Dorm housing registration is closed. Your other options include crash spaces, the Hotel St. Regis (special rates for AMCers), and bed & breakfasts.
Wayne State Dorms
CLOSEST TO THE CONFERENCE
Reserve a room when you register.
- Cost: $50/night per person per night.
- Rooms available for nights of July 15 - July 20.
- Location: Towers Residence Hall, on the Wayne State University campus (check out some pics)
- Distance from the AMC: Practically next door. This is as close as you will get to the conference site.
- Amenities: Linens, towels and pillow included. Rooms are suite style, containing four one-person bedrooms attached to a shared living space with a sitting area and an attached bathroom.
- Note: Wayne State issues cards to each individual staying in the dorms. The front desk is staffed 24 hours a day and they strictly enforce a one-person-per-card policy.
Crash Spaces
FIRST UNITARIAN-UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF DETROIT
Reserve a spot when you register.
- Cost: $15 for the weekend
- Available for nights of July 16 - July 18.
- Location: a half mile from the conference site
- Amenities: Bring a sleeping mat, sleeping bag, and pillow and claim a space on the floor. There will be a room reserved for women/trans people and kids, and another room that is general. There are no showers. There is a kitchen.
- Available Thursday (7/16) 5PM - Sunday (7/19) 4PM
TRUMBULLPLEX
Detroit's historic radical collective housing and theater complex.
- Cost: FREE
- Distance from the AMC: 1.3 miles
- Amenities: Collective housing in the punk tradition. Bring a sleeping mat, sleeping bag, and pillow and claim a space on the floor or couch.
- Contact Clara Hardie for more information: clara.hardie@gmail.com
BROTHER NATURE FARM
Outdoor camping in the North Corktown Neighborhood.
- Cost: FREE
- Distance from the AMC: 2 miles
- Amenities: Fenced in outdoor area. Bring a tent.
- Contact Greg Willerer for more information: gweg@provide.net
Hotel St. Regis
AMC HOTEL OF CHOICE
Contact the Hotel St. Regis to make your reservation.
- Cost: The Hotel St. Regis is kindly offering reduced rates to AMC participants for reservations made for dates between July 15 - July 27. When you book your room, say you are with the AMC to get access to the special rates: $89 for single king-sized bed or double queen-sized bed, + 12% tax; $139 single/double Suite rate, + 12% tax
- Location: In the New Center area. 3071 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit.
- Distance from the AMC: 0.7 miles.
- Amenities: Complimentary wireless high speed internet service available in all public areas and guest rooms. Complimentary, as needed shuttle, to the Wayne State University Campus as well as to any cultural, dining or entertainment areas downtown. Complimentary state of the art, fitness center access with a lap pool.
Each room features warm inviting color schemes, marble vanities and soft comfortable bedding. All accommodations provide direct dial phones, DVD/MP3/CD players, and enhanced television and movie choices. Complimentary premium coffee, in-room safes, irons and ironing boards, and hair dryers.
- Phone: (313) 873-3000
- Website: Hotel St. Regis
Bed and Breakfasts
The Inn on Ferry Street
- Location: In the East Ferry Historic District. 84 E. Ferry St., Detroit.
- Distance from the AMC: 0.2 miles
- Amenities: The Inn On Ferry Street is made of four restored Victorian homes and two carriage houses, evoking a strong sense of history.
- Phone: 313-871-6000
The Woodbridge Star
- Location: In the historic Woodbridge neighborhood. 3985 Trumbull Ave., Detroit.
- Distance from the AMC: 1.5 miles
- Amenities: The Woodbridge star is a bed and breakfast in an old Victorian home specializing in gourmet breakfast.
- Phone: 313-831-9668