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Shuttle buses for gem show attendees are planned by the City
of Tucson and operated by M.S. Transportation. Contact individual show promoters
for more information. We weren't able to get the most up-to-date shuttle map printed
in the 2008 Tucson Show Guide, but the City of Tucson has put together a shuttle
map you can download here.
Please note that shuttles may not go to every stop on the route every day;
the listings below will indicate when shuttle service to a particular place begins
and ends. Routes and hours are subject to change.
Check shuttle stops for updated route maps and times, or contact the organizers
of the show you wish to attend. Last Updated 1/29/08.
| AMBER ROUTE |
Feb. 2-17, 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., 30-minute
intervals.
Last shuttle departs Tucson Expo Center Hub at 7:00 p.m.
Stops: Tucson Expo Center Parking Hub (West Entrance), Gem & Lapidary
Wholesalers - Holidome/Holiday Inn Palo Verde, JG & M Expo - Michigan Street,
Tucson Bead Renaissance Show - Michigan St., Gem & Lapidary Wholesalers -
Gem Mall, ABC Direct East, Tucson Best Bead Show - Kino Veterans Memorial Community
Center, Tucson Electric Park Gem & Mineral Show (TEP), return to Tucson Expo
Center Parking Hub. |
| CITRINE ROUTE |
Feb. 2-17, 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., 45-minute
intervals.
Stops: 22nd St./I-10 Parking Hub, Tucson Convention
Center Parking Hub (West Entrance facing Granada St.), To Bead True Blue - Manning
House, Arizona Mineral & Fossil Show - InnSuites Hotel, Sultan Palace Restaurant
(345 W. Drachman - South side parking lot), T Rex Museum Show, American Indian
Exposition - Flamingo Hotel, Tucson Gem Center, 1820 Oracle Gem Show (formerly
Top Gem Warehouse), Mineral & Fossil Co-op, Gem & Lapidary Wholesalers
- Rodeway Inn (Circle K), Arizona Mineral & Fossil Show - Ramada Ltd., Congress
Street Parking Hub, Tucson Convention Center Parking Hub (West Entrance facing
Granada St.), Return to 22nd St./I-10 Parking Hub. |
| COPPER ROUTE |
Feb. 2-17, 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., 20-minute
intervals.
Stops: Tucson Convention Center Parking Hub (West Entrance facing Granada
St.), Tucson Expo Center Parking Hub (West Entrance), return to Tucson Convention
Center Parking Hub (West Entrance facing Granada St.).
Reverse Route:
Tucson Expo Center Parking Hub (West Entrance), Tucson Convention Center Parking
Hub (West Entrance facing Granada St.), return to the Tucson Expo Center Parking
Hub (West Entrance). |
| EMERALD ROUTE |
Feb. 2-17, 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., 20-minute
intervals.
Stops: 22nd Street/I-10 Parking Hub, JG & M
Expo - Simpson Street, Tucson Convention Center Parking Hub (West Entrance facing
Granada St.), Granada St. at Tucson Convention Center Drive, Congress Street Parking
Hub, GlobeX - Days Inn, Pueblo Gem & Mineral Show - Riverpark Inn, AKS Shows-
La Quinta, AKS Shows - Howard Johnson Inn, Tucson Show Place, African Art Village,
return to 22nd Street/I-10 Parking Hub. |
| GARNET ROUTE |
Feb. 2-17, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., 90-minute intervals.
Last shuttle departs Congress Parking Hub at 5 p.m.
Stops: Congress
Street Parking Hub, 22nd Street/I-10 Parking Hub, Tucson Convention Center Parking
Hub (West Entrance facing Granada St.), To Bead True Blue - Manning House, ABC
Direct West, Tucson Westward Look Mineral Show, The Whole Bead Show - Windmill
Inn, return to Congress Street Parking Hub. |
| RUBY ROUTE |
Feb. 2-17, 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., 20-minute
intervals.
Last shuttle departs 22nd St. Parking Hub at 6 p.m.
Stops:
22nd Street/I-10 Parking Hub, Congress Street Parking Hub, GlobeX - Days Inn,
Pueblo Gem & Mineral Show - Riverpark Inn, AKS Shows- La Quinta, AKS Shows
- Howard Johnson Inn, Tucson Southwest Jewelry, Gem and Bead Show - Euclid and
29th Street, Arizona Mineral & Fossil Show - Quality Inn/Benson Highway, Tucson
Expo Center Parking Hub (West Entrance), Spectrum of Stones - Econo Lodge, return
to 22nd Street/I-10 Parking Hub. |
SAPPHIRE ROUTE |
Feb. 5-10, 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., 30-minute
intervals.
Stops: 22nd Street/I-10 Parking Hub, AKS Shows
- La Quinta Inn, AKS Shows - Howard Johnson Inn, G.L.D.A. Tucson Gem & Jewelry
Show - JW Marriott Starr Pass, Congress Street Parking Hub, Arizona Mineral &
Fossil Show - InnSuites Hotel, Tucson Convention Center Parking Hub (West Entrance
facing Granada St.), return to 22nd Street/I-10 Parking Hub. |
| TANZANITE ROUTE |
Feb. 2-17, 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. daily, 35-minute
intervals.
Stops: Congress Street Parking Hub, Arizona Mineral
& Fossil Show - Ramada Ltd., Gem & Lapidary Wholesalers - Rodeway Inn,
Mineral & Fossil Co-op, Tucson Gem Center, 1820 Oracle Wholesale Show, T Rex
Museum, American Indian Exposition - Flamingo Hotel, Sultan Palace Restaurant
(345 W. Drachman St. - South side parking lot), Arizona Mineral & Fossil Show
- InnSuites Hotel, To Bead True Blue - Manning House, Tucson Convention Center
Parking Hub, Congress Street Parking Hub (West Entrance facing Granada St.). |
| TURQUOISE ROUTE |
Feb. 2-17, 8:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., 30-minute
intervals.
Last shuttle departs Tucson Expo Center Hub at 7 pm.
Stops:
Tucson Expo Center Parking Hub (West Entrance), Tucson Electric Park Gem &
Mineral Show (TEP), Tucson Best Bead Show - Kino Veterans Memorial Community Center,
ABC Direct East, Gem & Lapidary Wholesalers - Gem Mall, Tucson Bead Renaissance
Show - Michigan St., JG & M Expo - Michigan St., Gem & Lapidary Wholesalers
- Holidome/Holiday Inn Palo Verde, return to Tucson Expo Center Parking Hub. |
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BEST BEAD SHOW SHUTTLE
Feb. 6-10: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Wednesday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday thru Saturday,
and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday. Approximately 15-minute intervals.
Stops: Kino Veterans Memorial Community Center, Tucson Electric Park (TEP) and
Tucson Electric Park RV Show.
(This shuttle is sponsored by the show promoters,
and not the city of Tucson. Contact the Best Bead Show at www.crystalmyths.com
for more information) |
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