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Columbus' top entertainment areas surround downtown, each packed with restaurants, shops and entertainment -- meaning you don't have to venture far to have a good time.

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With a lively arts and entertainment scene, great shopping and professional sports, there's always something fun happening in Ohio's capital city. Four of Columbus' top entertainment areas surround downtown, each packed with restaurants, shops and entertainment meaning you don't have to venture far to have a good time.

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Lively downtown districts. A nationally renowned food scene. Professional sports. New downtown parks. A packed arts and entertainment schedule. This is just some of what awaits in Ohio's capital city. Columbus' top entertainment areas surround downtown meaning you don't have to venture far to have a good time. Next to the convention center, the Arena District is home to the Blue Jackets NHL and Clippers Triple-A Baseball teams, concerts and restaurants. In the neighboring Short North Arts District, you'll find restaurants, galleries and boutiques. South of downtown are the Brewery District and German Village, a historic district with restaurants and shops.

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With a lively arts and entertainment scene, great shopping and professional sports, there's always something fun happening in Ohio's capital city.

Four of Columbus' top entertainment areas surround downtown meaning you don't have to venture far to have a good time. Next to the Greater Columbus Convention Center, the Arena District is home to the Blue Jackets NHL and Clippers Triple-A Baseball teams, concerts, restaurants and nightclubs. In the neighboring Short North Arts District, you'll find restaurants, galleries, boutiques and nightclubs. South of downtown are German Village, a historic district with restaurants and shops, and the Brewery District, home to the nation's largest theater troupe, Shadowbox Live. Visiting over the first Saturday of the month? Check out the Short North's Gallery Hop, when the galleries and boutiques stay open late and entertainers line the streets.

Columbus has one of the country's most innovative food scenes. From vegan to BBQ, you'll find more than 100 restaurants downtown offering most every kind of cuisine.

Explore downtown's new parks - Columbus Commons and the Scioto Mile that stretches along the riverfront with a stunning fountain at its southern end. Central Ohio is packed with fun attractions, including the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, voted the favorite zoo of America by USA Travel Guide, and COSI Columbus, the No. 1 science center in the country for families according to Parents magazine.

Central Ohio is known for shopping. At Easton Town Center, just 15 minutes from downtown, you'll find Macy's, Nordstrom and hundreds of specialty stores, along with one of the city's best collections of restaurants and entertainment venues. Head 30 minutes north to Polaris Fashion Place, which has six anchors including Saks Fifth Avenue.

Spend your nights at one of Columbus' performing arts events. Among your choices are BalletMet, Broadway Across America-Columbus, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, The Columbus Symphony and the Contemporary American Theatre Company. See world-class visual art at the Columbus Museum of Art, the Wexner Center for the Arts, The King Arts Complex and Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, the only botanical garden in the world with a permanent collection of glass artwork by Dale Chihuly.

Sports fans can cheer on the Blue Jackets NHL ice hockey team, the Crew Major League Soccer team and the Columbus Clippers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. There's also the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Jack Nicklaus Museum-a must-see for golf fans.