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On July 31, 2018, soon after the grand opening of the area titled 'Thomas Town,' the re-themed railway train derailed. No guests were hurt, but the ride closed for examination and repairs. [167] On August 2, 2018, the Thomas Town train derailed for the second time in a week. No injuries were reported. [167]
Fonner Park is a 5 ⁄ 8-mile (1,000 m; 5.0-furlong) dirt oval. [1] The Fonner Keno Casino and Finish Line Restaurant offers keno and off-track betting. [2] In July 2019, the facility received authorization from the Nebraska Racing Commission to install historical Instant Racing machines, [3] [4] but in February 2020 their installation was delayed due to a pending lawsuit over their legality.
The Tri-Cities is an area of Nebraska consisting of the cities of Grand Island, Hastings, and Kearney.It has a population of 174,530 as of 2020. [1] [2] [3] The Tri-Cities region is not an official Metropolitan Statistical Area or Combined Statistical Area, however the region would be Nebraska's third largest if it was, behind Lincoln but ahead of Sioux City.
The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak, also known as The Night of the Twisters, was a tornado outbreak that produced a series of destructive tornadoes that affected the city of Grand Island, Nebraska, on Tuesday, June 3, 1980. Seven tornadoes touched down in or near the city that night, killing five people and injuring 200.
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Hall County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 62,895, [1] making it Nebraska's fourth-most populous county. Its county seat is Grand Island. [2] The county was formed in 1858; it was named for Augustus Hall, an early judge of this territory. [3]
Grand Island was a long wooded island near Grand Island, Nebraska. The island was known by French-Canadian traders as La Grande Isle. [1] Grand Island was formed by the Wood River and a channel of the Platte River. It was the original location of Grand Island, Nebraska, but the town was later moved north of the Wood River.