Map of Hotels, Banks, and ATMs
Things to Do in and Around Portland
Eat: Portland has more restaurants per capita than any other US city. Google whatever style of food you are in the mood for and you will find a well-loved restaurant dishing it up. We can’t cover everything here, but check out the following sites for recommendations:
Happy Hours.
Willamette Week Readers Poll.
Citysearch.
Drink: Portland is a mother city for US microbrews. Portland’s oldest microbrewery, BridgePort, is located in the Pearl District. If you want to develop your own pub crawl, add in stops at Portland Brewing Company’s Taproom, Widmer Brothers Gasthaus and/or any of the pubs operated by the McMenamin Brothers.
Portland also boasts a great coffee tradition – coffee lovers should particularly look for locally-roasted Stumptown Coffee which is carried at many local establishments. Wine lovers can sample Oregon wines at local restaurants.
Browse: Rose City ComicCon will be running alongside Grand Prix-Portland at the Oregon Convention Center September 10-11. Portland, home to Dark Horse and numerous indies, is second only to New York City as a center of US comic book publishing.
Portland is also home to the world’s largest bookstore – Powell’s City of Books at NW 10th and Burnside www.powells.com. With more than 1.5 million new and used books on the shelves, they hand you a map when you walk in so that you can find your way out again. Techies will also enjoy Powell’s Technical Books annex three blocks east of the main store.
Bike/Kayak/Hike/Windsurf/Ski/Camp: Oregon is home to the great outdoors. Bike and kayak rentals are available a short distance from the Grand Prix venue. Hiking is possible within city limits (Portland’s Forest Park alone boasts 75 miles of wooded hiking trails). Excellent windsurfing is an hour’s drive away at Hood River, skiing is less than an hour’s drive away at Mt Hood, and camping is available throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington at state and national parks. If you plan to extend your trip to Oregon beyond the three days of the Grand Prix, you may want to take in some of these outdoor adventures.
How to get to GP Portland.
Travel by Plane
Portland International Airport (PDX)
is located 20 minutes east of downtown Portland.
Portland’s light rail (MAX) provides a direct line from the airport to the
Grand Prix-Portland venue (Oregon Convention Center) with service every 15
minutes from 5am to midnight. MAX fare
from the airport to downtown is $2.30.
Taxi and shuttle service is also available from PDX; depending on traffic,
expect to spend 20-40 minutes and $25-45. Rental cars are available at PDX from
Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise and Hertz.
Travel by Train or Bus
Amtrak and Greyhound serve Portland from most major US cities. Both
stations are located in NW Portland, with light rail (MAX) and bus service
available from the stations to hotels, restaurants and the Convention Center.
Travel
by Car
From I-5 Northbound: Take Rose Quarter, Broad-way/Weidler Street Exit (Exit 302 A), go right on Weidler, and right on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
From I-5 Southbound: Take Rose Quarter/City Center Exit, (Exit 302A) go across Broadway, then left on Weidler, and right on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
From I-84: Take Lloyd Blvd. Exit (Exit 1) stay on Lloyd Blvd. all the way to the Convention Center
Oregon Convention Center Parking Locations
1: Oregon Convention Center Garage
2: OCC MLK Parking Lot
3: Lloyd Parking Lot
4: I-5 Exhibitor Parking Lot
Area Parking Locations
