Contacts: Molly Steinke, Nemer Fieger, 612-309-1677, molly@nemerfieger.com

Kristen Montag, Meet Minneapolis, 612-767-8038, kristenm@minneapolis.org

WARM UP TO WINTER IN MINNEAPOLIS

Meet Minneapolis Announces Tourism Sweepstakes on Go.Minneapolis.Org

Minneapolis (January 12, 2015) --- A winter vacation to Minneapolis? Of course! The year-round mission of Meet Minneapolis is to market, sell and maximize the visitor experience of Minneapolis for the economic benefit of the community. In an effort to promote all to see and do in town this season, Meet Minneapolis launched its third annual Go Minneapolis Getaway Sweepstakes earlier today.

In Minneapolis, we embrace the season. We fly kites at the Lake Harriet Kite Festival, play hockey at the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships and conquer the elements one ski at a time in the City of Lakes Loppet. But, skis and skates are not the only way to get around in Minneapolis. We like to travel around to theaters, restaurants and other great attractions in style.

Enter the Chevy Volt. And when we say enter, we really do mean ENTER. Because Meet Minneapolis is giving the public the chance to win a three-year lease for an energy-efficient 2015 Chevy Volt, donated by Select Heartland Chevy Dealers. The popular Chevy Volt, an electric car that also runs on gas, is currently on display at the Minneapolis Convention Center on the first floor lobby near the Ballroom.

In addition to the Grand Prize Chevy Volt, the seven-week online sweepstakes features prize packages that will be awarded on a weekly basis. Each package will include a stay at a Meet Minneapolis member hotel, a tasty meal at Ling & Louies and two tickets to the Minnesota Orchestra.

The sweepstakes, aimed at potential visitors living in the 400-mile radius from Minneapolis, will be hosted on www.Go.Minneapolis.org.

Twenty grand prize finalists will be randomly selected from all online and mail-in entries collected today through February 23, 2015. Each will be asked to attend a ceremony the morning of March 7 at the Twin Cities Auto Show at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The winner will be awarded at a high-voltage event on the Auto Show floor.

Official rules on how to enter the Go Minneapolis Getaway Sweepstakes, information on the Chevy Volt and prize packages, as well as great hotel, restaurant and attraction deals are all available on www.Go.Minneapolis.org. No purchase necessary to win. Entrants must reside in Minnesota, North Dakota, Iowa, South Dakota or Wisconsin. Online entrants may submit one contest entry per day, each day of the seven weeks.

ABOUT MEET MINNEAPOLIS Meet Minneapolis is a private, not-for-profit, member-based association. It actively promotes and sells the Minneapolis area as a destination for conventions and meetings, works to maximize the visitor experience and markets the city as a desirable tourist destination to maximize the economic benefit of the greater Minneapolis area.

Meet Minneapolis is accredited by the Destination Marketing Accreditation Program (DMAP) of the Destination Marketing Association International.

Find out more:

Online: www.minneapolis.org and http://go.minneapolis.org

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/meetminneapolis?ref=ts

On Twitter: http://twitter.com/meetminneapolis

On Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/meetminneapolis/