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The inaugural Fargo Marathon took place on May 14, 2005, [4] [5] and started on the Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Red River between Minnesota and North Dakota. The first year's race weekend offered a 5K on Friday, and a marathon, marathon relay, and a half marathon on Saturday, starting at 8 a.m. [6] Almost 3,000 runners were present for the races, and prize money was offered (including ...
The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra currently performs some two-dozen times throughout the year in various capacities, including a Pops Concert series, which has been led by Music Director Christopher Zimmerman.
As the 1980s progressed and a farm crisis hurt the state's economy, new drinking and driving laws, plus bar insurance laws were passed, the nightclub and bar scene began to struggle. In 1980, The Good Music Agency (GMA) relocated nearly all of their Fargo/Moorhead bands to Minneapolis which had a very hot music scene at the time.
The North Dakota Horse Park is a horse racing venue in Fargo, North Dakota, located on 19th Ave N west of Interstate 29. [1] The park is licensed for up to 9 days of racing in 2013, [2] though each year it is typically open for one weekend of racing in late July. [3]
The Fargo School District owns the buildings on the site, while the City of Moorhead owns the land. The need for Bluestem Center for the Arts arose due to continuous flooding at the previous home for Trollwood Performing Arts School at Trollwood Park in North Fargo. Initially, the local communities welcomed the center.
The Fargo–Moorhead area has generally leaned Republican, voting for that party's presidential candidate in every election between 1968 and 2004. While Clay County is a swing county which has voted for Democrats 9 times and Republicans 7 times since 1960 , Cass County has only voted Democratic twice: for Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and Barack ...
Fargo Civic Center is an indoor arena located in Fargo, North Dakota. The 34,000 sq ft center can hold approximately 3,000 people during concerts and 2,800 people during basketball games. [ 1 ] It also hosts trade shows, sporting events, entertainment events, meetings and community events.
Starting in 1959, fundraising began to build the Fargo-Moorhead Family YMCA and contributions totaled $1.2 million. This was the first time over a million dollars had been donated for a project in the history of Fargo. [2] The new branch opened in 1962 with 801 members. [3] The sign during the day with the YMCA building to the right