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The Quad Cities is a region of five cities (originally Tri-Cities, later four, see History) in the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois: Davenport and Bettendorf (the fifth to be included) in southeastern Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline (the fourth to be included) in northwestern Illinois.
Quad Cities International Airport (IATA: MLI, ICAO: KMLI, FAA LID: MLI) is a public airport in Rock Island County, Illinois, three miles (5 km) south of Moline, partly in Blackhawk Township and partly in Coal Valley Township. [1] In 2012 it was named "Illinois Primary Airport of the Year". [2]
The Quad Cities Metropolitan Area is situated across four counties in Illinois and Iowa. It is located four miles (6.4 km) from the intersection of Interstate 80 and Interstate 88, [2] 165 miles (266 km) of Chicago, and 165 miles (266 km) east of Des Moines. It sits next to East Moline and Moline, Illinois. Silvis is near two major medical ...
Rock Island is a city in and the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. [2] The population was 37,108 at the 2020 census. [3] Located at the confluence of the Rock and Mississippi rivers, it is one of the Quad Cities along with neighboring Moline and East Moline in Illinois and the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa.
Milan (/ ˈ m aɪ l ɪ n / MY-lin) [2] is a village in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,097 at the time of the 2020 census; down from 5,099 at the 2010 census. [3] The village is located adjacent to the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa.
The state of Illinois subsequently pulled the subsidy keeping the train running, leaving the Quad Cities without passenger rail service. [4] In 2008, efforts to restore passenger rail service to the Quad Cities were set in motion. In 2010, the City of Moline got a federal TIGER grant for construction of the station. [5]
Greater Quad Cities, IA–IL is a nickname for the Davenport–Moline, IA–IL Combined Statistical Area, [1] an area that is made up of four counties in Iowa and three in Illinois. The statistical area includes one metropolitan areas and two micropolitan area. As of the 2010 Census, the CSA had a population of 471,551 (though a March 2017 ...
Quad Cities Event Center [ edit ] On September 22, 2010, the RiverCenter/Adler Theatre, Hotel Blackhawk, and the Radisson Quad City Plaza Hotel announced a cooperative marketing agreement branding themselves the “Quad Cities Event Center.” [ 8 ] While each remains a separate entity they advertise and market themselves together.