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LOCATION 23,000-seat amphitheater featuring a LAKE EXPRESS Milwaukee is located in the southeast variety of music, from national headline The Lake Express High Speed Ferry is corner of on Lake Michigan’s acts to up-and-comers. a modern, affordable, high-speed ferry western shore. This prime location in the : Located just 92 miles south that transports cars and passengers heart of the Midwest offers benefits for of Milwaukee (approximately 2 hours), across Lake Michigan in just 2.5 hours! those who live, work and visit here. Chicago boasts more than 200 theaters, The Lake Express travels between POPULATION AND SIZE 6,100 restaurants, 200 art galleries and Milwaukee and Muskegon, Mich. from April to Oct. For more information, Milwaukee has a population of 602,782, 550 parks. contact 1-800-554-1448. and an area covering nearly 96 square CULTURAL DIVERSITY miles. It’s the 22nd-largest city in the The 2000 U.S. Census revealed a rich TOTAL NUMBER OF DOWNTOWN country. The area has a population of 1.6 blend of ethnic groups, comprised of HOTEL ROOMS million. 50% Caucasian, 37% African-American, 3,358 ATTRACTIONS 12% Hispanic and 3% Asian. NUMBER OF DOWNTOWN HOTEL Milwaukee Art Museum: The CLIMATE ROOMS NEAR HARLEY-DAVIDSON Milwaukee Art Museum is located on Milwaukee has four distinct seasons. MUSEUM beautiful Lake Michigan and has become Lake Michigan influences the climate There are nine hotels located in one of the city’s most recognizable considerably, cooling the city in the downtown Milwaukee that are within landmarks. Designed by Santiago warm months and moderating cold 3 miles of the Harley-Davidson Museum, Calatrava, the building features a Brise temperatures in the winter. Average with a total of 2,381 rooms. Soleil, a sunscreen that can be raised seasonal temperatures are: Spring TOTAL NUMBER OF GREATER or lowered creating a unique moving (March to May) – 53; Summer (June MILWAUKEE HOTEL ROOMS sculpture. The beauty doesn’t end at the to August) – 78; Fall (September to 13,724 door, as the museum offers more than 20,000 November) – 59; Winter (December to works of art from antiquity to the present. February) – 29. Precipitation averages INTERESTING FACTS Long before the first settlers came to Miller Park: Home of the Milwaukee around 33 inches per year. this area, the Algonkian Indians had a Brewers baseball team, Miller Park was AIRPORT SERVICES special name for the land: Millioki, which completed in 2001 and can hold up to 41,900 Milwaukee General Mitchell means “gathering place by the waters.” people. It hosts tours during the season International Airport: Mitchell’s The Indians may have picked the name (March – October) on non-game days. 13 offer roughly 250 daily because they used the area for tribal Mitchell Park Conservatory departures and arrivals. Approximately gatherings or because they observed (The Domes): Experience a desert 90 cities are served nonstop or direct how three rivers (the Menomonee, the oasis, a tropical jungle and a special from Mitchell International, Wisconsin’s Kinnickinnic and the Milwaukee) met floral garden all in one afternoon! Three largest airport. is the before flowing into the waters of Lake domed structures house three different hometown service. Mie-sit-gan (Michigan). climate zones and feature plants from all Chicago’s O’Hare International VISITOR INFORMATION over the world. Airport: Chicago’s O’Hare International 800/554-1448 : Miller Airport is located just 78 miles south VISIT Milwaukee Main Office Brewing Company’s Milwaukee Brewery of Milwaukee. O’Hare is home to 73 still sits on the original land purchased commercial, commuter and cargo Doug Neilson, President/CEO; by Frederick J. Miller in 1855. This land carriers, which serve more than David Fantle, Vice President of Public now houses its corporate headquarters. 210 nonstop and direct destinations Relations; The brewery offers free, daily tours of its worldwide. 648 N. Plankinton Avenue, Suite 425 facilities, where you see each step of the TRANSPORTATION Milwaukee, WI 53203 brewing process performed by the 950 Visitors who fly into Chicago can take Phone: (414) 273-3950 or (800) 231-0903 employees who work there. a short 90 minute Amtrak train ride Fax: (414) 273-5596 Potawatomi Bingo Casino: Potawatomi to the new Milwaukee Intermodal www.visitmilwaukee.org Bingo Casino is a popular leisure Station, which is a short distance away destination, providing live entertainment from the Harley-Davidson Museum. In in a 500-seat intimate theater, specialty addition, Milwaukee is a regular stop for restaurants and a gift shop with authentic Greyhound bus service. Native American hand crafts. In Milwaukee, the Milwaukee County Summerfest: Milwaukee is home to Transit System provides courteous and Summerfest, the world’s largest music prompt public transportation throughout festival according to the Guinness the city. Milwaukee has several taxi and Book of World Records. This 11-day limousine services available as well. event boasts 10 ground stages and a

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