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Jan. 11—Spokane will honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy with a bevy of community events, workshops and commemorative services in the coming days honoring the late minister's decades of Civil ...
Spokane Arena was the sole venue for the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Held January 15–24, it broke its own attendance record with 158,170 tickets sold during the ten-day event. Also, the Spokane Arena hosted the very first 2016 Team Challenge Cup, where athletes from North America, Europe, and Asia, competed against each other in ...
It was renamed in 1962 for local civic leader Joe Albi, who spearheaded efforts to build more sporting facilities in Spokane. After more than seventy years of service, it closed in early 2022 and was demolished; its successor is the new One Spokane Stadium in downtown Spokane, just northeast of the Spokane Arena. [7]
The "Grand Ballroom" is the largest ballroom in Spokane and the convention center and holds 1,630 guests for catered events and up to 2,700 for general admission. The space was the original exhibit hall for the convention center, but was renovated into its present-day use as a ballroom following the opening of the new exhibit hall building 2006.
Dec. 15—Spokane will be breaking in the new year with a new, intimate concert venue nestled in a historic building a short walk north from Kendall Yards. The Hamilton Studio Listening Room's ...
The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, formerly the Cheney Cowles Museum, is located in Spokane, Washington's Browne's Addition neighborhood. It is associated with the Smithsonian Institution , [ 1 ] and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums .
Apr. 9—Soon after graduating from Lewis and Clark High School, Spokane City Council President Betsy Wilkerson got her first job: serving hamburgers and hot dogs at an Expo '74 food stand.
The Spokane Public Facilities District (SPFD) is the government body in Spokane, Washington that manages the Spokane Arena, Spokane Convention Center, the First Interstate Center for the Arts, The Podium, and One Spokane Stadium. It was created in 1989 by the Washington State Legislature to create a plan to replace the old Spokane Coliseum.