Getting to Muncie from the Indianapolis Airport
The best option is to rent a car at the airport and drive. The trip is about 1 hour 20 minutes.
Parking: on campus is $1.00 per hour with a maximum of $5.00 per day. Parking is free in the evening after 7:00 pm and all weekend. There is a multistory covered parking lot next to the Music Instruction Building where all of the concerts are. If you are staying in the Student Center Hotel, parking is included there.
If you choose publish transportation from the Indianapolis Airport, there are two options:
1) Hoosier Shuttle. There are multiple buses per day, different times on Weekday and Weekends. This bus stops at the Muncie Get Go gas station just off Highway I-69. If you choose this option, you will need a ride from there to your hotel and around Muncie. From there it is about 10 miles to campus. You can use a taxi, Uber, or Lyft. For returning to Indianapolis Airport it's the same thing. The bus will pick you up at the GetGo and one of us will take you there (or Uber, Lyft, or taxi).
To use Hoosier Shuttle, you MUST make a reservation ahead of time, or the drive will not stop at the GetGo to pick you up. The trip is about an hour from the Indianapolis Airport to the GetGo. When returning to Indianapolis, the driver will pick you up at the GetGo about an hour after it leaves Fort Wayne (Muncie is about halfway in between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne).
The cost is $60.00 one way.
https://www.hoosiershuttle.com/
2) Miller Transportation. This option is cheapest and will take you from the airport right to the student center on campus, but there is only one bus per day. It leaves Indianapolis Airport at 11:45 am and arrives at 2:10 pm at Ball State in Muncie. It departs the Ball State student center in Muncie at 2:15 pm and arrives at the Indianapolis Airport at 4:25.
The cost is $16 one way.
https://ride.ridewithmiller.com/#/purchaseflow/departschedules
Hotels:
The Ball State Student Center Hotel is convenient and a 2-block walk to the music building. There is a food court there as well.
https://www.bsu.edu/about/administrativeoffices/studentcenter/hotel
There are also many hotels on McGalliard Blvd, about 2 miles from campus clustered near each other and fast food. These options include:
Baymont by Wyndham, Muncie
Days Inn by Wyndham, Muncie
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Muncie
Quality Inn & Suites University Area
Fairfield Inn, Muncie
Super 8 by Wyndham
Hampton Inn & Suites, Muncie
Downtown Muncie also has a Marriott (more expensive)
Courtyard Muncie at the Horizon Convention Center
The best option is to rent a car at the airport and drive. The trip is about 1 hour 20 minutes.
Parking: on campus is $1.00 per hour with a maximum of $5.00 per day. Parking is free in the evening after 7:00 pm and all weekend. There is a multistory covered parking lot next to the Music Instruction Building where all of the concerts are. If you are staying in the Student Center Hotel, parking is included there.
If you choose publish transportation from the Indianapolis Airport, there are two options:
1) Hoosier Shuttle. There are multiple buses per day, different times on Weekday and Weekends. This bus stops at the Muncie Get Go gas station just off Highway I-69. If you choose this option, you will need a ride from there to your hotel and around Muncie. From there it is about 10 miles to campus. You can use a taxi, Uber, or Lyft. For returning to Indianapolis Airport it's the same thing. The bus will pick you up at the GetGo and one of us will take you there (or Uber, Lyft, or taxi).
To use Hoosier Shuttle, you MUST make a reservation ahead of time, or the drive will not stop at the GetGo to pick you up. The trip is about an hour from the Indianapolis Airport to the GetGo. When returning to Indianapolis, the driver will pick you up at the GetGo about an hour after it leaves Fort Wayne (Muncie is about halfway in between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne).
The cost is $60.00 one way.
https://www.hoosiershuttle.com/
2) Miller Transportation. This option is cheapest and will take you from the airport right to the student center on campus, but there is only one bus per day. It leaves Indianapolis Airport at 11:45 am and arrives at 2:10 pm at Ball State in Muncie. It departs the Ball State student center in Muncie at 2:15 pm and arrives at the Indianapolis Airport at 4:25.
The cost is $16 one way.
https://ride.ridewithmiller.com/#/purchaseflow/departschedules
Hotels:
The Ball State Student Center Hotel is convenient and a 2-block walk to the music building. There is a food court there as well.
https://www.bsu.edu/about/administrativeoffices/studentcenter/hotel
There are also many hotels on McGalliard Blvd, about 2 miles from campus clustered near each other and fast food. These options include:
Baymont by Wyndham, Muncie
Days Inn by Wyndham, Muncie
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Muncie
Quality Inn & Suites University Area
Fairfield Inn, Muncie
Super 8 by Wyndham
Hampton Inn & Suites, Muncie
Downtown Muncie also has a Marriott (more expensive)
Courtyard Muncie at the Horizon Convention Center