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Riverfront Park, branded as Riverfront Spokane, is a public urban park in downtown Spokane, Washington that is owned and operated by the Spokane Parks & Recreation Department. The 100-acre (40 ha) park is situated along the Spokane River and encompasses the Upper Spokane Falls , which is the largest urban waterfall in the United States.
The Numerica Skate Ribbon is a multi-purpose venue and attraction located in Riverfront Park in Downtown Spokane, Washington.It primarily serves as a year-round outdoor venue for skating, supporting hard surface skating activities such as roller skating, scootering, and skateboarding in the warm months, [2] and converting over for ice skating during the winter months.
Hoopfest is an annual outdoor 3-on-3 basketball tournament held in Downtown Spokane, Washington. [2] [3] In 2011, the event drew 27,876 players on 7,040 teams. [4] [5] It is estimated that around 175,000 fans visited the event in both 2010 and 2011. [4] [6]
The Riverfront Park Carrousel, also known as the Looff Carrousel and the Natatorium Park Carousel, is a carousel in Spokane, Washington built in 1909 by Charles I. D. Looff as a gift for Looff's daughter Emma Vogel and her husband Louis Vogel, who owned Natatorium Park in Spokane. [1] It remained at Natatorium Park until 1968 when the park closed.
The Garbage Goat is a metal sculpture in Spokane, Washington's Riverfront Park. It was created by Paula Mary Turnbull, a local artist known as the "welding nun", for Expo '74, the city's 1974 world's fair. The sculpture was designed with an internal vacuum mechanism allowing the goat to "eat" trash held close to its mouth.
The Podium Powered by STCU is a 135,000-square-foot (12,500 m 2) indoor multi-use sports facility located in Spokane, Washington, United States.. It is located in the North Bank area downtown Spokane immediately north of Riverfront Park, just east of the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena and directly south of One Spokane Stadium.
The facility is located on the Upper Spokane Falls in Riverfront Park where the river splits into three branches around snxw meneɂ (formerly known as Canada Island) [3] and Havermale Island. The power plant was completed in 1922 by Washington Water Power and is still operated by the company's successor, Avista. [4]
At the north end of Riverfront Park is the 12,000 seat Spokane Arena, home to the Spokane Chiefs Hockey Club and Spokane Shock Arena Football Club. In addition to numerous local and regional events, the Arena hosts events such as NCAA March Madness, numerous big-name concerts, and in 2007 and 2010, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.