M&I's downtown Milwaukee location transformed into two 18-story guitars MILWAUKEE, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- M&I Bank "Rocks"! Two 18-story guitars will light up the Milwaukee skyline now through July 9 as M&I Bank pays tribute to rock 'n' roll and Summerfest -- the World's Largest Music Festival. The 18-story electric guitars are located on two sides of M&I Bank's headquarters -- 770 North Water Street, Milwaukee. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060629/CGTH042-a http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060629/CGTH042-b ) Fun facts about Milwaukee's largest guitar: -- 988 windows on the two sides of the M&I Bank building make up the guitar design. -- Nearly 100 boards needed to be cut to fit the unique guitar design. -- It took about 3 hours for over 100 employees to initially install the boards. -- Approximately 2000 lights will illuminate the guitar. -- Over the 11 days of Summerfest, M&I employees will maintain the guitar. M&I Bank is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis. and is the largest Wisconsin- based bank. M&I also has locations in Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Nevada, and on Florida's west coast. http://www.mibank.com/ Summerfest, the World's Largest Music Festival, is located on 75 acres along the shores of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee. M&I Bank is a sponsor of the 2006 Classic Rock Stage at Summerfest. http://www.summerfest.com/ http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060629/CGTH042-a http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060629/CGTH042-b http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: M&I Bank CONTACT: Sara Schmitz of M&I Bank, +1-414-765-7831 Web site: http://www.summerfest.com/ http://mibank.com/

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