Banquet Facility:

 

The NARAM-48 Awards Banquet will be held at the Challenger Space Center (21170 N. 83rd Ave., Peoria, AZ 85382), about a 30 minute drive from the NARAM hotel. This is one of only two stand-alone Challenger Centers in the world. From sleek, silver, multi-story canisters representing booster rockets that grace the sides of the interior glass elevator, to the ten galaxy-lit columns representing countdown to liftoff, the Challenger Space Center represents the highest standards of architecture as art. The Challenger Space Center provides an exciting space-based learning environment where schoolchildren, families, senior citizens, corporate teams and others fly simulated space flight missions where they become flight crews, mission controllers and scientists.

The Challenger Center Rotunda offers the perfect background for the NARAM banquet.

 

The Challenger Space Center Website is:                           

http://www.azchallenger.org/index.htm

 

Map and Directions to the Challenger Space Center:

 

 

Driving Directions

Coming from the West (Sun City/Sun City West/Surprise)
• Go East on Bell Road
• Turn left on 91st Avenue
• Turn Right on Lake Pleasant Boulevard
• Turn Left onto 83rd Avenue
• The Center is the large white building on the left
• The Challenger Space Center is adjacent to the Sunrise Mountain High School campus

Traveling West on Loop 101 (From the East Valley)
• Exit onto Union Hills Road
• Turn Right off the exit ramp, heading West on Union Hills
• Turn Right onto North 83rd Avenue
• Turn Right at the 5th stop light to continue on North 83rd
• The Center is the large white building on the left
• The Challenger Space Center is adjacent to the Sunrise Mountain High School campus

Traveling North on Loop 101 from the I-10
• From the I-10, take the Loop 101 North
• Travel 12 miles
• Exit onto Union Hills Road
• Turn Left at the light onto Union Hills heading West
• Turn Right onto North 83rd Avenue
• Turn Right at the 5th stop light to continue on North 83rd
• The Center is the large white building on the left
• The Challenger Space Center is adjacent to the Sunrise Mountain High School campus