News
Holiday Magic Train Ride and Kickoff
ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission is partnering again this year with Metro transit on the Holiday Magic Train to bring holiday cheer to thousands of area commuters who will ride MetroLink between this Wednesday and December 31. Bi-State Development Agency President & CEO John Nations, St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission President Kitty Ratcliffe, and the Holiday Magic mascot Snowflake will ride the Holiday Magic Train to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport where Airport Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge will join them for the annual Holiday Magic kickoff.
Where: Airport Terminal #1 MetroLink Station
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
When: Wednesday, November 19
10:49 a.m. Media and several carolers will board train at North Hanley Station
10:56 a.m. Holiday Magic Train arrives bringing John Nations, Kitty Ratcliffe, and Snowflake, carolers and members of the media
11 a.m. News conference begins, followed by another photo opportunity on the parked Holiday Magic Trai
11:27 a.m. Holiday Magic Train leaves the Airport Terminal #1 Station
Who: John Nations, Bi-State Development Agency President & CEO
Kitty Ratcliffe, St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission President
Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, Director of Airports at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
Snowflake, Holiday Magic’s mascot
St. Louis Christmas Carols Association members will perform holiday music on the Holiday Magic Train from 10:49 to 10:56 a.m. and at the Terminal #1 Station before and after the news conference.
Note: Members of the media are invited to park at the North Hanley MetroLink Station and
board the Holiday Magic Train to the airport at 10:49 a.m. Please arrive 15 minutes early.
Patti Beck
Director of Communications
Bi-State Development Agency
314-486-9091 (cell)
Tony Paraino
Director of Communications
St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission
314-992-0654