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Booking Your Travel
We’re proud to announce that we’ve chosen SkyTeam as our Official Alliance Network for air travel. We would like to offer you seamless air travel via SkyTeam Global Meetings to our event. Our registered Global Meetings event offers you attractive airfares. By booking and buying your airline ticket via the dedicated link below, you will benefit from:
- Savings – take advantage of exclusive discounts up to 15% in both Business and Economy Class; no fee for your online bookings.
- Convenience – book the most convenient itinerary online with any of the 20 SkyTeam member airlines.
- Reward Miles – earn Miles on your frequent flyer program of a SkyTeam member airline and save on your future travels
- Valuable services – SkyTeam Elite Plus, First and Business Class customers will experience SkyPriority, the alliance network red-carpet treatment, and will get access to the exclusive
SkyTeam lounges. - SkyTeam network – travel to your event from virtually anywhere in the world with over 16,270
daily flights covering more than 1,050 destinations in 179 countries.
Local Transit
SMART Bus
If you’re heading to the northern suburbs of Macomb or Oakland, renting a car is an option. You can also hop on a SMART bus. SMART connects the city of Detroit to its suburbs — you can catch a ride at the Rosa Parks Transit Center in downtown Detroit. The standard ride fare is $2 ($1 for youth and 50 cents for seniors.)
SMART also offers new FAST routes. This high frequency bus service connects the city to the suburbs and operates every 15-30 minutes for a quick, convenient ride to downtown Detroit.
The Detroit People Mover
The Detroit People Mover, an elevated and automated light-rail system, can help you get around downtown quickly, easily and safely. The 2.9-mile looped system has 13 stations, with automatic stops at key downtown locations.
Purchase People Mover convention passes in advance here.
The Grand Circus Park station is the official FIRST Robotics exit station. It is within walking distance of Ford Field. You can also get off at Broadway, Cadillac Center, and Greektown to easily walk to Ford Field. There is a People Mover station located within Cobo Center.
Special Hours of Operation during FIRST Robotics
4/25: 5:30 a.m.-midnight
4/26: 5:30 a.m.-midnight
4/27: 5:30 a.m.-2 a.m.
4/28: 5:30 a.m.-2 a.m.
Normal Hours of Operation
6:30 a.m.-midnight weekdays, with an extension to 2 a.m. on Friday. 9 a.m.-2 a.m. Saturday. Noon-midnight Sunday.
Cost: one-way fare is just $0.75.
Paying Fare to Ride
With a People Mover Fast Pass, place the pass in your right hand (with the black stripe facing you) and walk up to the fare gate. Swipe the pass forward as if you’re pushing it through. Once the gate says “Thank You”, you are free to walk through. Passes can only be swiped through a station fare gate one time in a 15-minute interval. Once it has accepted your fare at that station, it will not register again at that location for the above period. You can, however, use the pass at any other station.
QLine
A 3.3-mile circulating streetcar running along Woodward Avenue between Congress Street and West Grand Boulevard in downtown Detroit. The streetcar route has 20 stations serving 12 locations.
7520 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 48202
Phone: 800-511-3931
Detroit Metro Airport DTW
Detroit Metro Airport has two main terminals, McNamara and North. Extra-wide moving walkways, shuttles between terminals, two indoor, 200-passenger trams that transport guests within the McNamara Terminal and an on-site luxury Westin hotel round out the airport’s many services.
Get driving directions
Traffic Updates
Mi Drive is your resource for planning routes with up-to-date road construction information as well as traffic incidents and even road cameras. Get Mi Drive online and on your smartphone or mobile device.
Parking in Downtown Detroit
Here are a few resources that list publicly available parking lots, parking garages and additional information about on-street parking. Some listed provide online apps to help get you parked and on your way as quick as possible.
Parkopedia - Near Cobo Center
Parkopedia - Near Ford Field
Bestparking - Downtown Detroit
Bestparking - Near Cobo Center
Bestparking - Near Ford Field
Average Driving Distances to Downtown Detroit (miles)
TAXI RATES
Rates vary depending on wait times, traffic and the number of people traveling.
From Detroit Metro Airport to:
COBO CENTER: $30*
FORD FIELD: $30*
SOUTHFIELD: $38*
DEARBORN: $22*
ALLEN PARK: $20*
*Prices collected from Uber.
