Directions

The 2012 MC2 Symposium will be held in the Orem Alumni Hall and the adjacent Rever Alumni Hall of Fame at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center on the University of Maryland College Park Campus.

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The Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center does not have a physical address. If you would like directions to our facility from your starting address, please use the map link above.

The Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center is situated on the University of Maryland, College Park, campus—conveniently located off of I-495 and close to the College Park Metro Station.The center is at the hub of the university’s northwest corner next to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and Byrd Stadium.

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Driving Directions

FROM BALTIMORE AND POINTS NORTH:

Take I-95 South to the Capital Beltway, exit 27, and immediately follow signs to exit 25B—College Park/U.S. Route 1 South. After proceeding on Route 1 approximately one mile, take a right-hand exit onto Route 193 West. Go two traffic lights to Stadium Drive. Make a left onto Stadium Drive. Continue on Stadium Drive, bearing right at the traffic circle.The Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center is on the left just beyond Byrd Stadium.

FROM BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL/THURGOOD MARSHALL AIRPORT:

Take 195 West to I-95 South.Take I-95 South to the Capital Beltway, exit 27, and immediately follow signs to exit 25B—College Park/U.S. Route 1 South. After proceeding on Route 1 approximately one mile, take a right-hand exit onto Route 193 West. Go two traffic lights to Stadium Drive. Make a left onto Stadium Drive. Continue on Stadium Drive, bearing right at the traffic circle.The Samuel Riggs IV
Alumni Center is on the left just beyond Byrd Stadium.

FROM REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT:

Take I-395 North until it terminates at New York Ave. Make a right onto New York Ave., and exit at Maryland Route 295 North (Baltimore/Washington Parkway). Exit at Maryland Route 193 West (Greenbelt Road) and follow straight for three miles to Stadium Drive. Make a left onto Stadium Drive.Continue on Stadium Drive, bearing right at the traffic circle.The Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center is on the left just beyond Byrd Stadium.

FROM WASHINGTON/RICHMOND AND POINTS SOUTH:

Take I-95/I-495 North to exit 23/MD 201-Kenilworth Avenue South. Take the first exit for MD-193 West/Greenbelt Road. When you cross under Route 1, Greenbelt Road turns into University Blvd. Proceed to the second traffic light and turn left onto Stadium Drive. Continue on Stadium Drive, bearing right at the traffic circle. The Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center is on the left just beyond Byrd Stadium.

FROM DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND POINTS WEST:

Take the Dulles Toll Road to I-495 North. Take I-495 North (Washington Beltway) for approximately 25 minutes to exit 25B. After proceeding on Route 1 approximately two miles, take a right-hand exit onto Route 193 West. Go two traffic lights to Stadium Drive. Make a left onto Stadium Drive. Continue on Stadium Drive, bearing right at the traffic circle. The Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center is on the left just beyond Byrd Stadium.

Parking

Free parking is available in Lots 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9 ,11, 15, 16 and 19. Faculty/Staff lots and meters will be enforced as usual. MC2 recommends parking in Lot 1b for free parking close to the Symposium location.

Paid Parking is available for guests at the Stadium Drive parking garage located next to the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center and Byrd Stadium. The cost for parking is $3 per hour ($15 maximum a day).

Located at the Stadium Drive parking garage are digital parking stations. With these stations, users can pay with cash, coin, or credit card. The stations allow visitors to use the "Pay-By-Space Parking." This type of parking system uses numbers assigned to each parking space, usually on a metal plate on the wall or marked on the ground. When you park your vehicle, note the space number, then proceed to a station and purchase the amount of time you need. Signs will designate where the pay-by-space system is in effect. For more information about the digital pay stations, please visit the Department of Transportation website at www.dots.umd.edu/visitor/paystation.html.

For more information about visitor parking, please visit the Department of Transportation website at www.dots.umd.edu/visitor.html.

Shuttle and Metro Information

For metro information, please visit the WMATA Web site at www.wmata.com. The Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, on the campus of University of Maryland, is located on the green line at College Park-U of MD.

Directions from College Park Metro to Riggs Alumni Center:
The shuttle (click here for schedule) will drop you off at the Stamp Student Union. From there you will need to walk to the Riggs Alumni Center. Take a left off the bus and continue up the hill, you will approach a parking lot on your right (Lot 1). Go through the parking lot to the end and you will see the Riggs Alumni Center at the end.