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Culture in Columbia, Missouri
The Jesse Auditorium and Missouri Theater Center for the Arts are among the city’s largest fine art venues. The Ragtag Cinema hosts the popular True/False Film Festivals yearly. In the year 2008, filmmaker Todd Sklar finished Box Elder which was entirely filmed around and in Columbia as well as within the University of Columbia. The Museum of Art and Archeology of the University of Missouri displays about 14,000 works of archeological and art objects in 5 galleries which are free for public viewing. The Root ‘n Blues ‘n Barbecue Festival and the We Always Swing Jazz Series bring several of the country’s best Blues and Jazz to Central Missouri and Columbia.
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The University of Missouri’s sports teams Missouri Tigers play an important role in the sport culture of the city. The 70,000 capacities Faurot Field hosts to both home concerts and football games. The Mizzou Arena and Hearnes Center are the 2 other large event and sport venues. The Taylor Stadium is host to the baseball team Mid-Missouri Mavericks of the University and the regional hosts for 2007 NCAA Baseball Championship.
The city also hosts a non-profit program for Missouri Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Health which called Show-Me State Games. They are United States’ largest state games. The games include a total of 35,000 athletes of all ages and ability levels who compete in Olympic-style sports festival each year during July and August.
Extended Stay Hotels Columbia
The Extended Stay America Columbia-Stadium Boulevard is a 2-star hotel situated within 3 miles away from the University of Missouri, Faurot Field and Mizzou Arena. The Columbia Regional Airport is within 13 miles away from the hotel.
The hotel features complimentary parking, laundry facilities, a 24-hour front desk and high-speed wireless Internet access. It offers about 95 spacious guestrooms in a 3-storey property. Guestrooms features satellite televisions, desks, multi-line telephones, coffee makers, refrigerators and microwaves. Other room amenities include shower and tub combinations, clock radios and irons with ironing boards. Amenities available on request include hair dryers and a turndown service. Services include housekeeping.
Pets are allowed inside the hotel with fee. The check-in time in the hotel is 3:00 pm and the checkout time is 11:00 am. The complete address of this hotel is 2000 Business Loop 70 W in Columbia, Missouri. For more information call them at (573) 445-6800 or fax them at (573) 445-6801.
The Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott Columbia is a 3-stprey hotel established near the University of Missouri, Mizzou Arena and Faurot Field. Another attraction close to the area includes Hearnes Center and MKT and Katy Trails. The hotel provides an indoor swimming pool, complimentary breakfast, a fitness facility and a spa tub. Other amenities in the hotel include laundry facilities, business center complimentary coffee in the lobby and complimentary parking.
Guestrooms in the hotel offer complimentary newspapers, air conditioning and coffee makers as well as flat-panel televisions with HBO and premium televisions channels. Other amenities include microwaves, jetted tubs, hair dryers and complimentary wired and wireless high-speed Internet connectivity. The hotel’s complete address is 1115 Woodland Springs Ct. in Columbia, Missouri. For more information call them at 1-573-886-8888 or fax them at 1-573-886-6666.
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