PPC2022

Travel and Accommodations

Accommodations

We have three options for housing, the Knight Executive Education and Conference Center, dorm rooms in Thomas H. Eliot Residential College, and Le Meridien St. Louis Clayton with easy access to the MetroLink.

Knight Executive Education and Conference Center: This is the conference venue. Rooms are $139/night (plus tax) and include a free breakfast. You can reserve below or contact the Knight Center at 314-933-9400. The block is reserved under Particle Physics and Cosmology 2022. Rooms were held until May 15, but some rooms may still be available. Please note that the reservation link defaults to a 2 person reservation. You will need to choose 1 person instead if that is your requirement. All reservations must be guaranteed with a valid major credit card, supplied at the time of reservation. Cancellations will be accepted 72 hours prior to arrival. Cancellations after this time will result in one (1) night room rate and applicable taxes being charged to the credit card on file.

Reserve a room at the Knight Center

Thomas H. Eliot Residential College: Each dorm room is in a suite with four bedrooms, a living room, and a bathroom. Most of the bedrooms are single rooms, but a few are double. Single rooms are $50/night. Double rooms are $45/night. If registering for a double room, please provide the name of the second person. Both attendees need to name the other person as their roommate. Limit of 2 people per room. PLEASE NOTE: There are new COVID-19 guidelines for our dorms requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination. More info to come. DORM RESERVATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.

Le Meridien St. Louis Clayton: Blocks of rooms are reserved at a nearby hotel, which is a short metro ride from the conference venue. Rooms are $129/night (plus tax). You can make a reservation by calling 866-912-4016 and asking for the International Conference Interconnections PPC Room Block or use the link below. Rooms were held until May 5, 2022, but some rooms may still be available. Please note that breakfast is not included and you will need to pay for parking if you have a vehicle.

Reserve a Room at Le Meridien St. Louis Clayton 

Getting to St. Louis

Located at the geographic hub of the United States, St. Louis is easily accessible via plane, train and automobile.
 
By Air: St. Louis Lambert International (STL) Airport

By Train: Amtrak

The trains run daily from stations located in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood and at the Gateway Transportation Center located on South 15th Street. Along with Amtrak the Gateway Transportation Center serves Greyhound and Burlington Trailways interstate buses and is conveniently located one block from a MetroLink Light Rail Station and Historic St. Louis Union Station.

By Car

If you’re driving to St. Louis with your own wheels, our easy-to-use network of Interstate highways makes it a short drive to local attractions.  From the east, I-70, I-64 and I-55 head west across the Mississippi River and into downtown St. Louis. I-70 runs north of downtown past the airport and west through Missouri. I-55 turns south past the Anheuser-Busch brewery and continues through southeastern Missouri. I-64, which the locals call Highway 40, continues west through St. Louis, past Forest Park to the Missouri River. I-44 begins in downtown St. Louis and runs southwest along the former path of Route 66 to Springfield, Missouri.

Directions to the Danforth Campus of Washington University can be found here.  

Metro Transit Directions

Washington University in St. Louis' Danforth Campus is accessible via MetroLink light rail from the airport, train station or around town.

From the airport, take a Red Line train eastbound to the Forest Park-DeBaliviere station.

From the train station, take a Red Line train westbound to the Forest Park-DeBaliviere station.

Change trains at the Forest Park station for a westbound Blue Line train. For quickest access to the Knight Center, passengers on the MetroLink should take the Blue Line train to the University City-Big Bend Station (second stop). 

Metro Tickets can be purchased straight from your phone with mobile fares. The passes are integrated with the Transit app. You can also purchase tickets at any station. All tickets need to be validated before boarding the train. A single ride on MetroLink is $2.50, or $1.25 for people qualified for reduced fares (including people over 65). A weekly pass is $27, which would be unlimited for the week. A One-Day Adventure Pass is $5.00. A two hour pass purchased at the airport costs $4.00.

Parking

If you are planning to drive to campus for the conference, the most convenient parking lot, closest to the Knight Center, is the Millbrook Parking Garage (building 202 in the campus map). To gain access, visitors will need to pull a ticket at the visitor parking entrance and park in a designated visitor space. When leaving, please pay either at the pay station or at the garage exit. See here for the garage rates which apply between 7am and 5pm, Monday through Friday. 

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