Hotel rooms can be difficult to find for Thunder Over Louisville, particularly in Downtown Louisville and Southern Indiana. For information on hotel and travel accommodations, please contact the following: Southern Indiana Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130 812/280-5566; 800/552-3842; Fax 812/282-1904 www.sunnysideoflouisville.org

After the 1990 show, the show producers realized what a dynamic impact the fireworks show had made. The sound particularly rolled across the landscape like thunder. Thus, the show demanded a title that adequately reflected its intensity.

In Downtown Louisville, there are more than 52,000 public parking, off-street spaces within a 10-block walk to the River. Listed below are some of those sites. Click here for more information on garage and lot locations or contact the Parking Authority of River City (PARC) at (502) 587-PARK.

No bikes, skateboards or skates are allowed within the event venue. You will be asked to walk them in for pedestrian safety. But, there is FREE valet bicycle parking. If you ride your bicycle to Thunder Over Louisville, you can park it at the "Free Valet Bicycle Parking" located on the northeast corner of Witherspoon Street and Preston Street, north of Slugger Field. The facility will open at 12:00 P.M. and close at 11 P.M. on Saturday, April 21, 2007.

In 2001, the Derby Festival conducted an economic impact study that determined Thunder Over Louisville generated more than $31 million for the local economy. The total economic impact for the entire 70 events of the Derby Festival is estimated at $93 million for both Greater Louisville and Southern Indiana.

In just 17 years, what started as a better than average fireworks display has become the pinnacle of pyrotechnics. Thunder is the nation's largest annual fireworks event. It is also one of the top five air shows in the country. Fireworks have been a part of celebrating the Kentucky Derby Festival since the 1960's. Various displays occurred on different nights of the week and locations such as Oxmoor Center in East Jefferson County, including sites along the Ohio River.

SPONSORS: Kroger, UPS and Tyson/Holly Farms 2000 -- SPONSORS: Blue Chip Broadcasting, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Caesars Indiana, Ford and UPS

Food vendors are generally signed up by December. If you are interested, please contact Centerplate, (502) 852-3585.

For safety reasons the following are not permitted in the event area, which goes south from the Ohio River to Main Street between Clay Street and 10th No cans or bottles are allowed at the event site. Plastic bottles and food are permitted. There is also plenty of food and soft drink stands to take care of any needs you may have. Beer is available at the Chow Wagon at Waterfront Park and the Belvedere Beer Garden. No bikes, skateboards or skates are allowed in the event venue.

NO WAKE ZONE. A No Wake Zone is in effect from Ohio River Mile 604.3 (Portland Canal) through Mile 598.0 (Six Mile Island). This is also the area that is regulated and monitored by the Coast Guard and other public safety officials. There is a PICKET LINE at the Big Four Bridge. No public or commercial traffic beyond this line during the show. Strong river currents: High water associated with melting snow and spring rains can significantly increase river current speeds.

More than 2,000 people are involved in making Thunder a safe and enjoyable show. This includes all the public safety officials, clean up crews, vendors, volunteers and participants. Click here for a list of all those people and groups that work on Thunder Over Louisville.

The Weather for Thunder has varied widely. Highs for the day have ranged from mid-40's to mid-80's. Generally it gets cooler at night, so bring along a sweatshirt or jacket. Tune to FOX41 WDRB TV for the official Thunder forecast.

All of Waterfront Park is open & offers free public viewing for Thunder. The show is so massive that it can be seen almost anywhere. Waterfront Park will have continuous action and interactive attractions from 11 AM until the firework's finale at 10 PM. Along River Road is always a popular place. The entertainment garden of the "Chow Wagon" at Waterfront Park offers live bands for a 2007 Pegasus Pin admission. Jeffersonville, Indiana has changed over the last several of years.

The hotel offers 5 categories of room. Superior, Deluxe, Deluxe Corners, Executive Rooms and Suites. Superior rooms are located on the 5th, 6th, and 10th to 21st floor. The Deluxe rooms are on the7th to 9th floor and offer upgraded amenities such as the choice of breakfast venue, tea & coffee making facility. The Deluxe corner rooms offer a freestanding working desk and a separate sleeping and living area.

There are more than 16,000 hotel rooms in the Times Square neighborhood - ranging from large hotel chains, to small quiet retreats or suite hotels for extended stays. There are also several youth hostels situated in and around the Times Square area. Book your stay now to avoid disappointment. For a complete listing of hotels in the area visit our Interactive Map and Guides.

Extra buses will be on 14 routes that normally operate Saturday in the downtown area. Regular Saturday fares will be in effect. Please contact TARC for more information at 585-1234 or www.ridetarc.com.

We plan on having the major Annual Lebowski Fest every year in Louisville. We will travel two or three times a year. Lebowski Fest West which has been in Vegas and LA will be an annual tradition on the West Coast and we like New York as well. Check out all the Fests - past and present here.

The resort has 232 guest rooms, with either pool or garden view, in the superior, deluxe, deluxe terrace and junior suite categories. Early 2007, the Ocean Tower will open, a 297 room 5-star deluxe property, offering a wide range of exclusive accomodation, including an Executive Floor with butler service.

We will reserve the hotel according to your enquiry as soon as we receive the form you submitted. The reservation status will reach you within 24 hours through the way you prefer. If rooms of the hotel that you chose are not available, we will provide you with several similar options and exert our every effort to help you till a satisfactory one is found.

You can best use the search option on our homepage www.hotels.nl. If you fill in the name of the city, the number of persons travelling and the arrival and departure dates, the database will select a list of available hotels for that period. The prices for that period will be shown as well.

Most of the time you will be assigned a private room, however a private room is NOT guaranteed and you may share a room with another volunteer.

Yes. If rooms are available in the 1907 building (not often, except in the summer), then guests may stay in those rooms without rent charges. Members are still responsible for their guests' behavior and meal charges.

Yes, we do have facilities available on a rental basis for meetings, parties and other functions. Please call the Recreation Supervisor at 561-630-1146 for more information.

Judges will have computers with EAMS access and there will be a method for the rest of the case participants to view documents in the hearing room.

Superior rooms are located on the 6th to 16th floors of the Siam Wing and Deluxe rooms are located on the 7th to 25th floors of the Krungthep Wing. In addition to the facilities available in our Superior room category, Deluxe rooms offer superior comfort and more space bathrooms. Deluxe Corner rooms are located on the 8th to 24th floors of the Krungthep Wing. Deluxe Terrace rooms are located on the 7th floor of the Krungthep Wing.