This year will be our most important IGOLD yet! The Illinois State Rifle Association and others are suing the State of Illinois over its unconstitutional ban on most semi-automatic firearms. Please take the day off and attend this event.
We encourage every gun club and hunting club to sponsor a bus or set up a carpool to attend IGOLD. If you are sponsoring a bus, the ISRA will pay the City of Springfield for parking. We ask that you let the ISRA office know as soon as possible if you are chartering a bus.
Location:
Bank of
Springfield Convention Center
1 Convention Center
Plaza, Springfield, IL
Parking: The Center owns the Parking Garage. There are entrances located on 7th Street, Washington Street, and through President Abraham Lincoln/Doubletree by Hilton Hotel.
(Parking here is $1 an
hour with a daily maximum of $7 (payable with cash or charge)
Alternately, there is a municipal parking deck connected to the Wyndham Springfield City Centre across the street.
Schedule of events:
Doors
open at 10:30
(The concession stand will also open at 10:30)
Program
starts at 11:30
You will all receive cards with the bills we support and oppose in the House and the Senate to deliver to your state representatives and senators.
March to the Capitol at 1:00
Capitol steps 1:15 -1:20
Farewell rally in the Rotunda 2:15
Depart 2:45
**Remember to leave your pocket knives in your vehicle. There is extensive remodeling going on at the Capitol and the Stratton Building. The north entrance to the Capitol Building is closed. The Capitol Police are adding staff to get us in and out quickly. I know we are all frustrated with what is going on with the recent law that
has been passed. We will work that out in the courts, not at IGOLD.**
Please call our main office at (815)635-3198 (M-F, 8-4:30 pm) with questions.
We hope to see you there.
