WHY MINNEAPOLIS?
WHY NOT MINNEAPOLIS?
It’s Affordable for
Attendees
Voted 4
th
in Best U.S. Cities for Affordable
Getaways from Travel + Leisure magazine
Food + Wine magazine called Minneapolis one
of the “Best Cost-Friendly Cities to Visit.”
• Last year alone four local chefs were nominated for the James Beard Award - the Oscar of culinary.
• Minneapolis has an emerging and exciting food and wine scene.
• Minneapolis has more theater seats per capita than any U.S. city outside New York.
• Visit the statue of Mary Tyler Moore on the Nicollet Mall marking the spot where Mary Richards
threw her hat up in the air during The Mary Tyler Moore
Show theme song.
• The Mall of America boasts the largest number of stores of any mall in the United States, with over
4.3 miles of total store frontage.
• Downtown’s Nicollet Mall is home to more than 400 stores, which translates into more retail outlets
in a four-block radius than any other city in the country.
Ranked #4
in National
Geographic’s Top
Ten Summer
Destinations
Voted #8
in Lonely
Planet’s Top U.S.
Destinations for
2013
• Minneapolis’ park system is No. 1 in the nation.
• Minneapolis is America’s top bike city.
It’s Time to Meet-up in Minneapolis for
SLEEP 2014!
Photos courtesy of Meet Minneapolis
