2005 AAU Junior Olympics - New Orleans, LA
Morial Convention Center (in the heart of downtown at the Riverwalk)

Dates:
July 30th - Aug. 2nd are dates we will be playing.
We ask that everyone makes plans to arrive on July 29th (at a decent hour) and plan their departure on August 3rd since we don't know the exact game schedules (and won't until probably 7-10 days prior to the event).

It is key that all players be in New Orleans, rested, and ready to play by the morning of the 30th. At the other end of the event, we don't know what time the last 12U game might be on the 2nd. To be safe we are asking people to plan on flying back on the 3rd.

Tournament Entry Fee: $725
$70 per player will be collected for this tournament at the first time we meet after the West Coast Championships.

Hotels:
Visit the following link: http://www.cchl.org/aau/ to get a complete listing of the hotels avaliable. The Jr. Olympics host many other sports other than hockey, and they all take place within the down town New Orleans area. Rooms are selling out fast!!!

Air Transportation:
Airfares have been jumping 10-25% every 2 weeks or so since the middle of April. We recomend you do not procastinate in booking your flights. If you search hard, you can still find some decent rates. Southwest and America West are both still reasonable.

Groud transportation:
This might not be necesarry for you, when booking a hotel, ask if the hotel is withing "easy" walking distance to the convention center. Ask if there is a shuttle bus to the hotel from the airport as well. The word from the AAU is these hotels charge something in the neighborhood of $10-$25 a day in parking, so not renting a car, using shuttle busses, walking to the rink from near by hotels, and taking taxi's to anywhere beyond walking distance is probably the more economical route. We have been told there is plenty of places to eat, and things to do within walking distance of the convention center.

Other items needed:

• AAU membership. This should have been done through your AIHA organization. See your coach/team manager for your AAU #. If you didn't complete your AAU membership with your AIHA team, you must obtain a membership #. Go to: http://www.aausports.org/default.asp?a=pg_membership.htm and fill out the online form.
• Bring a certified Birth Certificate to the first practice and we will make a copy.