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GENERAL INFORMATION
THEATRE GUIDELINES
• Theater doors will open ONE HOUR prior to the first screening of the day. This applies to everyone: all VIP passholders, Festival passholders, and individual ticket holders.
• Seating for each film will begin approximately 30 minutes before each screening time. Seating is general admission only. NOTE: Some seats will be reserved for special guests of the festival. Please respect the designated areas.
• Only Festival passholders will be allowed in the theater between screenings. Please have your passes visible at all times! Festival staff will be checking for them.
• A Festival pass guarantees seating to all screenings. Shortly before each film begins, any empty seats will be sold to individual ticket holders waiting in line. NOTE: Please arrive 15 minutes before each screening; latecomers (even pass holders) cannot be guaranteed admittance.
• Passes and tickets cannot be exchanged, and no refunds can be issued.
• Smoking is prohibited in the Virginia Theatre.
• The Virginia Theatre is wheelchair accessible and has handicap parking to the west of the theatre entrance. Within the theatre, limited front-row wheelchair seating is available for sale. Please inform the box office if anyone in your party requires wheelchair seating when ordering tickets. The Virginia Theatre is a two-story building, and does not have wheelchair accessibility to the balcony and mezzanine level seating. For specific questions about wheelchair seating availability for a performance or to order tickets, please contact the box office at (217) 356-9063.
• Assisted listening devices are available upon request at the Virginia Theatre. A single earpiece bud, ear speaker, or neck loop may be used by a patron to help enhance their enjoyment of the film. Devices may be obtained at the box office before the show, and a personal credit card or driver's license will be held by the theatre staff until the device is returned at the completion of the performance. For specific questions about the assisted listening devices, please call the box office at (217) 356-9063.

MERCHANDISE
During the Festival, you'll find great merchandise in the east lobby of the Virginia Theatre.
SOLD OUT FILMS
If you want to see a film that is sold out, go to the Virginia Theatre Box Office 30 minutes before the
screening time and wait in the rush ticket line. Shortly before the film begins, any empty seats will
be sold on a first-come first-served basis. NOTE: At every festival since 2002, all patrons
waiting in line for tickets for sold out films were able to get in.
TICKET POLICY
The number of Festival passes sold is limited to 1,000. An additional 500 seats are reserved
for individual ticket holders and sponsors. We want to make sure that everyone who wants
to attend the Festival – be it for one film or all of them – can be accommodated.
NO RECORDINGS PLEASE
Copyright law strictly prohibits the use of any type of unauthorized video or sound recording equipment (including cell phones).
SCREENING & EVENT INFORMATION
• Films will be shown at the Virginia Theatre: 203 W. Park, Champaign
• Panel Discussions will be held at the Illini Union/Pine Lounge: 1401 W. Green, Urbana
PARKING PASSES
Hill Street Parking Deck - located at the corner of Randolph & Hill Streets approximately two blocks north of the Virginia Theatre:

$20 per pass
Parking pass will provide the purchaser parking in a reserved space in the Hill Street Parking Deck: Wednesday, April 23 – Sunday, April 25
52 reserved spaces available for Ebertfest patrons

Please contact the City of Champaign / Public Works Department (217) 403-7050

Purchasers will need to provide the Parking Office with name, address, phone number, vehicle make, model, color & license plate number as well as a credit card (VISA, MasterCard or Discover) for payment.

Upon purchase, customers will be provided with their assigned parking space number, a permit to be displayed in the vehicle when parked in the deck and an eGo AVI card. The eGo AVI card is similar in size and shape to a credit card. When properly displayed by the driver while approaching the gate in the Deck, the eGo card causes the gate to automatically raise so the customer is able to enter and exit the deck without being required to take a ticket or submit payment. Customers will be provided with instructions for returning the eGo card to the City after the closing of Ebertfest. Every attempt will be made by the City to retrieve all eGo cards; however, customers who fail to return the card will be charged an additional $23.08 (the actual cost of the card) to the credit card used to purchase the parking pass.

http://ci.champaign.il.us/departments/public-works/parking-programs/visitor-parking/downtown-visitor-parking/
 
Festival Parking at the Mental Health Center – directly across from the Virginia Theatre
• Parking passes can be purchased at the Mental Health Center Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
• $100 each (allows you to park in a convenient location for the entire event April 21 - April 25)
• Funds raised from the parking passes will go to support the Mental Health Center's services and programs (tax-deductible).
• Once we receive payment (VISA and Mastercard), you will be sent a receipt by mail / use your receipt to pick up parking pass beginning April 19, 2010 from the Mental Health Center, 202 W. Park Street, Champaign. We are located directly across the street from the Virginia Theater. Our main entrance faces West.
• Contact: Marcie Rodgers at mrodgers@mhcenter.org or (217) 693-4592
DIRECTIONS
From Willard Airport to the Virginia Theatre:
• Start out going East on Airport Rd. toward Howard Dr.
• Turn left onto US-45 N
• Turn left onto US-150/W. Springfield Avenue/IL-10
• Turn right onto S. Randolph St.
• End at 203 W. Park Avenue

To the Panel Discussions (at Illini Union) from the Virginia Theatre:
• On Park, go South (left) on State Street.
• Go past University Avenue and Springfield Avenue.
• Turn left on Green Street and go past 1st through 6th Streets.
• After Wright Street, the Illini Union will be on the right.

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR CHAMPAIGN, IL
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