Venture Up’s Amazing Race is an energetic, city-based team building experience that sends groups racing through iconic districts, alleys, riverwalks, parks, and neighborhoods in America’s greatest cities. Created in 1998, our race predates the CBS hit show The Amazing Race and has remained a cornerstone of our team events. Each version is location specific with new challenges, fresh clues, and local highlights unique to the area.
Our Amazing Race is geared for all abilities. Teams move at their own pace, aiming to solve as many clues as possible. Few teams solve them all, and quality matters more than speed, since finishing early only serves as a tie breaker. Problem solving, creativity, and teamwork determine the winner.
The event begins at a designated meeting point such as a hotel lobby, city square, rooftop parking deck, or waterfront gathering area. Before the race starts, teams warm up with quick outside-the-box Energizers from our Strategic Games or a short head-to-head challenge to determine a minor starting advantage.
Each team receives an Amazing Race bag filled with maps, tools, clue sheets, and items that may become critical during the experience. GPS units or digital map aids may also be included. During the race, anything goes. Teams can call for help, search online, ask locals, shout across the street, or recruit residents and business owners for assistance, but teams must stay together at all times.
The race concludes at a fun, festive bar or restaurant where teams celebrate finishing the course and await final scoring. Every group leaves with stories, laughs, and a shared experience that strengthens team connections.
Bonus challenges may include locating a specific flower, posing for a group photo with a fireman, obtaining a paper job application, or completing a quirky task that relies on creativity and resourcefulness. These offer easy ways to earn extra points, but heads-up, Venture Up staff are sticklers when it comes to bonus points!
Venture Up’s Amazing Race is one of the most engaging ways to explore a new city or rediscover a familiar one. It blends problem solving, teamwork, movement, and cultural exploration into a fast, memorable team building event.
Program Highlights
- Time: 2 to 4 hours
- Available in major cities nationwide, including select island and vacation destinations
- City-specific clues encourage exploration and discovery
- Includes Amazing Race bags, maps, tools, and optional GPS units
- Warm-up Energizers included when time allows
- Designed for all abilities and fitness levels
- Supports collaboration, creativity, and real-time problem solving
- Ends at a local restaurant or bar for scoring and celebration
- No hidden fees. Set-up, break-out, materials, and staffing are included
Customization
With nearly thirty years of experience designing Amazing Races, our team specializes in building fun, engaging routes in almost any location. Contact us to learn how we can create a custom race for your group, often at no extra cost.
Partial City and Destination List
Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, New Orleans, San Diego, Santa Monica, Richmond, Portland, Scottsdale, Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Minneapolis, Nashville, Omaha, Milwaukee, Raleigh, St. Louis, Virginia Beach, Chicago, Atlanta, Madison, Columbus, Charlotte, Phoenix, Puerto Rico, South Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Birmingham, Little Rock, Greenville, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Park City, San Juan and more.
