16 Facts About Columbus City

1. Columbus City is notable for being the home of the 2006 Little League World Champions.

2. Columbus City offers its visitors and residents a wide variety of fine attractions.

3. Columbus City has an energetic nightlife, with the most popular bars and dance clubs scattered downtown, along High Street and in the Brewery District.

4. Columbus City used to have a major train station downtown called Union Station, most notably as a stop along Amtrak's National Limited train service until 1977.

5. Columbus City maintains a widespread municipal bus service called the Central Ohio Transit Authority.

6. Columbus City is bisected by two major Interstate Highways, Interstate 70 running east–west, and Interstate 71 running north to roughly southwest.

7. Columbus City is the base for 12 television stations and is the 32nd largest television market as of September 24, 2016.

8. The major daily newspaper in Columbus City is The Columbus Dispatch; its erstwhile main competitor, The Columbus Citizen-Journal, ceased publication on December 31, 1985.

9. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus City operates several parochial elementary and high schools.

10. Columbus City is the home of two public colleges: The Ohio State University, one of the largest college campuses in the United States, and Columbus State Community College.

11. Columbus City hosts many conventions in the Greater Columbus Convention Center, a pastel-colored deconstructivist building on the north edge of downtown that resembles jumbled blocks, or a train yard from overhead.

12. Columbus City has a long history in motorsports, hosting the world's first 24-hour car race at the Columbus Driving Park in 1905, organized by the Columbus Auto Club.

13. Columbus City is home to one of the most competitive intercollegiate programs in the nation, the Ohio State Buckeyes of The Ohio State University.

14. Columbus City has several large concert venues, including the Nationwide Arena and Jerome Schottenstein Center.

15. Columbus City is subject to severe weather typical to the Midwestern United States.

16. Columbus City is the state capital of and the most populous city in the US state of Ohio.