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Things to do in and around the Quad Cities

• 632 restaurants
• 143 parks
• 138 public schools and 28 private ones
• 60 miles of bike and walking trails
• 43 coffee shops (including one on-campus)
• 38 theatre screens, plus IMAX
• 31 golf courses
• 27 museums and galleries
• 23 health clubs
• 18 major performing arts organizations
• 17 major cultural fairs and festivals
• 14 post-secondary schools
• 4 micro-breweries (and one annual Brew-Ha-Ha)!
• 4 sports franchises
• 3 major road races
• 3 riverboats
• 3 botanical centers
• 2 zoos
• 2 comedy clubs
• 1 major PGA event, and,
• 1 Confederate War cemetery

Don’t believe us? Here’s what Google’s “Googlism” site says the Quad Cities is…

• within a day's drive of several major metropolitan areas such as Chicago
• home to two professional championship teams
• located 180 miles due west of Chicago
• very active
• located in the heartland of America on the Mississippi River
• built along a rare section of the Mississippi River that actually flows east
• home to two major regional malls
• home to the Rock Island Arsenal
• blessed with an abundance of rivers throughout the region with the crown jewel being the mighty Mississippi River
• a terrific place to raise a family
• in a remarkable geographic position
• indeed better
• midway between Minneapolis and St. Louis
• a must on your tournament schedule
• home to one of 240 chapters of the Autism Society of America
• a thriving community of 400,000
• filled with caring and hospitable people
• quite strong and well diversified
• virtually midway from both coasts
• in the enviable position of having an abundant water supply
• a great place to raise a family and is a manageable size for commuting
• on the verge of achieving general consciousness as a Midwest arts mecca
• licensed as a foreign trade zone and official port of entry for US Customs
• able to offer many of the amenities of much larger cities with a much more reasonable cost of living
• one of the toughest arenas for visiting teams to play in