Crowne Plaza Hotel Springfield Il

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Crowne Plaza Hotel Springfield Il

3000 South Dirksen Parkway

Springfield, IL 62703 US

Area: Springfield Area

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Adults: age 18+

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Children: 0-17

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This Crowne Plaza is located approximately eight miles from Illinois State Fairgrounds and Springfield's Capital Airport. Within five miles of the hotel are Lincoln's Home, Frank Lloyd Wright Dana Thomas House, Old State Capital, Springfield Muni Opera, and Illinois State Museum.

Rosewood Dining Room and Mahogany Bar and Grill are available for on-site dining. For the health conscious, the hotel offers a fully equipped fitness center, indoor pool, sauna, and hot tub. Other facilities include airport shuttle, ATM, concierge, 24-hour front desk, dry cleaning/laundry, gift shop, newsstand, bell staff, and vending machines.

All guestrooms are equipped with multiple phone lines, voicemail, hairdryers, coffeemakers, full-size irons and ironing boards, minibars, safes, in-room movies, and complimentary HBO.

Crowne Plaza Hotel Springfield, Il Property Information:

Rooms: 288
Floors: 13

Crowne Plaza Hotel Springfield, Il Service

Shuttle
Family rooms
Free parking
Fitness facility
Golf
Swimming pool
Wheel chair access
Tennis court
Business center
Dining
Meeting room
Nonsmoking
Data port
First class
Conventions

Crowne Plaza Hotel Springfield, Il Reservation Policies:

Check-In: 1600
Check-Out: 1100

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Springfield Events & Entertainment

February

Downtown Mardi Gras Celebration

Downtown Springfield

Pre-Lenten Fun! Evening Sidewalk Parade-participation encouraged! Dress up and join the parade! Promotions and free beads at many locations (purchase may be required.) New Orleans foods and chicory coffee offered at many eateries.

Information: 217-391-0101 or 217-528-2234

March

Shamrock Games

Illinois State Fairgrounds Coliseum

Athletes in traditional Celtic kilts from across the United States participate in events including: the caber toss, hammer throw, weight for height, stone throw & sheaf toss. Admission charged for competition which begins at 9am, Music at 4pm provided by the St. Andrew's Pipes and Drums. Information: 217-415-8324

Late April, early May

Springfield Air Rendezvous

Abraham Lincoln Capitol Airport

Springfield Air Rendezvous features the BLUE ANGELS! The air show is affordable family fun for all. In addition to the action in the air with aerobatic performers & military demonstrations, the air show provides lots of fun and action on the ground too. Ground activities are everywhere from rock wall climbing to motion rides to great food to pedal airplanes for the smallest of air show fans to visiting with people from all over the world. Information: 217/789-4400

Early May

Pied Piper Downtown Architectural Walking Tour

Begins in front of Lincoln Herndon Law Office at 5 p.m.

Join Anthony Rubano of IHPA in a walking tour discussing the architectural styles, materials, and treatments that make up historic Downtown Springfield. Information: 217-544-1723

3^rd Week in May

Illinois Highland Games and Celtic Festival

State Fair Grounds

Celebrate Celtic history, spend a day and go back 400 years in history. Dance, music, athletics, vendors and food. Largest ethnic festival in downstate Illinois.

Information: 217-546-9800

Third week in May

Old Capitol Art Fair

Captial Plaza, Springfield, IL

Rain or shine, the Old Capitol Art Fair is held on the plaza in downtown Springfield. Two days filled with fine art with nearly 200 artistsFood vendors, live entertainment all weekend.

Information: 217.391.0140

Early June

Hot Rod Power Tour

Illinois State Fairgrounds

The Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour is the ultimate Hot Rodders' vacation. Imagine cruising across America with the staff and editors of Hot Rod Magazine, along with all the icons of the automotive industry. The attention of over 40 million automotive enthusiasts will focus on these seven days in June where the rubber meets the road and the pages of the magazine come alive. Over 3000 cars will stop in Springfield at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The Hot Rod Power Tour is a family event and is free to the public. Information: (317) 236-6522

Early June

International Carillon Festival, featuring concerts by international carillonneurs Information: Phone: 217-753-6219

Late June

Washington Street Jazz

between 5th and 6th Street on Washington St. in Springfield

Several jazz and blues bands play on two outdoor stages, entertaining audiences of all ages. Festive summertime cuisine is available for purchase. Chance to win prizes. Silent Auction and 50/50 raffle.

Admission charged.

For information: 217-753-3519

Late August

Hot Rod Super Nationals

Illinois State Fairgrounds

For Information: (317) 236-6522

Hot Rod Super Nationals boasts over 3000 cars, consisting of 4 different types: Street Machines-personalized or customized two-wheel drive vehicles encompassing the years of 1949 to the present day; Street Rods–vehicles manufactured prior to1949, designed for street use; Hot Rods-American made vehicles, rebuilt or modified for a higher performance and distinctive functional appearance; Custom Cars-Restyled for a more distinct appearance.

Participants have thirty seconds to perform and the competition is judged by crowd reaction. Admission is charged.

Late August

Old Capitol Blues & BBQs

Washington Street Downtown

Full line-up of local and national blues bands. Sample BBQ from over 20 contestants in a baby-back rib cook-off. Admission charged.

Information: 217-544-1723

Late August-early September

LPGA State Farm Classic

Rail Golf Course

LPGA State Farm Classic is held annually at the Rail Golf Course. Over 140 of the best women golfers in the world convene in Central Illinois to compete for a $1.,300,000 purse. There are many ways

Information: 217-787-5742

Late September-early October

International Route 66 Mother Road Festival

Downtown Springfield, Illinois

Hundreds of high quality vintage cars from around the U.S. and Canada fill the streets of historic downtown Springfield for a 3-day celebration of the cars, food, music, & friends of the heyday of U.S. Route 66. Information: 1-866-RTE-66IL or 217-422-3733

Late October

Harvest Celebration at the Old Capitol Farmers' Market presented by St. John's Hospital

Adams Street Downtown

In celebration of another successful market season, we are hosting a fun, family event featuring Jack-o'lanterns on display, musical entertainment by Second Harvest, Trick-or-Treat the Market, and seasonal crafts for sale. Free.

Information:: 544-1723

Mid-December

Evenings at the Dana-Thomas House

Dana-Thomas House State Historic Site

The fully decorated Frank Lloyd Wright designed mansion is open for evening viewing until 8 p.m. on each of three nights. On the Sunday before Christmas the site is lit with 850 luminary sacks. Live music each evening.

Information: 217-782-6776

Arts and Entertainment

Sangamon Auditorium

University of Illinois at Springfield

One University Plaza, MS PAC 397

Springfield, IL 62703-5407

Ticket Office: 217.206.6160

Sangamon Auditorium is the venue for a wide variety of cultural and educational professional arts activities of high quality. It serves audiences on the campus of the University of Illinois, in Springfield, in Sangamon County and in the surrounding areas, reflecting a broad representation of music, theater and dance in all their forms. Groups performing include the Illinois Symphony Orchestra and Springfield Ballet Company.

The Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon

Washington Park

Springfield, IL

Within the open tower hang 67 cast bronze bells covering a range of 5 1/2 chromatic octaves. The total weight of the bells is 82,753 pounds; the largest weighs 7 1/2 tons, while the smallest weighs 22 pounds. Regularly scheduled concerts are given each Sunday afternoon throughout the year, with the addition of a Wednesday evening concert during the summer months. Tours of the tower are given on a daily basis (Closed Monday and Tuesday) from Memorial Day to Labor Day and on weekends after September if weather permits. An annual festival in early June features concerts by internationally known carillonneurs.

Springfield Destination Overview

Springfield, Illinois is the site of a number of attractions through which the life and times of President Abraham Lincoln are vividly represented. Lincoln began his political career in Springfield. Included are a national park site, his family home, and the conserved neighborhood surrounding it. The four-block Lincoln Home National Historic Site is closed to automobile traffic, forming a pedestrian court within the neighborhood in which the Lincoln home is situated. This historic area has been authentically restored in every detail and even has streets with gas lamps and wooden sidewalks.

In East Old State Capitol Plaza, visitors can view an original ledger of Lincoln's account with Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Co. The Old State Capitol is the site of Lincoln's “House Divided” speech from his debate as a presidential candidate with his opponent, Stephen Douglas. The Herndon-Lincoln law office, the old capitol building; the newly built Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the train depot from which he departed to Washington are all sites to be visited. Lincoln’s burial mausoleum is north of Springfield, near the village of Petersburg. There is also a restored settlement of log cabins recreating Salem, the village in which Lincoln lived as a young man.

Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County. The city was founded in 1819, became the county seat in 1823, and received its city charter in 1840. It was made the capital of Illinois in 1837, and the Legislature convened there for the first time in 1839. Springfield is now an important government center. Its Governor's Mansion, at Fifth and Jackson streets, is the oldest continuously occupied governor's mansion in the nation and a center of Springfield's social life since 1855.

The city lies along two interstates, one of which was formerly known as highway 36; the other was historic Route 66. Springfield was the birthplace of poet Vachel Lindsay. It was also the point of origin for the Donner Party, a group of pioneers who were tragically stranded in the Sierra Nevada during severe winter storms lasting many weeks. Springfield's Dana-Thomas House is among the best preserved and most complete of Frank Lloyd Wright's early "Prairie Houses”. It was built in 1902-04 and contains many of the original furnishings designed for it by Wright.

In August, Springfield is the site of the Illinois State Fair. Springfield is also home to the Bunn Company, known for the manufacture of coffee-makers and supplies. The Springfield campus of the University of Illinois is located on the southeast side of the city. The corn dog on a stick originated in Springfield, where it was (and still is) called a Cozy Dog. For many years the popular Reisch Beer was brewed in Springfield.

Another Springfield culinary invention consists of two pieces of thick, buttered Texas toast, topped with two hamburger patties, surrounded by a pile of French fries, with the entire creation being completely covered by mounds of cheese sauce. To order: just ask for a horseshoe sandwich.