The Aurora Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (AACVB) is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to aggressively promoting and marketing the area as a premier overnight destination.

Aurora has numerous youth soccer clubs, most of which have teams represented in the top five percent of the Northern Illinois Soccer League. Aurora University has Men’s and Women’s basketball, golf, tennis, track and field and cross country. It also has a men’s football and baseball team, as well as women’s softball and volleyball teams. Aurora University athletics are division III.

Downtown Aurora is home to the Paramount Theatre, a large live performance theater on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Hollywood Casino. There is also the Leland Tower, a former hotel which was the tallest building in Illinois outside of Chicago and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The largest collection of commercial buildings by Prairie School architect George Grant Elmslie is here.

Aurora’s downtown is full of architectural landmarks and historic places. It includes a major Hindu temple, the Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple of Greater Chicago. Aurora also has its own zoo, Phillips Park Zoo.

Downtown Alive, a festival that includes live music and a variety of food booths, is held during the summer months. Aurora has a rich history of entertainment. There have been several theaters in the downtown area and several large community parks with baseball stadiums, circus acts, and race tracks

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