January 2013 - 11

St. Louis NABC

Site
All events will be played at the St. Louis Renaissance
Grand Hotel and the America's Center.

Hotels
The St. Louis Renaissance Grand Hotel and the Embassy Suites St. Louis are the host hotels.
The room rate at the Renaissance is $123 plus tax, and
the room rate at the Embassy Suites - which includes
cooked-to-order breakfast and a nightly manager's reception - is $159 plus tax.
For reservations, book online at www.tphousing.com/
nabc/stlouis/players or call Travel Planners toll free at
855-742-9185.

Travel
Omega World Travel is the official
travel agency for the ACBL. For air
travel assistance, call 800-969-4152 or email info@owt.net.
Fax 866-445-6705.

Child care
The NABC child care program offers flexible hours for
parents plus dozens of fun and educational activities for
the kids, including field trips and, of course, learning to
play cards. Because it's affordable, the program makes the
NABCs vacation destinations for the entire family.
If you want to be added to the mailing list for this and future NABCs, please call Donna Compton at 214-373-7055
or email cdmra@mindspring.com.

New event for Spring NABC
The ACBL Board of Directors has approved an event
that will debut at the 2013 Spring NABC in St. Louis. It is
a "10K" four-session 0-10,000 Swiss Teams that will be
played on the first Friday and Saturday of the tournament.
Subject to a 10-point cap, the event will award 10% platinum masterpoints to teams that place in the overall of the
event.

St. Louis City Tour
Enjoy a private, guided 3½-hour tour of St. Louis, featuring two stops.
You begin at Laclede's Landing, a nine-block industrial area that once housed companies producing coffee,
leather goods, mattresses, tobacco, whiskey, candy and
machinery for the barges, and now features some of the
most interesting restaurants and sidewalk cafes in St.
Louis. Next you will visit the famous Gateway Arch, a
stainless steel structure that towers more than 60 stories
tall, completed in 1968. It is the nation's tallest national
monument. With a tour to the top included, you'll get a
stunning glimpse of the St. Louis region from a dizzying

height of 630 feet. Next, visit the Museum of Westward
Expansion, where you can view rare Indian peace medals
and weapons of survival, an actual teepee and Sioux war
bonnet. Walk through time with Lewis and Clark.
Your second stop is at the Cathedral Basilica of St.
Louis. Archbishop John Glennon began the building of the
cathedral in 1907. Its unique design combines architecture
of Romanesque style on the exterior with a wondrous
Byzantine-style interior. The cathedral is the home of the
largest mosaic collection in the world.
Date: Monday, March 18
Price: $28
Time: Meet at 8 a.m., return at noon.

Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tour
Follow the making of Budweiser. See first-hand the
brewing process and marvel at the state-of-the art facilities, brew houses and beechwood aging cellars. Visit the
historic Brew House where you'll see the copper kettles,
wall murals, ornate wrought-iron railings and hop vine
chandeliers.
This brewery is home to one of three traveling Budweiser Clydesdales teams. The century-old stables, featuring stained-glass windows and a massive chandelier,
house an eight-horse hitch and a beer wagon weighing
four tons. The tour continues through the Bevo Packaging
Plant, where high-speed bottling and canning lines can be
viewed.
And finally, you'll see many visitors' favorite stop - the
Hospitality Room - to enjoy a complimentary tasting of
the finest beers and a moment to browse through the gift
shops.
Then it's on to Forest Park. In 1904, the St. Louis World's
Fair drew more than 20 million visitors from around the
world to Forest Park. Today it is home to the region's
major cultural institutions: the zoo, art museum, history
museum, science center and the Muny Opera.
Date: Wednesday, March 20 Price: $12
Time: Meet at 9 a.m., return by noon.
For questions or more information about either tour,
please call Cookie Arneson at 314-993-6635 or Irene
Holmes at 314-991-4717. Requests for reservations may
also be emailed to cookiearneson@gmail.com.
Checks for the tour(s) should be made payable to
"Spring 2013 NABC - St. Louis," with the name of the
participant(s) clearly stated, and mailed to Cookie Arneson, 1600 South Warson Road, St. Louis, MO 63124. You
can also sign up at the Tour Desk at the NABC.

Casino action
The nearby Lumiere Place, with more than 2000 slot
machines, 55 gaming tables and a dedicated poker room,
is just a short walk from the Renaissance Hotel. Lumiere
Place is located at 999 North Second Street in St. Louis. r
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