SPX COVID POLICY: Masks will be required indoors when not eating.
Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conf. Center
The SPX festival is held at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
The Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center is convenient to Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, and I-95. Marinelli Road is off of Rockville Pike close to the intersection of Rockville Pike and Old Georgetown Road.
Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road.
North Bethesda, MD 20852
301-822-9200
The hotel is across the street from the White Flint metro station.
Hotel Room Reservations
The link to reserve rooms for SPX 2023 will be released in late May.
Other Accommodations
Other options include the Pooks Hill Marriott (301-897-9400) which is about 5 minutes by car from the show hotel. The Ramada Rockville (301-881-2300) is about a mile from the show and across the street from the Twinbrook metro stop. The show is directly across the street from the White Flint metro stop so any accommodations you find that are on a metro line would make it easy to get to and from the show. The closest stops are Rockville, Twinbrook, Grosvenor-Strathmore, Medical Center, and Bethesda all on the Red line.
Parking
- Parking at the White Flint Metro station is $8.70 (payable by credit card) for non-Metro riders on Saturday ($2 for Metro riders with a SmarTrip card) and free on Sunday. The parking garage for the station is located at: 11845 Citadel Ave, North Bethesda, MD 20852 directly behind the pedestrian exit from the metro station, across Rockville Pike from the Marriott easy walking distance from the hotel.
- There is a new parking garage right behind the hotel for $2.50/hour or $30/day
- Hotel guests can park in the hotel lot at the rate of $17/day
Out-of-Town Travel to the Festival Hotel
BY RAIL
Washington DC Metro riders should take the Red Line to the White Flint. For a map of the Metro system, go here. For more information on the Metro system, including fares, check out the Washington Area Transit Authority Home Page at http://www.wmata.com. The White Flint station is only a block from the Marriott.
Union Station is the Amtrak and regional train depot. There is a Red Line metro station at Union Station. Board the train marked Shady Grove to get to the White Flint metro station. It is approximately a 30 minute trip.
BY AIR:
Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) is probably the easiest route to take if you do not rent a car because it is metro accessible. However, it is probably the most expensive airport to fly into. The Metro (subway) system is connected to National and the White Flint station is only a block from the Mariott. Take the Yellow Line heading into the city (towards Fort Totten), and get off at Gallery Place/Chinatown. From there, switch to the Red Line towards Shady Grove. Take the Red Line to the White Flint. For a map of the Metro system, go here. For more information on the Metro system, including fares, check out the Washington Area Transit Authority Home Page at http://www.wmata.com.
Dulles International Airport (IAD) is about 30 minutes with no traffic (to Bethesda). If you fly in the morning, you’re golden. Take 495 north out of the Dulles access road. When you get to where 495 bears to the right, stay in the right hand lane (still on 495). Then follow that about another 10 minutes, and take the Old Georgetown Road (187) exit north. Take a right on Rockville Pike and a right on Marinelli.
Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI) is a 40 minute drive. If you go BWI, take I-195 (West) to I-95 (South). When I-95 splits, stay on I-495 heading towards Northern Virginia. You’ll be on that for 40 minutes, then take the Rockville Pike (355) exit north. Left on Marinelli.