HARTFORD
POLICE TRAFFIC ALERT
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Late Afternoon Alert for Commuters: Monday, March 8th,
2010, HARTFORD, CONN., March 8, 2010 – Great news! The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team has moved to the Semi-Finals of the BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Championship Presented by New York Life Insurance Company. UConn will play Notre Game today, Monday, March 8, at 6 p.m. at the XL Center. Afternoon rush hour commuters should be prepared for increased traffic near the XL Center on Trumbull Street in Downtown Hartford as fans come to cheer on our Huskies. The City of Hartford, the XL Center, the Greater Hartford Convention & Visitors Bureau (GHCVB), and the Hartford Business Improvement District (BID) are hosting the nation’s largest Division I conference through this Tuesday. The Hartford Hospitality Task Force is working to make sure that visitors have the best possible experience while in town. This is the seventh consecutive year that the BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Championship is being held in the City of Hartford and at the XL Center. All 16 BIG EAST teams are playing in the Championship, with 15 games being played in five days.
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Sergeant Christene Mertes, Public Information Officer |