Getting There

GameStorm 10 fun happens in at the Red Lion at the  Quay, 100 Columbia St, Vancouver, Washington, with ample free parking.  Here are tips for getting there by:

Driving

Local Mass Transit on Tri-Met
Local Mass Transit on C-TRAN

Airport plus shuttle
AMTRAK plus Local Mass Transit
Greyhound Bus plus Local Mass Transit

Please check with the transit provider(s) shortly before departing, as all directions are subject to change without notice at the unilateral decision of transit providers.

Driving 

Click here for Google Maps driving directions

From Portland and the South
  • Take I-5 North
  • Take 6th Street exit 1B toward city center
  • Turn slight left onto east 6th Street
  • Turn left onto Columbia Street
  • Hotel will be on your right
From Vancouver
  • Take exit 1C for WA-501/Mill Plain Blvd toward City Center/Port of Vancouver
  • Turn right at E 15th St/WA-501 W
  • Turn left at Washington St
  • Turn right at W 6th St
  • Turn left at Columbia St
  • Hotel will be on your right

Local Mass Transit

Tri-Met, from Portland and the South

http://local.google.com/transit and http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/plantrip.cgi can provide you with detailed instructions, specific to the time of day and your starting point. Enter the destination as 100 Columbia St, Vancouver WA.
  • Take the Yellow MAX to the Delta Park/Vanport Park-and-Ride Station, one stop before the end of the line.
  • Change to the C-TRAN No. 4 bus.
  • Exit at Broadway and Evergreen, then
  • Walk west on Evergreen (three blocks) to Columbia Street, then south to hotel (eight blocks more), or
  • Change to the No. 3 bus which stops in front of the hotel
  • Alternately you can call a cab (click here for a list) to take you from the No. 4 bus stop to the hotel.

C-TRAN, from Vancouver, plus Clark County, Washington
The No. 3 bus stops in front of the hotel. Visit www.c-tran.com or call 360-695-0123 or 503-283-8054 for details.

From out of town?


Portland International Airport aka PDX
A shuttle for hotel guests is available on request from 7:30 AM to 10 PM, from the lower baggage claim level.  Call the hotel at 360-694-8341 on landing, and the shuttle will pick you up for the fifteen-minute journey.


AMTRAK
The AMTRAK station for Vancouver aka VAN, and Union Station in Portland aka PDX, have folks to help with baggage when open.  Their Cascades line (more info here) has decent food service, and is faster than the Coast Starlight run.  AMTRAK does allow you to bring a bicycle for $5 more, if you want transportation once you arrive, and all C-TRAN and Tri-Met buses have bike racks on front so you can use your bike to go where they don't, for fun, or healthy exercise.

From Portland's Union Station:
  • Walk or bike south five blocks to NW Everett, then east five blocks more to the MAX station.
  • Take the Yellow MAX to the Delta Park/Vanport Park-and-Ride Station, one stop before the end of the line.
  • Change to the C-TRAN No. 4 bus.
  • Exit at Broadway and Evergreen, then
    • Walk or bike west on Evergreen (three blocks) to Columbia St., then south to hotel (eight blocks more), or
    • Change to the No. 3 bus which stops in front of the hotel, or
    • Call a cab (click here for a list) to take you from the No. 4 bus stop to the hotel.
From Vancouver's AMTRAK Station:
    • Walk or bike nine blocks east on West 11th to Columbia, then south eight blocks to the hotel, or
    • Call a cab (click here for a list) to take you from the No. 4 bus stop to the hotel, or
    • C-TRAN has a free taxi voucher program for getting from the AMTRAK station to the hotel; call 360-695-0123 or 503-283-8054 for details.
Greyhound bus
The Greyhound station for Vancouver is at 613 Main Street. From there, call a cab, or walk two blocks west to Columbia, then four blocks south to the hotel.