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• Blog - Fall Festivals Make a Return

  After a year off, our fall festivals are making a safe return to our community, providing everything from film-going experiences to live music to cultural celebrations. Check out what’s returning and make your plans for your weekend visit around these must-attend events!

• Events - Gameday Spirit Stadium Sale

  Save up to 80% off Fighting Illini equipment room gear and merchandise
  at the Gameday Spirit Stadium Sale at Gate 10 Gies Memorial Stadium. 
   

• Blog - Stay Comfortably in Champaign-Urbana

  Regardless of what brings you to our brilliant community, we have ample choices to lay your head at the end of what we hope is a good day in the Champaign-Urbana area. With over 45 hotels, bed & breakfasts, camping, and a few unique overnight destinations, we have a cozy place to curl up for...ight.

• Blog - Six End of Summer Stops to Make in Champaign Count

  Summer isn't over yet! Add these six stops to your seasonal plans before transitioning to Fall.

• Blog - A History of the IHSA State Basketball Tournament

  Legends Play Here in Champaign County, and we can't wait to welcome you next year for the IHSA Boys State Basketball Tournament in 2022.

• Blog - Spotlight: Plant Mode

  If you asked Matthis if he would ever have envisioned having his retail shop, Plant Mode, on Walnut St., one of the main roads heading through downtown, he wouldn't have believed it. To understand how he got there, you have to go on a little journey with him.

• Events - Build the Game You Want to Play! Board Game Design

  Ever thought about creating your own board game?

  Join us at the CUDO Plays Season 12 Kickoff!

  CUDO Plays is a board game design competition aimed at teaching teams how to bring their original tabletop games to life. Come learn about the competiti....

• Blog - Looking Ahead: 8 Outside of Ordinary Events in Nov

  Sometimes, by this point in the year, it’s hard to believe November is already here. With the snow we saw earlier this week, it’s a little more believable!

• Blog - Winter is Here. You Need a (Local) Beer

  Summertime? Forget that, we are going to argue that WINTER is actually the perfect season for drinking a local craft beer.

• Blog - Halloween Events to Keep on the Calendar

  We were working in the lab late one night, when our eyes beheld an eerie sight: a whole lot of spook-tacular Halloween events in our area!