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The grand opening took place on October 14, 1910, with a colorful, "informal" reception, according to the El Paso Herald. [5] Initiation fees for the club were expensive at $100 and club dues cost $50. [3] Important visitors in El Paso were often entertained at the club which had a ballroom and high stakes gambling. [3]
El Paso County Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in El Paso, Texas, United States. It opened on May 21, 1942 [ 4 ] and was built originally to support a rodeo and livestock show, but later expanded to cater other types of events.
The Abraham Chavez Theatre is named after Maestro Abraham Chavez, who was the longtime conductor of the El Paso Symphony. It was built in the early 1970s, with the framework of the curved structure of the theatre visible under construction in scenes shot at the nearby Laughlin Hotel ( since demolished ) in the 1972 Steve McQueen film The Getaway .
UTEP has attracted 5,592,257 fans in 34 seasons at the arena. The 11,892-seat arena (formerly 12,222 due to the late El Paso Sports legend Paul Strelzin) has been sold out for UTEP basketball games 112 times. [13] Fans enter the Don Haskins Center early before a UTEP Men's basketball game.
Southwest University Park is a ballpark in El Paso, Texas. It is the home of the El Paso Chihuahuas, a Minor League Baseball team in the Pacific Coast League. Opened in 2014, the facility has an official capacity of 9,500, with 7,500 fixed seats with the rest being berm and party deck standing room sections. [2] [8]
The El Paso Balloonfest is an annual event celebrated on Memorial Day weekend and is self described as "3 days of hot air balloons filling the El Paso skies, 3 afternoons of concerts and fun in the sun at Wet N' Wild Waterworld in Anthony, Texas." Over 60 balloons take to the air annually from TFCU launch field which is adjacent to the water park.
Judson F. Williams Convention Center, more commonly known as the El Paso Convention Center, is located on Santa Fe Street in downtown El Paso, Texas, adjacent to the Abraham Chavez Theatre. It was expanded in 2002 and now features 80,000 square feet (7,000 m 2 ) of columnless exhibit space (divided into three halls) with seating for up to 8,000 ...
The Alhambra Theatre, also known as the Palace Theatre, is a building in El Paso, Texas. Opened on August 1, 1914, the building was designed by architect Henry C. Trost in the Spanish Colonial Revival style with a Moorish theme, preceding spread of the Moorish Revival style of the 1920s. The building cost $150,000.