Arena District
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The Arena District is a 75-acre (300,000 m2), mixed-use urban infill, master planned development located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. It is characterized by its New Urbanism layout, mixed-use, and neo-classical American design. The architecture is of the Chicago School style, being influenced by Daniel Burnham in particular. It features a variety of restaurants, office space, entertainment venues and residencies. The neighborhood centers around Nationwide Arena, home of the NHL team the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Columbus Destroyers. The district is also now the site of Huntington Park, which will be the new home for the Columbus Clippers. Additionally, the outdoor music venue Lifestyle Communities Pavilion, as well as the Arena Grand Theatre are both located in the Arena District. It is developed, managed and marketed by Nationwide Realty Investors, the real estate development affiliate of Nationwide, which is headquartered in Columbus.
Before its creation, in the late 1990s, the area was home to the closed-down Ohio Penitentiary.
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- Nationwide Arena - 685,000 square feet (63,600 m2), 20,000-seat arena
- Huntington Park - 10,000-seat stadium for the Columbus Clippers
- Lifestyle Communities Pavilion - indoor/outdoor concert venue
- Experience Columbus the Greater Columbus Convention and Visitor's Bureau downtown visitor center
- Arena Grand Theatre Theatre and bistro
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Coordinates: 39°58′06″N 83°00′27″W / 39.968314°N 83.00761°W
