RedEyedTreeFrog

Solved using archive template. In the custom post type declaration you have:

'has_archive' => true,

So, instead of creating a page template, create an archive template named archive-{name of custom post type}. The permalink hierarchy built into WordPress will automatically show an index of your custom post types in the parent directory, e.g. example.com/events/ would be the listing and example.com/events/some-event would be an event. There is no name conflict this way. Just be sure in your archive template you have the following before the call to the loop:

<?php query_posts(array('post_type'=>'custom post type name')); ?>

To call elements from the meta boxes you created in your custom post type and display them on the listing page, put the following right after the loop:

<?php
	$custom = get_post_custom($post->ID);
	$meta_box_one = $custom["meta_box_one"][0];
	$meta_box_two = $custom["meta_box_two"][0];
	...
?>

where “meta_box_one” (and two, etc.) are the names of your meta box variables defined in your custom post type functions. Display them using the following in your template markup anywhere within the loop:

<?php echo $meta_box_variable ?>

My mistake was using a page template (thanks to the outdated tutorial I used) to display the listing of my custom posts. While that method does technically work, it does not allow for an orderly URL structure.

One more thing… using a dash (hyphen) in your custom post type name (e.g. “some-name”) makes wordpress break. Last I saw, they punted this issue out to v3.3+ so there will be no resolution any time soon.

Hope this helps someone!