NIRSA Annual Conference & Recreational Sports Exposition

Guest/Spouse Program

Registration will remain open until March 31, 2010. There is no on-site registration for this event.

Pricing: $195

The Guest/Spouse program offers a unique look at Southern California and was designed by your 2010 Host Committee. While educational sessions and the business meetings are not open to guests or spouses, individuals registered in the Guest/Spouse Program are welcome to attend the following events: Recreational Sports Exposition, social functions, Opening General Session and the Honor Award Banquet.

Wednesday, April 21, 9:00am-3:00pm: A Day at the Getty

Guests will visit the Getty Center in Los Angeles, one of the world's most visited museums. Trip Advisor lists the Getty Center as #1 in 474 LA-area attractions. Frommer provides the following review and has it listed as a "must-see" in LA with 4 out of 4 stars:

"Since opening in 1997, the Richard Meier-designed Getty Center has quickly assumed its place in the LA landscape (literally and figuratively) as the city's cultural acropolis and international mecca. Headquarters for the Getty Trust's research, education, philanthropic and conservation concerns, the postmodernist complex - perched on a hillside in the Santa Monica mountains and swathed in Italian travertine marble - is most frequently visited for the museum galleries displaying the Getty's enormous collection of Impressionist paintings, truckloads of glimmering French furniture and decorative arts, fine illuminated manuscripts, contemporary photography, and European drawings. The area that's open to the public consists of five two-story pavilions set around an open courtyard. Each gallery room within is specially designed to complement the works on display. A sophisticated system of programmable window louvers allows many works (particularly paintings) to be displayed in the natural light in which they were created for the first time in the modern era. One of these is van Gogh's Irises, one of the museum's finest and most popular holdings. Trivia buffs will enjoy knowing that the museum spent $53.9 million to acquire this painting, it's displayed in a complex that cost roughly $1 billion to construct."

Thursday, April 22, 9:00am-3:00pm: Shopping in Fashion Island and Brunch on Newport Bay

Start the day aboard one of the most comfortable, environmentally friendly small boats in the world. Guests will enjoy Newport Beach on an electric Duffy, cruising around the harbor enjoying a light brunch and touring estates where celebrities like John Wayne called home. After brunch, guests will be taken to one of the prettiest outdoor malls around. At Fashion Island there will be an opportunity to shop and enjoy everything California has to offer.

Friday, April 23, 9:00am-1:00pm: Richard Nixon Library

The only presidential library not supported by public funds, this library presents the good and bad about our nation's 37th president. Everything from Nixon's childhood house and even the infamous tape recorders are on display in a beautiful setting in Yorba Linda. The presidential library also hosts debates and temporary exhibits. Lunch follows at The Abbey, a quaint restaurant in the Downtown Orange Antique District.