Kerry/Madison WI: CHANGE OF LOCATION!

[RevCheesehead]

I went to the Kerry page to print my tickets, and I was informed that the gathering will be at the Alliant Energy Center, due to incliment weather:

Due to inclement weather, please note the change in venue for the Madison rally.

John Kerry in Madison
Wednesday, September 15
Gates open at 11:00 a.m.

Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center
1919 Alliant Energy Center Way
Madison, WI
For security purposes, no outside signs, bags, or umbrellas will be allowed.

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Can someone please post directions? It's been a while - is this near the Coliseum?

[ewagner]

1. It is the coliseum

It was renamed a few years back.

Off of the beltway take John Nolan Drive...turn left at lights...(turn left?...hehehehee)

[RevCheesehead]

2. Thanks. I guess parking will be easier, eh?

I didn't know the coliseum got a new name. Sigh - sign of the times - even Madison has gone corporate!

LOL on the LEFT, LEFT!

[WI_DEM]

3. I just got back from a walk downtown and everywhere there are

posters saying the rally is at the Capitol and gates open at 11 am, I think a lot of people especially University kids are going to show up and be disappointed. I hope we can get the message out about the change of location.

[RevCheesehead]

4. Media blitz?

I don't know how to do it, but surely someone here is savvy enough to do it!

[Big Al from WI]

6. There will be shuttles

leaving from the Memorial Union and the original site of the rally, making as many trips as they can between 10:30-12:30.

[Lefta Dissenter]

5. When I got home this morning,

I had five emails in my inbox, informing me of the change in location (all sent from different directions/lists).

I ran in to the AFSCME office, assuming that there would be a phone bank, and, lo and behold, there was! So a spent a couple of hours calling people and letting them know about the change in location. I hit mostly answering machines, but of the real people I reached, most of them had heard about the location change. A couple said that they had heard it on the local news.

Frankly, I'm glad that it moved. Of course, if it's a beautiful day, it won't have paid off, but if it's raining, particularly with thunder/lightening, there are a lot of people who wouldn't have shown up. Also, there's a helluva lot more parking at the Alliant Center (which, by the way, is not the Coliseum itself, it's the building NEXT to the Col).

So, be there or be square! :D