VenuWorks - Market Information

Paramount Theatre
370 1st Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
www.uscellularcenter.com
Contact:
Scott Schoenike
s.schoenike@uscellularcenter.com
319-398-5211

 

Market Information

 
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA

Cedar Rapids Ice Arena (4,200)

U.S. Cellular Center (7,- to 10,000)

Paramount Theatre (1,901)

 

Location: Cedar Rapids is located in east central Iowa.  It is approximately 250 miles from Minneapolis, Chicago and St. Louis, and 300 miles from Milwaukee and Kansas City. 

 

Demographics (2003 census bureau estimates):

Cedar Rapids city - 122,542

Male - 48.7 %

Female - 51.3

15 to 19 - 7.1

20 to 24 - 7.5

25 to 34 - 15.2

35 to 44 - 15.5

45 to 54 - 13.0

 
Linn County - 198,903

Male - 49.0

Female - 51.0

15 to 19 - 7.2

20 to 24 - 7.0

25 to 34 - 14.3

35 to 44 - 15.9

45 to 54 - 13.6

 
Cedar Rapids MSA (Benton, Linn and Jones counties) - 237,230

Male - 48.5

Female - 51.5

15 to 19 - 6.7

20 to 24 - 5.5

25 to 34 - 12.4

35 to 44 - 16.7

45 to 54 - 14.2

 

Local colleges:

Coe College - 1,300 students

Cornell College - 1,200

Mount Mercy College - 1,363

University of Iowa - 29,745

Kirkwood Community College - 15,100

 

Media:
 

TV: ABC (KCRG-9), NBC (KWWL-7), CBS (KGAN-2), FOX (KFXA-28), CW (KWKB-20) local affiliates.

 
Cable provider: Mediacom; McLeod USA
 
Radio: 17 stations within 25 miles

Jazz - 1

Public radio - 1

Christian contemporary - 1

Religious - 1

Classical - 1

Classic Hits - 1

Oldies - 2

Rock - 1

Adult contemporary - 2

Country - 1          

News/Talk - 2

Top-40 - 1

Sports - 2

 
Newspapers:

Cedar Rapids Gazette (M-F 60,833; Sunday 75,616)

Iowa City Press-Citizen (M-F 14,144)

 

E-mail database:  32,000

 

Corporate Partners:  U.S. Cellular, Coca-Cola