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Recreation
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Ames
Park & Recreation Department
1500 Gateway Hills Park Drive
Phone: (515) 239-5350
Ames has
32 parks and a full complement of recreational facilities, including
a full-service Community Center, Auditorium, playgrounds, hiking
paths, golf course, shelter houses, swimming pools, and an indoor
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Skate
Park
1330
6th Street
Phone:
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Ames/Iowa
State University Ice Arena
1505 Gateway Hills Park Drive
Phone: (515) 292-6835
The Ames/ISU
Ice Arena offers the following activities and programs: skating
lessons for preschoolers, youth, and adults, hockey, broomball,
public skating, open hockey and ice shows. The Ice Arena is also
available to rent for special occasions. |
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Intramural
Sports at ISU
Choose from over 50 different intramural sports that ISU has to
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Twentieth
Century Bowling
505 South Duff Ave
Phone: (515) 232-5530 |
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The
Memorial Union Recreation Center
Phone: (515) 294-1233 |
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Seven
Oaks Recreation
1086 222nd Drive
Boone, IA 50036
Phone: (515) 432-9457
Seven Oaks is Central Iowa's destination for outdoor recreation.
Recreation opportunities include snow skiing, snowboarding, snowtubing,
snowmobile drag races, full-service canoe rentals, RV & tent
camping, and motocross races. Affordable family outdoor recreation
is our focus. |
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Music - Live
Bands
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The
Maintenance Shop
Located in the ISU Memorial Union |
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Peoples
Bar and Grill
There may be an age requirement for some shows.
2428 Lincoln Way
Phone: (515) 292-4501 |
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The
Boheme Bistro
2900 West St
Phone: (515) 296-4674 |
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Bookends
at the Bandshell
Bandshell Park,
Phone: (515) 239-5350
Free concerts each week during June and July featuring local and
regional bands. |
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Iowa
State Center
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-3347 or (877) 843-2368
The Iowa State
Center sponsors and encourages a varied and comprehensive array
of quality performing and visual arts, educational programs, athletics,
and entertainment for the University community, and for residents
of central Iowa, reaching throughout the state and the region.
Hilton Coliseum, Stephens Auditorium, Scheman Building, and Fisher
Theater. |
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Culture
- Museums and attractions
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University
Museums, Iowa State University
290 Scheman Building
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-3342 |
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Reiman
Gardens
1407 Elwood Drive
Ames, IA 50010
Phone: (515) 294-2710
Located just
south of Jack Trice Stadium on Elwood this beautiful garden is
a must see in the Ames area. Call about guided tours offered daily
and fees. |
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The
Octagon
427 Douglas Avenue
Ames, IA 50010
Phone: (515) 232-5331
The Octagon offers many classes and workshops for children and adults,
art galleries featuring local, regional and national touring exhibits
and The Octagon Shop featuring over 125 area artists. The Octagon
also hosts The Octagon's Art Festival each fall featuring close
to 100 mid-west artists and attracting close to 3500 visitors. |
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Des
Moines Art Center
4700 Grand Ave
Des Moines, IA
50312
Phone: (515) 277-4405 |
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Movie
Theatres
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Shopping
- Malls
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Restaurants
There are way too
many great restaurants in Ames to list them all on this page, but here
are a few of our favorites.(Click
here for a list of them all)
Applebee's
Grill and Bar, 105 Chestnut Avenue, Ames, IA 50010,
515-233-6452, Fax 515-233-6247 Price Range: $5-$20.00.
Audubon's
Restaurant, US 30 & Elwood Drive, Ames, IA 50010,
515-292-8600, Price Range: $6.95-$19.95. Located in The Hotel at Gateway
Center.
Aunt
Maudes, 547 Main Street, Ames, IA 50010, 515-233-4136
International. Fine dining atmosphere.
The
Basil Banquet & Catering, 6400 West Lincoln Way,
Ames, IA 50014, 515-292-4454 Sunday brunch.
Best
Western Starlite Village Buford's
Steakhouse & BBQ.
Awesome BBQ including ribs, steak, seafood, chicken. Affordable prices,
fun dining, casual. I-35 & 13th
Street, Ames, IA 50010, 515-232-9260
Broiler
Steakhouse, 6008 West Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50014, 515-292-2516
American fine dining.
Dublin
Bay Irish Pub and Grill, 320 So. 16th St, Ames, IA 50010,
515-956-9580, DublinBayPub@aol.com.
Ember's
America, I-35 & Hwy 30, Ames, IA 50010, 515-233-4446
American.
Happy
Joe's, 551 South Duff, Ames, IA 50010, 515-232-4231
Pizza and mouth-watering desserts. Lunch buffet. Carry-out, delivery,
or let us cater your group.
Hickory
Park Restaurant Co., 1404 South Duff, Ames, IA 50010,
515-232-8940 American. Barbecue and ice cream specialties.
Red
Lobster, 1100 Buckeye, Ames, IA 50010, 515-232-2922
Best seafood in Ames! Fifteen dinners under $10!
Village
Inn, 524 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50010, 515-232-5111.
Wallaby's,
3720 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50014, 515-292-1167 Seventy-item menu, all
homemade. Done in a fun and sporty way!
Cafe
Northwest, 114 South Duff
Ave, Ames, 50010, 515-232-5328 Steaks, Greek cuisine, seafood, chicken,
pork, sandwiches, and appetizers.
Carlos
O'Kelley's Mexican Cafe, 631 Lincoln Way, Ames, 50010,
515-232-1500 Mexican.
Diamond
Dave's Restaurant, 2801 Grand Avenue, North Grand Mall,
Ames, 515-232-5805. Wide menu selection includes steaks, Mexican, Salads,
Vegetarian meals, sandwich platters and Appetizers.
Ge-Angelos,
823 Wheeler 515-233-0959 Authentic homemade Italian cooking, featuring
our famous margaritas, pizzas, appetizers and Italian entrees.
House
of Chen, 2508 Ferndale, Ames, 50010, 515-233-3144 Chinese
restaurant. Dine in or carry out.
Lucullan's
Italian Grill, 400 Main
Street, Ames, 50010, 515-232-8484 lucull@aol.com.
O'Malley
& McGees, 716 South
Duff, Ames, 50010, 515-232-8807 Mexican.
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Iowa
State University Events
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Television
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TV
Guide
Info about Ames (Mediacom) cable programming, from basic to pay-per-view.
Look ahead up to 2 weeks to see what's on! |
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Delivery
and Take Out
Coming soon...
Movie
Rentals
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