Quad Cities
Quad Cities, Iowa–Illinois
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The Quad Cities is a region of cities (originally four, see
History
Early history
Before European settlers came to inhabit the Quad Cities, the confluence of rivers had attracted many varying cultures of
The history of urban settlements in the Quad Cities was stimulated by riverboat traffic. For 14 miles (23 km) between LeClaire, Iowa, and Rock Island, the Mississippi River flowed across a series of finger-like rock projections protruding from either bank. These rapids were difficult for steamboats to traverse. As demand for river-based transportation increased along the upper Mississippi, the navigability of the river throughout the "Rock Island Rapids" became a greater concern. Over time, a minor industry grew up in the area to meet the steamboats' needs. Boat crews needed rest areas to stop before encountering the rapids, places to hire expert pilots such as Phillip Suiter, who was the first licensed pilot on the upper Mississippi River, to guide the boat through the rocky waters, or, when the water was low, places where goods could be removed and transported by wagon on land past the rapids.[8] Today, the rocks are submerged six feet underwater by a lake formed by two locks and dams.
As the
The first railroad bridge built across the
Evolution of an identity
After the
1980s–current
Beginning in the late 1970s, economic conditions caused major industrial restructuring, which disrupted the basis of the region's economy. The major companies, agricultural manufacturers, ceased or scaled back operations in the Quad Cities. Factories which closed included
Since the 1990s, the Quad Cities governments, businesses, non-profits and residents have worked hard to redevelop the region. They have achieved national attention for their accomplishments.
Examples of revitalization and rebirth include:
- Davenport's River Renaissance (a downtown revitalization project that includes a river music history center), an ag-tech venture capital campus, and the Figge Art Museum opened or were completed during the first decade of the 21st century.
- Moline has invested in what was once a robust downtown. The "John Deere Commons" and the Vibrant Arena at The MARK (formerly "The MARK of the Quad Cities", the "iWireless Center", and the "TaxSlayer Center") both opened during the 1990s.
- In 2007, Davenport and Rock Island competed for and won the title of "most livable small city" from the National Council of Mayors, based upon an unfunded proposal called RiverVision.
- In 2008 Bettendorf was ranked by CNN[13] as one of the ten best places to buy a house in the United States.
- In 2010, the Quad Cities were named "the most affordable metro" by Forbes magazine.[14]
- In 2012, Davenport housing market ranked second in the nation beating the housing bubble, due to its lack of foreclosures and their low unemployment.[15]
- In 2012, the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area was ranked among the fastest-growing areas in the nation in the growth of high-tech jobs.[16]
- In 2012, the Quad Cities were named the "2012 All American City"
- In 2013, Modern Woodman Park was voted the best minor league ballpark in America.[17]
Proposed mergers
Over the years, several communities in the Quad Cities region have proposed or performed mergers. As it grew, Davenport annexed the communities of Rockingham, Nahant, Probstei, East Davenport, Oakdale, Cawiezeel, Blackhawk, Mt. Joy, Green Tree, and others. Bettendorf annexed portions of Pleasant Valley in the 1970s. In 1987, Rock Island, Moline, East Moline, Milan, Carbon Cliff, Hampton, Coal Valley and Silvis considered a super-city merger which would have seen the Illinois cities become the second-largest city in the state,[18] but the proposal ultimately failed. Moline and East Moline considered a merger in 1997.[19] That same year, Green Rock and Colona did merge.[20]
Geography
The Quad Cities is located at the
The Quad Cities area is one where the telephone companies cooperate with regional phone calls. Iowa and Illinois have different area codes (
The
Climate data for Quad Cities ( | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 69 (21) |
74 (23) |
88 (31) |
93 (34) |
104 (40) |
104 (40) |
111 (44) |
106 (41) |
100 (38) |
95 (35) |
80 (27) |
75 (24) |
111 (44) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 53.4 (11.9) |
57.6 (14.2) |
73.6 (23.1) |
82.7 (28.2) |
89.2 (31.8) |
94.0 (34.4) |
95.1 (35.1) |
93.8 (34.3) |
91.2 (32.9) |
84.1 (28.9) |
69.8 (21.0) |
57.6 (14.2) |
96.9 (36.1) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 31.8 (−0.1) |
36.6 (2.6) |
49.9 (9.9) |
63.0 (17.2) |
73.9 (23.3) |
83.1 (28.4) |
86.1 (30.1) |
84.1 (28.9) |
77.9 (25.5) |
64.8 (18.2) |
49.8 (9.9) |
37.0 (2.8) |
61.5 (16.4) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 23.3 (−4.8) |
27.7 (−2.4) |
39.7 (4.3) |
51.4 (10.8) |
62.5 (16.9) |
72.1 (22.3) |
75.5 (24.2) |
73.4 (23.0) |
66.1 (18.9) |
53.7 (12.1) |
40.4 (4.7) |
28.9 (−1.7) |
51.2 (10.7) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 14.8 (−9.6) |
18.8 (−7.3) |
29.6 (−1.3) |
39.9 (4.4) |
51.1 (10.6) |
61.0 (16.1) |
64.9 (18.3) |
62.7 (17.1) |
54.2 (12.3) |
42.6 (5.9) |
30.9 (−0.6) |
20.8 (−6.2) |
40.9 (4.9) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | −9.4 (−23.0) |
−2.3 (−19.1) |
9.6 (−12.4) |
24.7 (−4.1) |
35.2 (1.8) |
48.0 (8.9) |
54.0 (12.2) |
52.1 (11.2) |
39.1 (3.9) |
26.3 (−3.2) |
14.1 (−9.9) |
−0.2 (−17.9) |
−14.2 (−25.7) |
Record low °F (°C) | −33 (−36) |
−28 (−33) |
−19 (−28) |
7 (−14) |
25 (−4) |
39 (4) |
46 (8) |
40 (4) |
24 (−4) |
11 (−12) |
−10 (−23) |
−24 (−31) |
−33 (−36) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.66 (42) |
1.83 (46) |
2.62 (67) |
3.81 (97) |
4.67 (119) |
5.01 (127) |
4.23 (107) |
3.97 (101) |
3.32 (84) |
2.81 (71) |
2.30 (58) |
2.04 (52) |
38.27 (972) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 10.8 (27) |
8.6 (22) |
4.4 (11) |
1.1 (2.8) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.3 (0.76) |
2.1 (5.3) |
8.8 (22) |
36.1 (92) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 9.3 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 117.0 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 7.2 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 25.1 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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69.9 | 69.8 | 68.3 | 64.3 | 64.9 | 65.8 | 70.5 | 73.3 | 72.8 | 68.1 | 71.3 | 74.0 | 69.4 |
Average dew point °F (°C) | 11.7 (−11.3) |
16.2 (−8.8) |
27.0 (−2.8) |
37.2 (2.9) |
48.2 (9.0) |
57.9 (14.4) |
64.0 (17.8) |
62.6 (17.0) |
54.3 (12.4) |
41.5 (5.3) |
30.4 (−0.9) |
18.3 (−7.6) |
39.1 (3.9) |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 148.1 | 153.8 | 180.5 | 210.1 | 255.1 | 284.6 | 301.9 | 271.4 | 222.0 | 192.9 | 121.7 | 113.9 | 2,456 |
Percent possible sunshine | 50 | 52 | 49 | 53 | 57 | 63 | 66 | 63 | 59 | 56 | 41 | 40 | 55 |
Source: |
Demographics
According to the
Race and ethnicity
The
Religion
According to resources,
The
Metropolitan area
The Quad Cities metropolitan area, more formally known as the Davenport–Moline–Rock Island Metropolitan Statistical Area (
The Quad Cities metropolitan area is also considered part of the
Population by County[35]
2020 rank | State | County | 2020 Census | 2010 Census | Change |
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1 | Iowa | Scott | 174,669 | 165,224 | +5.72% |
2 | Illinois | Rock Island | 144,672 | 147,546 | −1.95% |
3 | Illinois | Henry | 49,284 | 50,486 | −2.38% |
4 | Illinois | Mercer | 15,699 | 16,434 | −4.47% |
Metro | Iowa, Illinois | Scott, Rock Island, Henry, Mercer | 384,324 | 379,690 | +1.22% |
Population by City[36]
Places with over 10,000 inhabitants
Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants
- Andalusia, Illinois
- Aledo, Illinois
- Blue Grass, Iowa
- Buffalo, Iowa
- Cambridge, Illinois
- Carbon Cliff, Illinois
- Coal Valley, Illinois
- Colona, Illinois
- Eldridge, Iowa
- Geneseo, Illinois
- Hampton, Illinois
- Le Claire, Iowa
- Milan, Illinois
- Orion, Illinois
- Park View, Iowa
- Port Byron, Illinois
- Silvis, Illinois
- Walcott, Iowa
Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants
- Andover, Illinois
- Annawan, Illinois
- Atkinson, Illinois
- Cleveland, Illinois
- Dixon, Iowa
- Donahue, Iowa
- Long Grove, Iowa
- Matherville, Illinois
- Maysville, Iowa
- McCausland, Iowa
- New Liberty, Iowa
- North Henderson, Illinois
- Panorama Park, Iowa
- Pleasant Valley, Iowa
- Princeton, Iowa
- Riverdale, Iowa
- Sherrard, Illinois
- Viola, Illinois
Unincorporated places
- Barstow, Illinois
- Creekville, Iowa
- Dayton, Illinois
- Lynn Center, Illinois
- Montpelier, Iowa
- Mount Joy, Iowa
- Nekoma, Illinois
- Osco, Illinois
- Ophiem, Illinois
- Park View, Iowa
- Preemption, Illinois
Landmarks
- The business Antique Archeology, featured on the History Channel show American Pickers, is located in LeClaire
- Brady Street Stadium, a major high-school sports venue along Davenport's Brady Street (U.S. 61)
- The Col Ballroom, a small arena for music concerts, in Davenport
- Davenport Skybridge
- Figge Art Museum, Davenport, formerly the Davenport Museum of Art, designed by British architect David Chipperfield and opened in 2005. Its holdings include extensive collections of Haitian, colonial Mexican and Midwestern art, particularly pieces by Thomas Hart Benton, Marvin Cone and Grant Wood, and personal effects from Wood's estate.
- Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge, a four-lane steel-girder bridge on Interstate 80, crossing the Mississippi River to connect LeClaire and Rapids City. Opened in 1966.
- Lock and Dam 15, carrying motor and rail traffic between Arsenal Island and Davenport. The 1896 truss bridge, about 1,950 feet long, includes a 360-degree swing span over the twin locks. It connects to the Illinois side of the river via the Rock Island Viaduct.
- Iowa 80 Truck Stop – the world's largest truck stop is along Interstate 80 near Walcott, Iowa, west of Davenport.
- Interstate 74 Bridge, formerly known as the "Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge", connecting Bettendorf and Moline. The twin suspension spans across the Mississippi River were built in 1935 and 1959 and adapted to carry Interstate 74 in the early 1970s. The twinned towers are a symbol of the two-state Quad Cities community. The bridge is set to be replaced with eight lanes.
- John Deere equipment, built adjacent to the John Deere Commonsin the 1990s in downtown Moline.
- John Deere World Headquarters, designed by Eero Saarinen and completed in 1963 in Moline.
- The John Looney Mansion, designed and built in 1897 for the attorney, publisher and gangster John Looney in Rock Island which still stands off 20th Street and 17th Avenue.
- Arsenal Islandand Davenport. The roller dam, billed as the longest of its type, maintains a pool upstream that allows river traffic to pass through the once notorious Rock Island Rapids.
- Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, a fair and exposition venue in Davenport
- Modern Woodmen Park, formerly John O'Donnell Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals' class high A affiliate, the Quad Cities River Bandits, on the Davenport riverfront. With the lights of Rock Island across the Mississippi and the Centennial Bridge looming just beyond the right-field fence, the park was named by USA Today as one of 10 great places for a baseball pilgrimage. The ball park added a 110 ft. ferris wheel before the start of the 2014 season.
- Old Main, completed in 1888, the oldest building on the campus of Augustana College. Located on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, its iconic and newly renovated dome was lighted as of October 2011.
- Putnam Museum in Davenport
- Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island
- Quad Cities Waterfront Convention Center, located in Bettendorf
- Paramount Theaterin New York City. The theater was extensively renovated and expanded in 1984–86 and 2005.
- River Music Experience, a performance, education and music-history venue in the Redstone Building, the former Petersen Harned Von Maur department store
- Rock Island Arsenal, manufacturer of military equipment and ordnance since the 1880s, now the largest government-owned weapons manufacturing arsenal in the United States. The arsenal is located on Arsenal Island (formerly known as Rock Island) in the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois. Fort Armstrong was built there in 1816. During the civil war, the island held a Union prison camp for Confederate soldiers. The Federal-style home of Colonel George Davenport, built in 1833–34, the oldest extant building in the Quad Cities, is on the north bank of the island.
- Rock Island Centennial Bridge over the Mississippi River between downtown Davenport and Rock Island, completed in 1940 to commemorate Rock Island's 100th anniversary. The five arches of the 3,853-foot through-arch bridge often are used as a symbol of the Quad Cities.
- Rock Island County Fairgrounds in East Moline, also the site of the Quad City Speedway
- Rock Island Auction Company from the Discovery Channel show Ready, Aim, Sold![37]
- Vibrant Arena at The MARK – a 12,000-seat arena in Moline (formerly The Mark of the Quad Cities, the iWireless Center, and the TaxSlayer Center).
- Vander Veer Botanical Park is a 33-acre (130,000 m2) botanical garden in the Vander Veer Park Historic District of Davenport, Iowa. It is believed to be one of the first botanical parks west of the Mississippi River.[38]
- The Quarter – a 90-acre (360,000 m2) site in East Moline, alongside the Mississippi River, featuring shops, restaurants, condominiums, boat docks, sports and interpretive centers, and a working lighthouse, currently under development. (Geographical coordinates: 41°31′47″N 90°26′16″W / 41.52972°N 90.43778°W)[39]
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Freight House, referred to locally as the "Freight House", is an entertainment venue
- TBK Bank Sports Complex, also known as the BettPlex, is a state-of-the-art sport and entertainment complex. Containing eight full-size volleyball and basketball courts. Four indoor and five outdoor sand volleyball courts, 10 lighted outdoor baseball and softball fields, the BettPlex is a 45 million dollar sporting facility that was created to host weekend sporting tournaments in the Quad Cities.
Noteworthy companies
- Arconic
- Cobham plc
- Deere & Company(also known as/branded: John Deere)
- Genesis Health System
- Group O
- Guardian Industries
- Happy Joe's
- KONE, Inc (formerly Montgomery Elevator)
- Lee Enterprises
- Lewis Machine and Tool Company
- Modern Woodmen of America
- Nestlé Purina PetCare
- QCR Holdings
- Sears Seating (also known as Sears Manufacturing)
- Von Maur
- Whitey's Ice Cream
Top employers
According to Quad Cities website,[40] the top employers in the Quad Cities area are:
Rank | Employer | # of employees | Industry |
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1 | Deere & Company
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8,572 | Agricultural Innovation |
2 | Rock Island Arsenal | 6,300 | Defense Manufacturing |
3 | UnityPoint Health - Trinity | 6,100 | Healthcare |
4 | Genesis Health System | 4,700 | Healthcare |
5 | Hy-Vee | 4,200 | Grocery |
6 | HNI Corporation/The Hon Company/Allsteel | 3,800 | Office Furniture Manufacturing |
7 | Walmart | 3,600 | Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters |
8 | Arconic | 2,400 | Aerospace and Defense Aluminum |
* | Tyson Fresh Meats | 2,400 | Food Processing |
10 | Oscar Mayer/Kraft | 1,200 | Food Processing |
* | Tri-City Electric Company | 1,200 | Electrical Contractor |
Notable people
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Education
Colleges and universities
- Augustana College – A private, four-year liberal arts college in Rock Island.
- Bible Missionary Institute – A Bible college in Rock Island affiliated with the Bible Missionary Church.
- Black Hawk College – Community college in Moline, with a satellite campus in Kewanee, Illinois.
- Eastern Iowa Community College District – Consisting of campuses in Bettendorf, Clinton, Downtown Davenport referred to as the Urban Campus and Muscatine. Bettendorf's campus is known as Scott Community College.
- Palmer Chiropractic College– Davenport, first chiropractic school in the world.
- Saint Ambrose University- A private university in Davenport.
- Upper Iowa University – A satellite campus in Bettendorf.
- Western Illinois University-Quad Cities– The only public, four-year university in the Quad Cities region. The campus is located in Moline along the Mississippi Riverfront at the former site of the 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) John Deere Technical Site.
Culture
Since 1916, the region has supported the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, which presents a year-round schedule of concerts at the Adler Theatre in Davenport and Centennial Hall in Rock Island. The Handel Oratorio Society, dating to 1880, is the second-oldest organization of its kind in the nation and presents annual performances of "Messiah" along with another major work for choir and orchestra. The Augustana Choir, founded at Rock Island's Augustana College in 1934, is one of the nation's leading collegiate choruses. Major outdoor summer music festivals include the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, and River Roots Live.
The Quad Cities' three traditional community theaters –
Media
The Quad Cities is the 151st largest radio market in the United States.[44] It is ranked 97th by Nielsen Media Research for the 2008–09 television season with 309,600 television households.[45]
The area is served by over 13 commercial radio stations, 8 non-commercial radio stations, 3
In 2012, the Mississippi Valley Fair that is held in Davenport served as the film location for Rodney Atkins' music video "Just Wanna Rock N' Roll".
Also in 2012, the PBS Frontline documentary Poor Kids was filmed in and around the Quad Cities showing poverty from a child's perspective.
Transportation
Four interstate highways serve the Quad Cities:
Several state highways also serve the area.
There are three transit operators in the Quad Cities with limited interconnection between them. Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (Quad Cities MetroLINK) serves the Illinois cities of Rock Island, Moline, East Moline, Milan, Silvis, Carbon Cliff, Hampton and Colona. It has 12 routes and a fleet of about 52 buses. It operates a river craft during summer months. In Iowa, Davenport Citibus has 10 fixed routes and operates 20 buses, seven days a week and Bettendorf Transit operates three routes, Monday–Saturday, and has eight buses.
Intercity bus service to the Quad Cities is provided by Burlington Trailways and Greyhound Lines.
In December 2011, the federal government awarded $177 million in funding for the Amtrak connection. Budgetary and logistical issues have delayed the completion of all necessary track improvements, but the project is still in development.[49][50] The multi-modal Moline Q Station building was completed in early 2018, with the attached Westin Element hotel opening in February.[51] When the full project is completed, it will establish passenger rail through the Quad Cities, for the first time since the 1970s.
The Quad Cities is served by the Quad Cities International Airport, Illinois' third-busiest airport, located in Moline. The airport is marketed as a regional alternative to the larger airports in Chicago, nearly 200 miles (320 km) away. The smaller Davenport Municipal Airport is the home of the Quad City Air Show.
Sports
From 1907 to 1926, Rock Island was home to the NFL's Rock Island Independents. The franchise was a charter member on the National Football League (NFL) in 1920. The first NFL Game ever was played by the Independents at Douglas Park in September 1920. Football legend Jim Thorpe was a member of the team in 1924.
The
After the 1950–51 basketball season, the team moved to Milwaukee, where they were named the Hawks. After a second move to St. Louis, the team is now the Atlanta Hawks.
Professional basketball returned to the Quad Cities during the 1980s and 1990s with the Quad City Thunder of the Continental Basketball Association. The CBA served as the NBA's premier developmental league and produced many highly regarded NBA stars. From 1987 through the 1992–93 season, the Thunder played at Wharton Field House in Moline. Starting with the 1993–94 season, the team played at The MARK of the Quad Cities (now the Vibrant Arena at The MARK). After the CBA folded in 2001, the Thunder franchise ceased operations permanently. Vibrant Arena at The MARK occasionally hosts NCAA Division I college basketball conference tournaments as well as NBA and NHL exhibitions.
The Quad Cities has hosted minor league baseball teams since the Davenport Brown Stockings first played in 1878. The Rock Island Islanders and Moline Plowboys each fielded teams for many seasons. The Islanders began play in 1901 and played primarily at Douglas Park. The Plowboys were founded in 1914. Their home was Browning Field.
The Davenport franchise has been a member of the Midwest League since 1960. They have played at Modern Woodmen Park since 1931. Today, the Quad Cities River Bandits are High Class A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals
The PGA Tour makes an annual stop in the Quad Cities. The golf tournament is currently known as the John Deere Classic. It has drawn dozens of top PGA players over the years, including Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, and Payne Stewart.
The Quad Cities Marathon has run annually in late September since 1998. Roughly 400-500 participants race through the four cities, beginning and ending in Moline. The race weekend also offers a half marathon and a 5K as well as races for children. Kenyan Kiplangat Terer holds the men's record with a 2:14:04, run in 2013. Ethiopian Hirut Guangul holds the woman's record at 2:35:07, from her 2012 win.[52]
Sports teams
Club | Sport | League | Venue | Established | Championships |
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Quad Cities River Bandits | Baseball | Midwest League | Modern Woodmen Park | 1960 | 6 |
Quad City Steamwheelers | Indoor football
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IFL | Vibrant Arena at The MARK | 2017 | 0 |
Quad City Storm | Ice hockey | SPHL
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Vibrant Arena at The MARK | 2018 | 0 |
- minor league baseball team in Davenport. Their home games are played at Modern Woodmen Park, formerly John O'Donnell Stadium. The Davenport team has existed under a variety of names and Major League Baseball team affiliations since 1901. The River Bandits are currently affiliated with the Kansas City Royals.
- Quad City Mallards were an ice hockey team that played from 2009 to 2018 with home games held at the Vibrant Arena at The MARK in Moline. The new Mallards replaced the former Quad City Flames AHL team which played from 2007 to 2009. The original Mallards played in the United Hockey League from 1995 to 2007.
- The Southern Professional Hockey League.[53]
- The Quad City Steamwheelers were an AF2 arena football franchise that also played at the Vibrant Arena at The MARK. The Steamwheelers won the league's title game, the ArenaCup, in 2000 and 2001. After the AF2 league folded following its 2009 season, the Steamwheelers also ceased operations.
- A new Quad City Steamwheelers organization launched for the 2018 season in Champions Indoor Football and then moved to the Indoor Football League for 2019.[54]
- Quad City Silverbacks were a professional mixed martial arts team competing in the now-defunct International Fight League. Home matches took place at the Vibrant Arena at The MARK.
- Pat Miletich formed and based a mixed martial arts gym and fight team, Miletich Fighting Systems, in the Quad Cities. Miletich Fighting Systems is among MMA's first 'super-camps', and housed many of the consensus greatest fighters of the early 2000s, such as Jens Pulver, Matt Hughes, Robbie Lawler, Tim Sylvia, and Jeremy Horn, among others.
- The Quad City Riverhawks was a PBL (Premier Basketball League) team. They played home games at Wharton Field House in Moline during the 2008 season. They ended with that season. Previously, the Quad City Thunder were a CBA team playing in the late 1980s thru 2000, first at Wharton and then at The Mark.
- The Quad City Raiders are a semi-professional minor league football team that was formed in 2011 to serve the Quad City area. The Raiders play in the MidStates Football League and have reached the semi-finals in the league playoffs each season.[55]
See also
- Mississippi Athletic Conference for Iowa high school sports, and Western Big 6 Conference for high school sports in Illinois.
- Quad Cities International Airport
See also
- African Americans in Davenport, Iowa
- Wild Dog (comics)
- Quad City-style pizza
- List of tallest buildings in the Quad Cities
Notes
- ^ Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.
- ^ Official precipitation records for the Quad Cities kept at the Weather Bureau Office (WBO) in Davenport, Iowa from July 1871 to December 1931, alternating between Quad City Int'l (KMLI) and the Davenport WBO from January 1932 to 17 February 1937, and remaining at KMLI since 18 February 1937. Temperature, snowfall, and snow depth records date to 1 January 1874, 1 August 1882, and 1 January 1901, respectively. For more information, see Threadex
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External links
- QuadCities.com – Local information guide, business directory, event calendar
- Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Quad City Times newspaper
- Quad-Cities Online – Local information
- QCANews.com