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That year there had been two previous women's tennis tournaments in San Diego: a Virginia Slims of San Diego (sponsored name) aka the Southern California Open event, and the Wells Fargo Open, which ran from 1979 to 1982. Giscafre's former doubles partner, Jane Stratton, attained co-ownership of the tournament from 1986 until the event's cessation.
The tournament was founded in 1952 and was played at a variety of venues in the San Diego area in its early years, beginning with San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista for its first two years. The tournament was also played in Rancho Santa Fe and El Cajon , as well as locally in Mission Valley and Rancho Bernardo during these years.
The conference, for many years, consisted of just 14 schools: the 5 Des Moines schools, Ankeny, Ames, Valley, Dowling, Indianola, Marshalltown, Southeast Polk, Newton and Urbandale. In 1992, Mason City and Fort Dodge joined the conference, leaving the Big Eight, which had recently been decimated by other conference realignments.
Wells Fargo Arena is a multi-purpose arena in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Part of the Iowa Events Center , the arena opened on July 12, 2005, at a cost of $117 million. [ 5 ] Named for title sponsor Wells Fargo , the arena replaced the aging Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center as the Des Moines area's primary venue for ...
There are three sporting events named the San Diego Open: San Diego Open (golf) now known as the Farmers Insurance Open, is a PGA Tour professional golf tournament played in La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States; San Diego Open (tennis) is a tournament on the WTA Tour held at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, California, United States
The 2022 San Diego Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the event for the men and the first edition of the Southern California Open for the women since 2015. The event was part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the 2022 ATP Tour and a WTA 500 event on the 2022 WTA Tour.
Tom Stoner, who was born in Des Moines and was best known in Iowa as the Republican primary opponent of Chuck Grassley in the 1980 U.S. Senate race, died Oct. 19 at the age of 88.
This is a list of seating capacities for sports and entertainment arenas in the United States with at least 1,000 seats. The list is composed mostly of arenas that house sports teams (basketball, ice hockey, arena soccer and arena football) and serve as indoor venues for concerts and expositions.