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The largest concert hall in its namesake county, Sangamon Auditorium's seating capacity is divided into three levels; the main level contains a 61-seat orchestra pit, 425 orchestra seats, and 595 loge seats, while the mezzanine contains 564 seats and the balcony, 368 seats. It contains a 47.5-by-60-foot stage rising 30 feet high from stage ...
Due to his commitment to preserving Route 66 history and gas station memorabilia, plus his many years of quality service to his customers, Bill Shea and his shop were inducted into the Route 66 Hall of Fame in 1993. The entire Shea family was inducted in 2002. [4] Bill Shea died in December 2013 [5] and the gas station was sold. [6]
Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and the seat of Sangamon County.The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh-most populous city, [10] the second-most populous outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the most populous in Central Illinois.
Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park is a stadium in Springfield, Illinois. [1] It is primarily used for baseball.It originally opened in 1928 as Reservoir Stadium (name references to water reservoir located on what is now Lanphier High School [2]) [3] and was renovated in 1977.
The Bank of Springfield Center (originally the Prairie Capital Convention Center) is a 7,700-seat multi-purpose arena located in Springfield, Illinois. [1]The facility is adaptable to host a variety of events, including large concerts, theatrical performances, trade shows, sporting events, and school graduation ceremonies, as well as smaller gatherings such as professional training meetings ...
The Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon is the gift of Thomas Rees, a one-term Illinois senator elected in 1902, who also published the Illinois State Register from 1881 until his death in 1933. During World War I , Rees served on the International Board of Arbitration for newspapers and later for unions, which gave him the opportunity to travel ...
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Chester Edward Ide was born on June 13, 1877, in Springfield, Illinois, [1] [2] to a prominent local family. [3] [4]Ide began piano lessons at the age of 7. [4] When he was 16, he expressed the intention to become a concert pianist and, at his request, his parents sent him to London in 1894 to study music at the Royal Academy of Music.