As Museums go, visit the Capt. Kinko's World Inst. of Pornography in downtown Wichita, on 4th and Main, I think. It's only open from midnight to 4:00 AM, but it shows what the good side of Wichita is all about...porn, drugs, crime, and prostitution.

Cheers! (clink)

Thanks for the replies. I was doing an informal survey because my lovely hometown is pushing to get a large sports/entertainment complex here, paid for with an increase in taxes, of course. They are trying to convince the general public that this would make Wichita a "destination place". I don't buy it, and judging from these replies, neither would anyone else. Now if the rest of my fellow Wichitans will be so wise as to not fall for this....

To Just Curious:
I'd like to point out one very important thing: you're so far off base with your question that it borders on being absurd.
Thank goodness you're not employed in the sciences, or as a strategist.

First off, your question implies you are asking if someone planning a trip in the south Kansas area would detour to Wichita for its current attributes.
What you REALLY want to know is whether the presence of an entertainment complex would help draw people who already live within a few hours.
What you want to know has NOTHING to do with what you asked.
Secondly, you are asking this on a TRAVEL forum, where people go, for the most part, to plan vacations. The question you are asking concerns people who already live in your area. NOT AT ALL the same set of issues.
Thirdly, this is an anonymous travel forum and you received a handful of random replies. The scientific validity/relevance of which is close to ZILCH.

You learned absolutely NOTHING about what you wanted to know. AND you wasted a bunch of people's time.
Not too bright, are you?

Aw c'mon George. Lighten up on the little lady. After all, she lives in Wichita. Imagine the damaging effect that alone must have on one's perspective.

Oh, thanks so much George! Actually, I am quite bright and I am perfectly aware that I was not conducting a scientific survey. In fact, I said it was an informal survey. As far as wasting people's time...no one forced them, or you, for that matter, to read this post or to reply to it.

Ignore George's response. He obviously can't read. You specifically asked about Wichita being a DESTINATION for travel, not whether area locals would drive in.

As a former Wichita resident, my answer is NO. There is nothing there that would make me travel there on purpose. I probably wouldn't even make a bathroom stop there if driving through.

Well, I've never visited Witchita, but from all the other replies I can tell that it's a place that very few people are fond of. So don't ever count on seeing me there.

I've tried for several months to think of a reason why one would want to visit Wichita voluntarily. I failed.

I visited Wichita for a weekend in August. Went down to view the final B-1B Afterburner night at McConnell AFB and toured The Kansas Aviation Museum.

While in town, I also visited the Sedgwick County Zoo and bicycled along the Arkansas River.

The most interesting restaurant was Savute's Italian Ristorante, a family restaurant and bar with an aviation theme. The whole place is decorated with aircrafe picturtes, but the bar has actual aircraft seats and all sorts of aviation related items. The food was good and very inexpensive.

I wouldn't cross the country to see Wichita, but it is worth a few hours drive.

Keith

Wichita does produce some wonderful people though, I live in St. Louis and some of my closest freinds are from there. Bright, funny, educated, cultured people. I was in Wichita once and it pretty bleak. I guess thats why these women left.!!!

I wouldn't drive cross country to visit Wichita, but if you're driving by, you should stop and visit...

. Wichita has a historic village with guided tours, a lot of old houses and buildings displaying life 100 years ago.

. Just east of the downtown, there is an area with a lot of restored warehouses, containing some interesting bars, restaurants and shops. There is one building in particular, just north of a one block wide town square, that has dozens of small shops with just about every artifact and wooden indian you could imagine.

. The Wichita art museum is worth a visit.

. There is an excellent aerospace museum in Hutchinson, a small town a few miles northwest of Wichita. This museum and its IMAX theatre are a must-see.

. The upscale street in Wichita is called Rock Road. It goes north and south, is a few miles east of downtown, and has the best shops, best restaurants, and all three of Wichita's chain bookstores (i.e. Barnes & Noble, Borders).

Don't dismiss Wichita. It's not Las Vegas by any means, but it is an oasis of civilization in Kansas, between Chicago and Dallas.