Entertainment Districts in Sioux Falls

Cherapa Place near downtown Sioux Falls presents restaurants and bars along the Big Sioux River.

Downtown Sioux Falls presents Phillips Avenue's restaurant and bar corridor near Falls Park, South Dakota's largest city.

Falls Park presents the namesake waterfalls of the Big Sioux River alongside a visitor center and event space in downtown Sioux Falls.

Falls Park and the surrounding downtown Sioux Falls entertainment district create South Dakota's most vibrant urban entertainment environment — a walkable district of restaurants, bars, and event spaces anchored by the spectacular Big Sioux River waterfalls that give the city its name. Downtown Sioux Falls's $70 million+ investment in streetscaping and event infrastructure has created one of the Midwest's most impressive small-city downtown entertainment experiences.

Great Plains Zoo presents wildlife exhibits and event space in southwestern Sioux Falls.

Phillips Avenue is Sioux Falls's most vibrant entertainment corridor — a downtown street where outstanding restaurants, excellent bars, and the remarkable Sculpture Walk create South Dakota's most complete urban entertainment experience. Sioux Falls's extraordinary growth (it is consistently ranked among the top cities in America for business climate, quality of life, and economic opportunity) and Phillips Avenue's remarkable independent business culture create an entertainment district of genuine South Dakota urban significance.

SculptureWalk presents rotating outdoor public art installations throughout downtown Sioux Falls streets.

Falls Park is Sioux Falls's most spectacular natural entertainment destination — a Big Sioux River falls complex where the extraordinary water features that give the city its name, the remarkable outdoor Sculpture Walk, and the vibrant community park create an entertainment environment of unique South Dakota natural beauty. The Big Sioux River's dramatic falls and the surrounding greenway entertainment infrastructure create an outdoor entertainment district of genuine Great Plains natural significance.

The District in downtown Sioux Falls presents a growing collection of bars and restaurants in a converted railyard entertainment corridor.

Downtown Sioux Falls's entertainment district centered on Phillips Avenue is South Dakota's most vibrant urban nightlife zone — a concentration of bars, restaurants, live music venues, and cocktail lounges in the Falls Park corridor that serves the state's largest and fastest-growing city. Sioux Falls's unusual economic strength driven by the credit card industry has created a professional services economy that supports an entertainment infrastructure far more sophisticated than any other city in the Great Plains at this population scale.