:

By Train

AMTRAK has service between downtown Chicago and Champaign.

By Bus or Shuttle

Peoria Charter (private bus company) serves many different Chicago and Champaign-Urbana locations including both Chicago airports (O’Hare and Midway). Greyhound (private bus company) also provides service between Chicago and Champaign (though does not drop-off at Illinois Terminal, but an alternate location in Champaign).

Local Transportation

Taxi and Ride Sharing

Taxis are available in Champaign-Urbana, and will be waiting outside Willard Airport or Illinois Terminal for trips to I Hotel or other campus locations.

Both Uber and Lyft are active in Champaign-Urbana, and can provide comparable services to taxis for local transportation and rides to and from Illinois Terminal or Willard Airport.

C-U MTD Buses

The C-U MTD bus system provides buses to most locations around campus and Champaign-Urbana for $1 fares (one-way). More information, including info on fares, trips, MTD apps that support trip planning and pre-purchase of rides, are available on the C-U MTD website