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The Rhode Island Convention Center is easily accessible by highway and train, and the T.F. Green State Airport is only 15 minutes away. For added convenience, the Convention Center is attached, via a skywalk, to the Westin Hotel and Providence Place Mall.

Save Money with Northwest Airlines!

Northwest Airlines, the preferred airline for the American Agricultural Economics Association's 2005 Annual Meeting, is pleased to offer discounted airfares for Meeting attendees traveling to Providence or Boston.

To take advantage of these savings, please call Northwest World Meeting and Incentives reservations at 1.800.328.1111 between 7:30 am and 7:30 pm Central time, Monday through Friday. Attendees from outside the United States may call their local Northwest/KLM reservations office in their country of origin. Please refer to WORLDFILE RBARW to receive this discount.

Driving Directions to the Rhode Island Convention Center

From the North
Interstate 95 South to Exit 22A. Follow the signs towards Downtown/Convention Center. Go through the first light in the right hand lane. Take your first right after the light. Take the next right onto Exchange Street. After the next light, bear right between the Hotel and the Convention Center to the North Garage.

From the South
Interstate 95 North to Exit 22A. Follow the signs towards Downtown/Convention Center. At the light, turn right onto Francis Street. At the next light, go right onto Sabin Street. Bear right between the Hotel and the Convention Center to the North Garage.

From the East
Take 195 West. Merge onto 95 North to Exit 22A. Follow the signs towards Downtown/Convention Center. At the light, turn right onto Francis Street. At the next light, go right onto Sabin Street. Bear right between the Hotel and the Convention Center to the North Garage.

From the West
Take Route 6 East to the "Route 6 East and I-195 South" on ramp. Take a right and stay to the right following the signs to Providence and Route 6 East (you will use part of the I-195 on-ramp to get onto Route 6 East). Stay on Route 6 East to the end (sign will read "6 East to 10 North") and stay to the left. Continue to the Dean Street Exit. Once on the exit ramp, stay to the left so that you will be on the left side of the island when you reach the light. Turn left onto Dean Street (4-lane road). Then immediately take your first right onto West Exchange Street to the Convention Center Garage.