Extended Stay America - Champaign - Urbana

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Champaign –Urbana is home to a world class university and delivers great business and recreation opportunities.The University of Illinois, with more than 42,000 students and about 3,000 faculty, is at the very heart of life in Champaign-Urbana. The university has extensive computer science ties and hosts the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), which created Mosaic, the foundation upon which Microsoft Internet Explorer was built. Currently the university is working with IBM and the National Science Foundation to build the world's fastest supercomputer. In 2004, Bill Gates mentioned that Microsoft hires more University of Illinois graduates than from any other university in the world. Located just four miles from the campus, the Extended Stay America Champaign - Urbana hotel is a convenient and cost-effective place to stay if business at the university brings you to town. Also nearby are the not-for-profit Carle Foundation Hospital and the network of private multi-specialty practices comprising Carle Clinic Association. Combined, these healthcare providers are the second largest employer in Champaign. Carle Hospital is a major teaching facility and the regions only level I trauma center, and the Carle Clinic Association is one of the largest and most diverse medical practices in the nation. Opened in 1963, the Kraft Foods cheese plant remains an important part of the Champaign, Illinois economy. In fact, according to the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation, Kraft is the fifth largest employer in the county.FROM I-74, TAKE EXIT 181 (PROSPECT AVENUE) NORTH TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE TURN RIGHT ONTO WEST MARKETVIEW DRIVE TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE HOTEL WILL BE ON THE LEFT FROM THE AIRPORT ( UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS/WILLARD AIRPORT), TRAVEL APPROXIMA TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 5 1/2 MILES TURN LEFT ONTO WASHINGTON STREET TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS TURN RIGHT ONTO NEIL STREET TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE TURN LEFT ONTO MARKETVIEW DRIVE TRAVEL 1/2 MILE HOTEL WILL BE ON THE RIGHT