DoubleTree by Hilton Bloomington Plain Text Map for CONvergence 2016 Ground Floor: As you go through the main entrance of the hotel, directly ahead is the central lounge, to the right is the main lobby. As you enter the main lobby, to your right is the Hotel Help Desk and the Operations Bridge beyond. The Operations Bridge houses First Contact, Lost & Found, the First Advisors, The Nerfherders, and a Safe Space. As you continue in a counterclockwise direction through the lobby, you will find the Hotel Front Desk, Accessibility /ASL & Member Advocates Table, the bar and restaurant or “Crescent Lounge”, the access to the Cabana Area, and the South Tower Elevator bank. In the center of the lobby are escalators. Stairs to the second level can be found just to the right of the elevators. Across the Central Lounge from the Main Entrance is the East Entrance. Just beyond the East Entrance and outside is the East Entrance Courtyard and Smoker's Paradise. You should be able to smell cigarette smoke and may hear traffic. There is no smoking within 25 feet of the hotel doors. When facing the south tower elevator bank, the entrance to the Cabana Area will be to your right. In the Cabana Area, the preferred flow of traffic on the ground floor is clockwise. The Garden Court will be on your right as you step up to enter the Cabana Area. You may smell chlorine from the pool here. To your left your will pass Party Rooms numbered 102-110. There is access with steps to the Garden Court directly across from room 103 to the right. There is a step down at the end of the walkway. There is an All Gender restroom directly ahead to the left along the wall. Continuing clockwise, make a right turn you will find the book exchange, COF2E2 (you may smell Coffee), and the Volunteer Den to your left. To your right are the swimming pool and hot tub. You will likely smell chlorine and may hear water splashing. Making a right turn and a step up will bring past Party Rooms numbered 123-132 on your left, and back to the past the Garden Court on your right. There is access with steps to the garden court across from Party Room 130 to the right. There is a step down at the end of the walkway. There are stairways leading up to the Veranda Level and exits at all four corners of the Cabana Level. Making a right turn will take you past a Men's restroom and a Women's restroom on the left, located in the bar area. As you continue past the bar and restaurant on your left, you will find ramped access to the Garden Court on the right. Straight ahead and to the right is the service elevator for the South Tower just off the cabana area. The Central Lounge Heading from the lobby toward the North Tower, past the South Tower elevator bank and through Central Lounge are the Teen Room, and the Quiet Room on the right. On you left you will pass two All Gender restrooms and the North Tower Elevator. Make a right turn to enter the Plaza level. To your right are Plaza rooms 1-3 in ascending order. Plaza 2 is Connie's Quantum Sandbox. On the left you will find Plaza rooms 7-4 in descending order. Plaza 7 is Photography. Plaza rooms 6 and 5 house the art show. There is a bag check outside of the Art Show. Plaza 4 along the far wall is Cinema Rex (You may smell popcorn). There are exits between Plaza 7 and 6 and Plaza 5 and 4. There are stairways leading up to the Atrium Level on either side of the Plaza. You can access the Atrium Level from the North Tower Elevator. 2nd Floor: On the second floor, from the top of the lobby escalator, to the right are the elevators with a men's restroom to the left of the elevator bank and a women's restroom and flight of stairs down to the lobby to the right. When facing the South Tower Elevator bank, CONvergence Central is to the left. As you enter CONvergence Central, There are fan tables to the right. The Grand Ballroom, which houses the MainStage Green Room and MainStage is to the left. Directly ahead at the end of this area is the merchandise booth. Opposite Convergence Central, is the second floor Veranda area. The preferred flow of traffic on the Veranda level is counterclockwise. As you enter the Veranda area, make a right and you will find Registration and Volunteers, followed by Connie's Space Lounge to the right. There are safe spaces in both rooms. Make a left to continue counterclockwise, you will pass Party Rooms numbered 232-223. At the end of the hallway, make a left and you will find the Parenting Lounge and ConSuite on your right. There are two All Gender bathrooms and a Safe Space in ConSuite. Make a left to continue counterclockwise past party rooms numbered 210-201. There are stairways leading down to the Cabana Level at all four corners of the Veranda Level. From CONvergence Central, heading past the South Tower Elevators on you right, toward the North Tower, the Bloomington and Edina rooms are on the right. The Signing Tables, Freebie Tables, an All Gender Bathroom, the North Tower Elevators, and another All Gender Bathroom are on the left. Making a right, you will enter the Atrium Level of the North Tower. To your right are Atrium rooms 1-4 in ascending order. Atrium 1 is Theater Nippon and Atrium 4 is the Art Auction. To your left, you will find Atrium rooms 8-5 in descending order. Atrium 5 houses Programming Ops and a Safe Space. Atrium 8 houses the GPS Charity Auction and a Safe Space. There are stairways leading down to the Plaza Level on both sides of the Atrium. You can access the Plaza Level from the North Tower Elevator. 4th through 21st Floor: 4th through 21st Floor in the South Tower are sleeping floors. They consist of a single hallway with rooms on both sides and ice and vending machines near the main elevators. 22nd Floor Gaming Spaces: The 22nd Floor Gaming Space is accessible from the South Tower Elevators. The main hallway is to the left of the elevator lobby and just beyond the front desk. Odd numbered rooms are on the left side of the hallway and even numbered rooms are on the right side. There are men's and women's restroom the end of the hallway on the left side. The Service Elevator is at the far end of the hallway on the right side. There is a Coat Room just beyond d the front desk on the right side. The Vista Rooms are as follows: Vista 2201 - Shared with Programming for readings, Vista 2202 - Role Playing Games (RPGs), Vista 2203 - Role Playing Games 2, Vista 2204 - Artemis System (hosted by TRMN), Vista 2205 - Source Room, Vista 2206 Collectable Card Gaming (Magic), Vista 2207 - Open Gaming, Vista 2208 - LAN Gaming.