Transportation

Location

Oberlin Conservatory is located at 77 W. College Street, Oberlin, Ohio. The conference venue is entirely accessible, with ramp entrances to several doorways and elevator access to all parts of the venue where conference events will be held.

Transport

Oberlin is easily accessible by car or by airplane; it is less so by other methods of public transportation.

 

Car: Oberlin is a short distance away from Interstates 71, 77, 80, and 90. Should you wish to drive, there will be ample parking available (see below).

 

Airports: the closest airport to Oberlin is Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, which is approximately 24 miles from the conference venue. Numerous airlines serve the airport (Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, jetBlue, Southwest, and Spirit), though most of infrastructure is given over to United. If you are flying from abroad, the easiest options are usually on United via Newark, Washington-Dulles, or Chicago O’Hare; on Air Canada via Toronto, or on Aer Lingus via Dublin (please note that Aer Lingus flights to and from Cleveland occur on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only).

Airport Transfers to and from the Cleveland-Hopkins airport will be available to conference delegates at $25 each way via Airport Oberlin Shuttle, if they are booked by June 19. After this date, individual airport transfers may be booked for $69 each way. (Airport transfers at times other than the ones noted below can also be booked for $69 each way.) The conference will run shuttles from the airport to Oberlin on the evening of July 24 and the morning of July 25, and shuttles from Oberlin to July 28 and the morning of July 29, at the following times:

  • Airport to Oberlin (dropping off at the Hotel and Dascomb): Wednesday, July 24 at 8:00 pm

  • Airport to Oberlin (dropping off at the Hotel and Dascomb): Thursday, July 25 at 11:00 am

  • Oberlin to Airport (picking up at Dascomb and the Hotel): Sunday, 26 July at 1:30 pm

  • Oberlin to Airport (picking up at Dascomb and the Hotel):  Monday, 27 July at 8 am


Delegates can schedule and pay for these shuttle times at the following website: https://airportoberlinshuttle.com/nabmsa-conference

 

Other nearby airports include Akron-Canton (65 miles from the conference venue), Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (located 94 miles from the conference venue), and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (126 miles from the conference venue). There are no airport transfers available from these airports, so if you fly to them, you would need to rent a car to get to Oberlin.

 

Train/Amtrak: there is no train station in Oberlin, but two Amtrak services run to Elyria, Ohio (10 miles from the conference venue) and Union Station in Cleveland (39 miles from the conference venue).

  • The Lake Shore Limited (which runs from Chicago to New York City) has Eastbound trains that arrive at Elyria at 4:42 am and Cleveland at 5:38 am and Westbound ones that arrive at Cleveland at 3:53 am and Elyria at 4:32 am, if the train is running on schedule.

  • The Capitol Limited (which runs from Chicago to Washington, D.C. has Eastbound trains that arrive at Elyria at 1:15 am and Cleveland at 1:45 am and Westbound ones that arrive at Cleveland at 2:53 am and Elyria at 3:29 am.

 

Bus: there is no bus station in Oberlin, but Cleveland is served by FlixBus, Greyhound, MegaBus and Trailways (36 miles away from the conference location), and Elyria is served by Greyhound (10 miles from the conference location).

 

Please note that there are no transfer services from the train or bus stations to Oberlin. From Elyria, you would need to book a cab or car service ahead. From Cleveland, you could take the Regional Transit Authority city busses and trains to the airport (e.g. city bus to Tower City and Red Line train to the Airport).

Parking: Conference parking will be available in a lot approximately one block away from the conference venue, which will be available for those staying at Dascomb and those staying further from the conference venue. Those staying at the Hotel at Oberlin will be able to park in that facility’s lot.