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Voters backed establishment of Miller Park in 1887 - Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois newspaper) Miller Park Collection , McLean County Museum of History 40°28′04″N 89°00′17″W / 40.46778°N 89.00472°W / 40.46778; -89
The zoo was started when a circus lion cub ended up on James T. Miller's farm around 1900, and was eventually given to the city of Bloomington. [3] The lion, later named "Big Jim", died on March 26, 1912. After Big Jim's death, funds were raised to construct the Koetthoefer Animal Building by Bloomington architect Arthur L. Pillsbury.
Fans Field (1902-1939) (Bloomington Baseball Park) Location: 109 E Lafayette St, Bloomington, IL 61701: Coordinates: Owner: City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation: Operator: City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation: Capacity: 2875 (1921) Field size: 319-398-353 [1] Surface: Grass
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It is located 14 miles (23 km) west of Bloomington in Owen County. The park receives about 640,000 visitors annually. [1] The park is 1 of 14 Indiana State Parks that are in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with the park seeing 4 minutes and 1 second of totality. [2]
The first recreation facility on campus, IMPE (Intramural Physical Education building), was opened in 1971. [1] According to the university, Activities and Recreation Center is "one of the country's largest on-campus recreation centers". [4] In 2008, after IMPE was renovated and reconstructed, its name was changed to ARC. [5]
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Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States.The 2020 census showed the city had a population of 78,680, [5] making it the 13th-most populous city in Illinois and the fifth-most populous outside the Chicago metropolitan area. [6]