Two pools a restaurant free Wi-Fi and complimentary airport shuttle land La Quinta Inn Joplin on Our guests list of top area properties. With heated indoor and outdoor pools 161-room La Quinta might lead you to believe its just for vacationers. But the hotel also has meeting facilities a business center and other road-warrior rewards like free long distance free local calls voicemail and complimentary newspapers. Rooms offer flat-panel TVs coffeemakers microwaves and mini-fridges and the hotel has a fitness center hot tub and guest laundry. Parking is free. A half-mile from I-44 La Quinta is within five blocks of various restaurants and within a mile of the AT&T call center Schaeffler Group and General Mills. Missouri Southern State University and Ozark Christian College are under 15 minutes and Schifferdecker Park — with a golf course the Joplin Museum Complex and Route 66 Carousel Park — is six miles. Explore nature at Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center or Reptile World Zoo both within 10 minutes drive. Joplin Regional Airport offering daily round-trip service to Dallas/Fort Worth is 10 miles north.