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The Best Western Normandy Inn & Suites is centrally located in the heart of Downtown Minneapolis. The hotel is five blocks from the Metrodome Stadium (Twins & Vikings), and the Minneapolis Convention Center. All major government, bank and commercial buildings are an easy walk from the hotel as are Orchestra Hall, the Orpheum and State Theatres, the Target center and other Downtown entertainment venues. The light rail line to the airport and Mall of America are only three blocks from the hotel and the city's renowned skyway system is accessible across the street. We are easily accessible from I-94, I-35W and I-394. This hotel is located ten miles from Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. Local attractions include the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, Mall of America, and St. Paul Cathedral. The Landmarc Grill is a full-service restaurant and lounge featuring upscale, but casual American dining at reasonable prices. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served seven days a week. Parking is available for your convenience for 7.00 per night, unlimited access privileges with parking voucher. Our guests enjoy extra goodies at bedtime when we serve freshly baked chocolate chip cookies with cold milk at 10:00 p. Take time for a refreshing swim in our indoor pool, soak in the whirlpool or relax in the sauna. Hotel amenities include the indoor pool, sauna, whirlpool, and a complete fitness room with aerobic, cardio, and free weights. All rooms include complimentary morning newspaper, wireless high speed Internet access, cable/satellite TVs, coffeemaker, microwaves, and mini refrigerators. Each of our spacious rooms is equipped with reclining chairs, 27-inch televisions, large work table, and comfortable work spaces. Our new suites are excellent and offer a 32-inch flat panel television, state of the art bathrooms with walk-in showers and a sleeper sofa.
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Best Western Normandy Inn and Suites Property Information:
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Rooms:
199
Floors:
4
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- Car rental desk
- Family rooms
- Fitness facility
- Golf
- Swimming pool
- Wheel chair access
- Tennis court
- Business center
- Free high speed internet
- Data port
- Dining
- Meeting room
- Nonsmoking
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Best Western Normandy Inn and Suites Reservation Policies:
Check-In:
1500
Check-Out:
1200
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Minneapolis Events & Entertainment
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January
Late January: St. Paul Winter Carnival. A gala winter
festival—the nation's oldest and largest—that encompasses ice-carving and
snow-sculpting contests, a chili cook-off, snow volleyball, parades and the
coronation of a carnival king and queen. For more information, call
651-223-4700, 763-566-5108, or toll-free 800-488-4023.
February
Early February: St. Paul Winter Carnival. A gala winter
festival—the nation's oldest and largest—that encompasses ice-carving and
snow-sculpting contests, a chili cook-off, snow volleyball, parades and the
coronation of a carnival king and queen. For more information, call
651-223-4700, 763-566-5108, or toll-free 800-488-4023.
March
Mid March: Winter Jazz Fest. Twelve hours of jazz on five stages from
more than 100 regional and national guitarists, singers and performers of bop,
blues, big band, salsa, swing, chanteuses, and funk. Millennium Hotel, 1313
Nicollet Ave. For information and tickets, call 612-288-2060.
Mid-Late March: Cities Festival of Jewish Film. Screenings of
contemporary international films with Jewish themes, including documentaries,
shorts and feature-length films. Dolly Fiterman Theater, Sabes Jewish Community
Center, 4330 S. Cedar Lake Road, St. Louis Park, Oak Street Cinema, 309 S.E. Oak
St., Minneapolis, and other venues. For information, call 952-381-3554 or
952-381-3400.
April
Early-Mid April: Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival. The
largest festival of its kind in the Upper Midwest attracts at least 120 entries
from more than 50 countries. Screenings at various cinemas. For information,
call 612-627-4430 or 612-627-4431.
Late April: Festival of Nations. Minnesota's largest ethnic event
showcases approximately 100 different groups with international food, dance
performances by more than 75 groups, cultural exhibits, folk-art demonstrations
and an international bazaar with gifts from 50 regions around the world.
RiverCentre, 175 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. For information, call 651-647-0191.
Continues through early May
July
Early-Mid July: Taste of Minnesota. The state's largest outdoor festival
features several stages with top national musicians performing, food from across
the state, fireworks, children's activities, the Bridging the Arts festival and
more. Harriet Island and along the Mississippi River in St. Paul. For
information, call 651-772-9980.
Mid-Late July: Aquatennial. The "Official Civic Celebration of
Minneapolis" draws more than 800,000 visitors with numerous concerts, a
torchlight parade, block party, water-ski show, dancing, sporting events
(including regattas, a triathalon and tennis and beach volleyball tournaments),
culminating in one of the largest fireworks shows in the country. Various venues
throughout the city. For information, call 612-331-8371.
Mid- August: Twin Cities
Black Film Festival.
In the Twin Cities' busy film-festival schedule, this annual festival focuses on
films of African-American interest, screening feature-length and short
narratives, documentaries, experimentals and animations. Various cinemas.
August
Early-Mid August—Minnesota Fringe Festival. Cutting-edge and innovative
performing and visual arts, theater and comedy take center stage with at least
750 performances at 20 venues throughout downtown Minneapolis. For information,
call 612-872-1212. For tickets, call 612-604-4466.
Early August: Metris Uptown Art Fair. Ranked among the top 50 art shows
in the country, this annual event showcases works by more than 385 artists,
nighttime entertainment, 20 food vendors and other activities. Uptown
neighborhood, Minneapolis. For information, call 612-823-4581.
Late August: Minnesota State Fair. One of the largest fairs in the
country, complete with live entertainment, arts and crafts, food, a lumberjack
competition, horse show and simulated NASCAR racing. Minnesota State
Fairgrounds, 1265 N. Snelling Ave., St. Paul. For information, call
651-642-2200. For tickets, call 651-288-4467. Continues through early September.
October
Mid- October:Central Standard Film Festival. This film festival presents
independent films that reflect the geographical diversity of American regional
filmmaking. Screenings of more than 50 features and shorts at various cinemas in
Minneapolis and St. Paul. For information, call 612-338-0871.
November,
Mid-Late November: Minneapolis/St. Paul LGBT Film Festival. Screenings
of features, shorts and documentaries about life and issues surrounding the gay
and lesbian community. Oak Street Cinema, 309 Oak St., Minneapolis, and other
venues. For information, call 612-627-4430 or 612-627-4431. For tickets, call
612-331-3134.
Mid-Late November: Broadway in Minneapolis brings popular Broadway
musicals to the Twin Cities. Historic Orpheum Theater, 910 Hennepin Ave. For
information and tickets, call 612-673-0404, or toll-free 800-859-7469. Continues
through early August
December,
Early-Late December: Hill House Holidays.
The James J. Hill House is dressed for the season, with dramatizations of family
and servant life during circa-1900 holiday preparations. Weekends throughout
December. 240 Summit Ave., St. Paul. For information, call 651-297-2555.
Spectator Sports
Twin Cities' sports fans are rewarded with pro teams in baseball, football,
basketball and hockey. Tickets to Vikings games are usually sold out in advance,
and Wild tickets are somewhat harder to get. Seats for the Timberwolves and the
Twins are often easier to come by.
Baseball
Minnesota Twins
Major League baseball April-early October in the Metrodome. 501 Chicago Ave. S.,
Minneapolis. Phone 612-375-1116 or 612-338-9467 for tickets. Toll-free
800-328-9467.
Basketball
Minnesota Timberwolves
The T-Wolves play November-April in the Target Center. 600 First Ave. N,
Minneapolis. Phone 612-337-3865 or 612-339-4695.
Football
Minnesota Vikings
The NFL's Vikings play October-December in the Metrodome. Most games are
sold out. 501 Chicago Ave. S., Minneapolis. Phone 612-338-4537.
Hockey
Minnesota Wild
The Wild's season runs October-mid April with games in the Xcel Energy Center.
For tickets by phone, call Ticketmaster at 651-989-5151 or visit the Minnesota
Wild box office Monday-Saturday 10 am-6 pm. 175 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul.
Phone 651-602-6000
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Minneapolis Destination Overview
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Minneapolis, along with its sister city St. Paul, make up the largest metro area in Minnesota. Minneapolis and St. Paul might be called twins, but they are certainly not
identical. Minneapolis claims the greater number of attractions and businesses,
while St.
Paul functions as the state capital. Founded 20 years and 10 miles
apart, the cities have been friendly rivals, but over the years they have shared
equally in the riches the region has to offer. The
area has gained additional fame in recent years with the opening of the
mammoth Mall of America in nearby Bloomington. Where else in the country can you find over 500 stores, an amusement park, an aquarium, a dance club and countless restaurants all in one vast, climate controlled space? Minneapolis has many significant museums and historic sites that can engage the interest of a visitor for days and even weeks.
Go back in time to visit a working farm from the mid 1800s, take a tour of the home of the first governor of the territory, or wander
across an 1880s stone bridge. Numerous cultural and arts offerings can be found every day of the year. The Walker Art Center is
internationally known for its sometimes controversial exhibits of contemporary
art. Its spacious sculpture garden has Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's
pop-art fountain, Spoonbridge and Cherry, among its treasures. The
Minneapolis Institute of Arts has a superb collection of classical art from
every continent.
More than 90 performing-arts
organizations are based in the Twin Cities. The Minnesota Orchestra performs
year-round at elegant Orchestra Hall in downtown Minneapolis; the prestigious
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra plays September-May at the Ordway Music Theater;
performances by the Minnesota Opera are also held at the Ordway. The Guthrie Theater is the
longstanding home of one of the nation's best regional repertory companies. It
produces Broadway-quality productions year-round.
More specialized
theaters produce works that range from Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home
Companion to innovative African-American plays. Minneapolis is home to major league baseball's Minnesota Twins and the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings. So before you the leave the Twin Cities, try to take in a game. Make sure, though, that you are prepared for cold weather walking when you set out to watch the Vikings in the Dome, because highs in January average only 20 degrees Fahrenheit. In the midst of lakeside resorts, farm communities and river towns, Minneapolis
and St.
Paul form a vibrant metropolis rich with
Fortune 500 companies, a thriving art and theater scene and professional sports
teams. Bitter winters don't slow residents. They bundle up and enjoy what the
city has to offer, including the climate controlled enclosed skywalks that
connect most of the downtown shopping and business district. These elements of industry, culture and recreation have shaped the Minneapolis
and St. Paul metropolis into one of America's most livable urban areas.
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