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Quick Lane Bowl<br />

Sunday, December 23, <strong>2018</strong><br />

DNR Outdoor Adventure DNR on Riverfront 10 am – 11:30 am<br />

Shopping Somerset Collection 1 pm – 4:30 pm<br />

Fowling Fowling Warehouse 6 pm – 8 pm<br />

Monday, December 24, <strong>2018</strong><br />

Build A Bear Workshop Somerset Collection 8:30 am – 10:45 am<br />

Shopping Somerset Collection 9:00 am – 2:00 pm<br />

Gleaners Food Distribution Gleaners Food Bank 11:30 am – 2:45 pm<br />

Tuesday, December 25, <strong>2018</strong><br />

Ice Skating Campus Martius Park 10:00 am – 2:00 pm<br />

NCAA/ESPN Meeting Ford Field 10:00 am – 11:00 am<br />

Wednesday, December 26, <strong>2018</strong><br />

Quick Lane Bowl Ford Field 5:15 pm<br />

Designated team hotels:<br />

ACC – Greektown Casino-Hotel<br />

Big Ten – Westin Book Cadillac<br />

1200 St. Antoine 1114 Washington Blvd<br />

Detroit, MI 48226 Detroit, MI 48226<br />

313.223.2999 313-442-1600<br />

Contact: Avaney Brown<br />

Contact: Ivan Garcia<br />

(313) 223-2658 (313) 442-1626<br />

Designated media hotel:<br />

Hilton Garden Inn<br />

351 Gratiot Ave, Detroit, MI 48226<br />

313-967-0900<br />

Contact: Jennifer Leo (313) 424-1262<br />

Local airport: Detroit Metro Airport; Delta hub, also American, Air Canada,<br />

AirTran, Frontier, Southwest, Spirit, United US Airways<br />

Local tourism bureau: Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau,<br />

www.visitdetroit.com<br />

Prominent area tourist attractions:<br />

Greenfield Village, Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Motown Museum,<br />

Detroit Zoo, Detroit Institute of Arts, Fox Theater, Detroit Riverfront<br />

DIRECTIONS<br />

>From main arrival airport to stadium:<br />

(20.6 miles, approximately 28 minutes driving) Depart south on William G. Rogell<br />

Drive toward E. Service Rd. (1.2 miles), stay straight to go onto Merriman Road and<br />

merge onto I-94 E toward Detroit (15.3 miles), merge onto I-96 E/Jefferies Freeway<br />

via Exit 213B toward Canada (1.4 miles), merge onto I-75 N via the exit on the left<br />

toward Flint (1.5 miles), take Exit 50 toward Grand River Ave. (0.2 miles), stay straight<br />

to go onto Fisher Freeway W (0.7 miles), turn right onto Brush St., Ford Field will be<br />

on the left.<br />

>From main arrival airport to media hotel:<br />

(21.9 miles, approximately 33 minutes driving) Depart south on William G. Rogell<br />

Drive toward E. Service Rd. (1.2 miles), stay straight to go onto Merriman Road and<br />

merge onto I-94 E toward Detroit (15.3 miles), merge onto I-96 E/Jefferies Freeway<br />

via Exit 213B toward Canada (1.4 miles), merge onto I-75 N via the exit on the left<br />

toward Flint (2.39 miles), Take MI-3 S/Gratiot Ave. exit (0.85 miles), the hotel will be<br />

on the right.<br />

>From media hotel to stadium:<br />

0.4 miles, approximately 3 minutes driving and 8 minutes walking up Brush St.<br />

Other Trivia:<br />

- The Quick Lane Bowl is now in its fifth year.<br />

- The Detroit Lions own, host, and operate this game.<br />

Major <strong>Media</strong> in the area:<br />

Detroit News WXYT-AM 1270 Radio WDIV-TV 4 (NBC)<br />

Detroit Free Press WXYT-FM 97.1 The Ticket WJBK-TV 2 (Fox)<br />

Oakland Press WWJ-AM 760 Radio WXYZ0TV 7 (ABC)<br />

Associated Press Detroit WJR-AM 760 Radio Fox Sports Detroit TV<br />

WDFN-AM 1130 The Fan Radio<br />

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