Twenty-one thousand Church members, friends and invited guests are expected to attend each of the five sessions of the 174th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be held this Saturday and Sunday, 2-3 October 2004, in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Everyone entering the Conference Center to attend any of the conference sessions on Saturday and Sunday will be required to pass through metal detectors and bag checks for security measures. It is requested that attendees arrive early to minimize possible delays. Cameras, recording devices, weapons, food, backpacks, large bags and packages will not be allowed in the Conference Center.
Admission
Tickets are required for entrance to all five sessions in the
Conference Center. Distribution of conference tickets to Church
members is under the direction of local Church leaders.
The Conference Center will open 90 minutes prior to each session. Ticket holders should be in their seats at least 30 minutes before each session begins. All persons 8 years of age or older with tickets will be admitted.
Overflow seating will be available in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and in the Tabernacle. Spanish translation of the conference proceedings will be provided in the Assembly Hall. Tickets are not required to enter the overflow facilities.
Broadcast
General sessions can be viewed live on KSL-TV (channel 5) and
BYU-TV (DirecTV, channel 374; and DISH Network, channel 9403). Live
Spanish translation will be broadcast on KSVN-TV (channel 49 and
cable channel 66). The sessions will be rebroadcast on KBYU-TV
(channel 11) at 12:00 noon and 4:00 p.m. following each session on
Saturday and Sunday. Audio of general sessions can be heard live on
KSL-AM radio (1160 frequency) and in Spanish on KSVN-AM (730
frequency). In addition, all sessions will be transmitted via
satellite to more than 1,500 cable television systems and radio and
television stations in the United States and Canada as a public
service.
Conference sessions will be translated live into 70 languages and transmitted via satellite to Church meetinghouses throughout the world.
Internet
Access
Audio coverage of conference sessions is available live over the
internet at www.lds.org
in approximately 30 languages. Complete text of the talks will be
published on the Web site in the “Gospel Library” within the week
following conference.
Transportation
Conference attendees are invited to carpool or use public
transportation to relieve downtown traffic congestion. TRAX will
run Saturday from 5:15 a.m. until 1:00 a.m. the following morning;
and Sunday from 7:20 a.m. until 9:20 p.m. Additional trains will be
added to the schedule before the first sessions and at the
conclusion of the afternoon sessions. UTA buses will run Saturday
and Sunday on their regular weekend schedules. Personal vehicles
traveling to and from the north are encouraged to use the 600 North
I-15 exit.
Parking
Ticket holders will be given passes with designated parking areas
when they receive conference tickets. Downtown parking lots will
open at 7:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday mornings for conference
parking. For those without parking passes, free parking will be
available Saturday and Sunday in the ZCMI Center, 40 East South
Temple; and at Regent Street, 65 East 200 South.
Avoid parking in front of homes in downtown residential areas. Cars parked on neighborhood streets may be ticketed or towed at owner’s expense.
No parking will be
available at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building Parking Plaza.
Special permits are required to enter the Church Office Building
and Conference Center parking facilities.