{"id":13,"date":"2018-06-19T15:14:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T15:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpdev.acsu.buffalo.edu\/rrg2019\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2019-06-29T00:55:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T00:55:18","slug":"venue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/rrg2019\/venue\/","title":{"rendered":"Venue &amp; Local Attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Venue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The conference will be held in downtown Buffalo at the University at Buffalo\u2019s Educational Opportunity Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/The+University+at+Buffalo's+Educational+Opportunity+Center\/@42.8941196,-78.8709861,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x405bc0e69188145d:0x7470ecfdb4ee0da2!8m2!3d42.8941157!4d-78.8687921\">555 Ellicott\u00a0Street, Buffalo, NY<\/a> conveniently located near the downtown theater district, local restaurants, and the Buffalo waterfront.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Access from\/to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metro.nfta.com\/routes\/airport.aspx\">Metro Bus<\/a> service is the least expensive way. &#8220;Genesee &amp; Michigan&#8221; is the closest stop to the conference venue (10 min walk) and Wyndham Garden Buffalo Downtown hotel (15 min walk).<\/p>\n<p>Taxi and Uber are always easier (but more expensive). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/main.php?city=Buffalo&amp;from=Buffalo+Niagara+International+Airport+(BUF)%2C+4217+Genesee+Street%2C+Buffalo%2C+New+York%2C+14225%2C+United+States+of+America&amp;to=Wyndham+Garden+Buffalo+Downtown%2C+125+High+St%2C+Buffalo%2C+New+York%2C+14203%2C+United+States+of+America&amp;fromCoord=42.937833999999995,-78.73190199999999&amp;toCoord=42.900157,-78.864511\">Taxi fare<\/a> to the hotel would be about $40 one way. There is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffaloairporttaxi.com\/affordable-airport-taxi#downtown\">Airport Taxi Downtown shuttle<\/a> $21\/person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Access from\/to <span class=\"st\">Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rome2rio.com\/map\/Toronto-Airport-YYZ\/Buffalo\">bus and shuttle services<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niagaraairbus.com\/\">Niagara Airbus<\/a> is the fastest but most expensive. If you are traveling from\/to Downtown Toronto, <a href=\"https:\/\/us.megabus.com\/\">megabus<\/a> is the best option.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local Attractions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve put together some suggestions of restaurants and local attractions for your free time while in Buffalo. Use the map below (or open it in Google maps by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=17aJl374vgwqBKUDTHd13N5u2ZSvgFMX-&amp;usp=sharing\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=17aJl374vgwqBKUDTHd13N5u2ZSvgFMX-\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>Interested in more? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitbuffaloniagara.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Buffalo Niagara<\/a> has an amazing list of ideas for you to explore in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venue The conference will be held in downtown Buffalo at the University at Buffalo\u2019s Educational Opportunity Center, 555 Ellicott\u00a0Street, Buffalo, NY conveniently located near the downtown theater district, local restaurants, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/rrg2019\/venue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Venue &amp; Local Attractions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/rrg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/rrg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/rrg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/rrg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/rrg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/rrg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/rrg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/rrg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}