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The Del Mar Fairgrounds is an event venue in Del Mar, California. It hosts the annual San Diego County Fair. The venue sits on a 370-acre (1.5 km 2) property along the Pacific Ocean coastline. It includes the Del Mar Racetrack, built in 1936 by the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, with founding member Bing Crosby providing leadership. [1]
Delmar Stadium is a 12,000-seat stadium located at 1900 Mangum Road in Houston, Texas, United States.It is primarily used for American football games of Houston Independent School District schools.
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For decades the official greeter and host of the fair was Don Diego, a smiling caballero portrayed by Spanish actor Tom Hernández from 1947 until his death in 1984. The character was based on a real person, Don Diego Alvarado, whose family had a large land grant in the Del Mar area during the late 1800s; Alvarado was known for his grand parties and was regarded as the local symbol of a ...
Del Mar (Spanish pronunciation: [del ˈmaɾ]; Spanish for "Of the Sea") is a beach city in San Diego County, California, located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean.Established in 1885 as a seaside resort, the city incorporated in 1959.
Del Mar Skate Ranch was skated by many skateboarding innovators including Tony Hawk, Steve Steadham, Tod Swank, Dave Swift, Neil Blender, Christian Hosoi, Bill Danforth, Mike Mcgill, Lester Kasai, Rodney Mullen, Danny Way, and many others. [6] The park was demolished in 1987 because the landowner sold a nearby part of the area for a hotel.
The area gets its name from a streetcar turnaround, or "loop", formerly located in the area. [2]Delmar Boulevard was originally known as Morgan Street. According to Norbury L. Wayman in his circa 1980 series History of St. Louis Neighborhoods, [3] the name Delmar was coined when two early landowners living on opposite sides of the road, one from Delaware and one from Maryland, combined the ...