Discounted Parking Available at BEA 2016

Discounted parking at Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center is available to American Booksellers Association bookseller members at BookExpo America 2016. The trade show and ABA programming run from Wednesday, May 11, through Friday, May 13.

Discounted parking at McCormick Place is available to ABA members in good standing. A flat $10 parking fee per day will be available for Lots A, B, or C on May 11, 12, and 13. Members must bring their parking receipt to the ABA Member Lounge (Booth T-100 on the trade show floor) for a voucher to receive the discount. A separate voucher is required for each day of the show and will need to be presented when exiting the parking lot.

A BEA shuttle bus will run May 11 through 13 on a loop from The Drake Hotel, this year’s Hotel ABA, to McCormick Place.

All ABA Regular Bookstore and Provisional members are entitled to receive free BEA admission badges when they provide their ABA Membership ID number upon registration. Booksellers in need of their ID number should contact ABA Member Relationship managers Nathan Halter (for NCIBA, SCIBA, MPIBA, PNBA, SIBA) at (800) 637-0037, ext. 7514, or Catherine Cusick (for NAIBA, NEIBA, GLIBA, MIBA) at (800) 637-0037, ext. 7566.

April 1 is the deadline for ABA members who have not attended the trade show in the last two years to apply to win one of 60 BEA scholarships of $435 each to help defray their hotel and travel costs. To qualify, booksellers must stay at least one night at The Drake Hotel during the show and participate in the BEA VIP Rewards Program (this involves visiting different exhibitors at the show to learn about their books and products).