Downtown St. Louis
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Downtown St. Louis is the central business district of St. Louis, Missouri, the hub of tourism and entertainment, and the anchor of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The downtown is bounded by Cole Street to the north, the river front to the east, Chouteau Avenue to the south, and Tucker Boulevard to the west. The downtown is the site of many corporate headquarters, including Stifel Financial Corp., HOK, Spire Inc, and a host of other companies. Downtown is also the site of Busch Stadium, the Dome at America's Center, Gateway Arch National Park, Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, as well as several other notable cultural centers.
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Worth seeing in and around Downtown St. Louis
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
600 m · monument in St. Louis, Missouri · Wikipedia - 02Enterprise Center
Enterprise Center is an 18,096-seat multi-purpose indoor arena located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
900 m · arena in St. Louis, Missouri, United States · Wikipedia - 03Busch Stadium
Busch Stadium is a baseball stadium located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
400 m · baseball stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, USA · Wikipedia - 04Gateway Arch National Park
Gateway Arch National Park is a national park of the United States located in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
600 m · American National Park in St. Louis, Missouri · Wikipedia - 05Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University is a private Jesuit research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
3.8 km · private research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, and Madrid, Spain · Wikipedia - 06The Dome at America's Center
The Dome at America's Center is a multi-purpose stadium used for concerts, major conventions, and sporting events in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
800 m · stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, United States · Wikipedia - 07Energizer Park
Energizer Park, previously CityPark, is a 22,423-seat soccer-specific stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
1.7 km · soccer-specific stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, USA · Wikipedia - 08MetroLink
MetroLink is the light rail system that serves the Greater St. Louis area.
2.5 km · Light rail system in St. Louis, Missouri and the surrounding area · Wikipedia - 09Basilica of St. Louis, King of France
The Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, formerly the Cathedral of Saint Louis, and colloquially the Old Cathedral, is a Catholic church in St. Louis, Missouri.
500 m · church building in Missouri, United States of America · Wikipedia - 10Martin Luther King Bridge
The Martin Luther King Bridge in Greater St. Louis, is a cantilever truss bridge of about 4,000 feet in total length across the Mississippi River, connecting St.
1.2 km · bridge between Missouri and Illinois · Wikipedia
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Getting to Downtown St. Louis
- Airports
- St. Louis Lambert (STL), 21 km
- Stations
- Civic Center, 1 km · Stadium, 300 m
- Chicago → Downtown St. Louis418 km · quickest by air, 5h 30m · $220–330
- Indianapolis → Downtown St. Louis370 km · quickest by road, 5h 40m · $31–43
- Louisville → Downtown St. Louis388 km · quickest by road, 5h 59m · $33–46
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Downtown St. Louis. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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- Go nextFor a scenic day trip, take the Great River Road north from Alton to Grafton, Illinois, stopping for antique shops and then on to lunch at the Père Marquette Lodge in Père Marquette State Park.
- Go nextCharles - nearby and makes a nice day trip.
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