Outdoor & Sports

Columbus offers many venues for outdoor sports and recreation for Columbus Ohio travel. This is the place to come if you are an outdoorsy kind of person and you are interested in taking part in sports activities that interest you or in which you are pretty skilled. Here is a look at some of the most interesting Columbus Sport venues.

Athletic Club of Columbus - This is an old club as it was first established in the 1916. If offers lots of sports facilities such as squash courts, basketball courts, swimming pool, bowling alley and so on. This is a club has a very family-oriented atmosphere and it's pretty vast in terms of space as it occupies an 88,000 square area.

Beulah Park - If you are someone who's into racing, then you'll definitely have to know about this place. This park, which first opened in 1923, is a thoroughbred racetrack, in which you can watch thoroughbred racing live. The racing events start in October and go on till May. You can also see Quarter Horse racing.

Muirfield Village Golf Club - Avid golfers will surely love this place and other than being a premier golf club, this Columbus Sport venue, is also one that has hosted many national championships competitions and international team competitions. This club has state-of-the-art golfing facilities.

Columbus Crew Stadium - This is Columbus Sport venue to come to watch football because of its sheer size and also it's popularity in recent years. It has the capacity to seat 22,500 people and is situated in the Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds. It first opened in 1999 ad since then ahs hosted several important football matches. In the year 2008, a new stage was installed her for the purpose of drawing big name concerts.

Scioto Country Club - This is a private club that first opened in 1916. It is also a golf club and since its inception it has hosted five PGA tournaments. Interestingly, this is the club where Jack Nicklaus, popular golf player, learned to play golf.