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Honda Center
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The Honda Center is an indoor arena located in Anaheim, California. The arena is home to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League, originally named the Anaheim Arena during construction, it was completed in 1993 at a cost of US$123 million. Arrowhead Water paid $15 million for the rights over 10 years in October 1993. In the short period of time between the enfranchisement of the Mighty Ducks and the rights deal with Arrowhead, Disney referred to the Arena as the Pond of Anaheim. In October 2006, Honda paid $60 million for the rights for over 15 years. The arena opened on June 19,1993, with a Barry Manilow concert as its first event, since then, it has been host to a number of events, such as the 2003 and 2007 Stanley Cup Finals. On June 6,2007, the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators, 6–2, Honda Center has hosted several UFC events, starting with UFC59 in 2006. It hosted the 2005 IBF World Championships for badminton in 2005, from 1994 to 1998, it served as a second home for the NBAs Los Angeles Clippers. It was the arena for the Anaheim Bullfrogs of Roller Hockey International from 1994 to 1999. This arena has hosted a PBR Bud Light Cup event annually since 1998. Since 1994, the arena has hosted the annual John R. Wooden Classic, in 2011, the arena began hosting the Big West Conference Mens and Womens Basketball tournaments. The arena has hosted the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament six times. It even hosted the Frozen Four, the semifinals and final of the NCAA Mens Ice Hockey Championship, in 1999, the Honda Center lies northeast across California State Route 57 from Angel Stadium and roughly 3 miles from Disneyland Park. The arena seats up 17,174 for its primary tenant and it takes only five hours to convert Honda Center from a sporting arena to an 8, 400-seat amphitheater. There are 84 luxury suites in the building, which has hosted 17.5 million people, in 2005, the arena became the first in the U. S. to have two full levels of 360° ribbon displays installed. Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota, designed, manufactured and installed the 1,800 feet of full-color LED technology. Outside the venue, the marquee was upgraded with two large video displays measuring 8 feet high by 21 feet, and a new marquee was built with more LED video displays, samueli hopes to bring an NBA team to the arena. During the 2014–2015 NHL Season, it was announced that Honda Center would get a new scoreboard that will replace the one that was in place since its opening in 1993, the new scoreboard made its debut in a Ducks Preseason game against the Los Angeles Kings
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A panorama of Honda Center's exterior.
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Honda Center in its basketball configuration before an NCAA basketball game.
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Anaheim, California
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Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 336,265, making it the most populous city in Orange County, Anaheim remained largely a rural community until Disneyland opened in the city in 1955. This led to the construction of hotels and motels around the area. The city also developed into a center, producing electronics, aircraft parts. Anaheims city limits extend from Cypress in the west to the Riverside County line in the east and encompass a diverse collection of neighborhoods, Anaheim Hills is a master-planned community located in the citys eastern stretches that is home to many of the citys affluent. Downtown Anaheim has three historic districts, the largest of which is the Anaheim Colony. The Anaheim Resort, a district, includes Disneyland, Disney California Adventure. The Platinum Triangle, a redevelopment district surrounding Angel Stadium, is planned to be populated with mixed-use streets. Finally, Anaheim Canyon is a district north of California State Route 91. Anaheims name is a blend of Ana, after the nearby Santa Ana River, and heim, the city of Anaheim was founded in 1857 by 50 German-Americans who were residents of San Francisco and whose families had originated in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Franconia in Bavaria. For $750 a share, the formed the Anaheim Vineyard Company. Their new community was named Annaheim, meaning home by the Santa Anna River in German, the name later was altered to Anaheim. To the Spanish-speaking neighbors, the settlement was known as Campo Alemán, although grape and wine-making was their primary objective, the majority of the 50 settlers were mechanics, carpenters and craftsmen with no experience in wine-making. The community set aside 40 acres for a center and a school was the first building erected there. The first home was built in 1857, the Anaheim Gazette newspaper was established in 1870, for 25 years, the area was the largest wine producer in California. However, in 1884, a disease infected the grape vines, other crops – walnuts, lemons and oranges – soon filled the void. Fruits and vegetables had become viable cash crops when the Los Angeles – Orange County region was connected to the railroad network in 1887. The famous Polish actress Helena Modjeska settled in Anaheim with her husband and various friends, among them Henryk Sienkiewicz, Julian Sypniewski, while living in Anaheim, Helena Modjeska became good friends with Clementine Langenberger, the second wife of August Langenberger
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Anaheim, California
Anaheim, California
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United States dollar
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The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution. It is divided into 100 smaller cent units, the circulating paper money consists of Federal Reserve Notes that are denominated in United States dollars. The U. S. dollar was originally commodity money of silver as enacted by the Coinage Act of 1792 which determined the dollar to be 371 4/16 grain pure or 416 grain standard silver, the currency most used in international transactions, it is the worlds primary reserve currency. Several countries use it as their currency, and in many others it is the de facto currency. Besides the United States, it is used as the sole currency in two British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean, the British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands. A few countries use the Federal Reserve Notes for paper money, while the country mints its own coins, or also accepts U. S. coins that can be used as payment in U. S. dollars. After Nixon shock of 1971, USD became fiat currency, Article I, Section 8 of the U. S. Constitution provides that the Congress has the power To coin money, laws implementing this power are currently codified at 31 U. S. C. Section 5112 prescribes the forms in which the United States dollars should be issued and these coins are both designated in Section 5112 as legal tender in payment of debts. The Sacagawea dollar is one example of the copper alloy dollar, the pure silver dollar is known as the American Silver Eagle. Section 5112 also provides for the minting and issuance of other coins and these other coins are more fully described in Coins of the United States dollar. The Constitution provides that a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and that provision of the Constitution is made specific by Section 331 of Title 31 of the United States Code. The sums of money reported in the Statements are currently being expressed in U. S. dollars, the U. S. dollar may therefore be described as the unit of account of the United States. The word dollar is one of the words in the first paragraph of Section 9 of Article I of the Constitution, there, dollars is a reference to the Spanish milled dollar, a coin that had a monetary value of 8 Spanish units of currency, or reales. In 1792 the U. S. Congress passed a Coinage Act, Section 20 of the act provided, That the money of account of the United States shall be expressed in dollars, or units. And that all accounts in the offices and all proceedings in the courts of the United States shall be kept and had in conformity to this regulation. In other words, this act designated the United States dollar as the unit of currency of the United States, unlike the Spanish milled dollar the U. S. dollar is based upon a decimal system of values. Both one-dollar coins and notes are produced today, although the form is significantly more common
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Series of 1917
$1 United States bill
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Federal Reserve Notes
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Spanish silver real or
peso of 1768
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Obverse of rare 1934 $500 Federal Reserve Note, featuring a portrait of President
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Convention center
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A convention center is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to several thousand attendees. Very large venues, suitable for trade shows, are sometimes known as exhibition centres. Convention centers typically have at least one auditorium and may also contain concert halls, lecture halls, meeting rooms, some large resort area hotels include a convention center
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The Capitol View Conference Center in Washington, D. C.
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Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building, host of the 1880
World's Fair
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Exhibition Hall of the
Makaryev Fair
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Kongresshalle Berlin -
House of the Cultures of the World
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Disneyland Resort
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The Disneyland Resort, commonly known as Disneyland, is an entertainment resort in Anaheim, California. The resort was developed by Walt Disney in the 1950s, when it opened to guests on July 17,1955, the property consisted of Disneyland, its 100-acre parking lot, and the Disneyland Hotel, owned and operated by Disneys business partner Jack Wrather. During the expansion, the property was named the Disneyland Resort to encompass the entire complex, the company purchased the Disneyland Hotel from the Wrather Company and the Pan Pacific Hotel from the Tokyu Group. The Pan Pacific Hotel later became Disneys Paradise Pier Hotel, the property saw the addition of Disneys Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, a second theme park, named Disney California Adventure, and the Downtown Disney shopping, dining, and entertainment area. Walt Disneys early concepts for an amusement park called for a Mickey Mouse Park located adjacent to the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, the consultant recommended a remote location near Anaheim, adjacent to the then-under-construction Santa Ana Freeway. The consultant correctly predicted that the location – covered by orange groves at the time – would become the center of Southern California. Since the location was far from Southern California population centers in the 1950s, Disneyland opened on July 17,1955, with a televised press preview event on ABC. Despite the disastrous event, later dubbed Black Sunday, during which several rides broke down and other mishaps occurred, the hotel, which opened three months after the park, enjoyed similar success. To Walt Disneys dismay, the city of Anaheim was lax in restricting their construction, the area surrounding Disneyland became the atmosphere of colorful lights, flashy neon signs, and then-popular Googie architecture that he wanted to avoid. The Anaheim Convention Center was built across the street from Disneylands original parking lot, eventually, Disneyland was boxed in, a factor which would later lead Walt Disney to acquire a significantly larger parcel of land for the construction of Walt Disney World. In the 1990s, Disney decided to turn the theme park into a similar multi-park. In 1991, Disney announced plans to build WestCOT, a park based on Walt Disney Worlds EPCOT Center. Its estimated cost was US$3 billion, largely due to the high cost of land that Disney would have needed to acquire. With the new Euro Disney Resort, which opened in 1992, becoming a financial and public relations albatross for the company, Disney was unable to finance the project, $1.4 billion was budgeted to build the park, a retail district, and hotels. Construction began in 1998, with much of the property being a construction site until 2001, the original park remained largely untouched during this time. Temporary surface parking lots were set up across West Street with tram service to the entrance to offset the loss of the 100-acre parking lot. Parking lots were set up on smaller parcels of acquired land Disney east and southeast of the park, primarily used for employee parking. Several Disneyland landmarks were demolished, notably the marquee on Harbor Boulevard, also demolished were the Disneyland Hotels original buildings from 1955, as well as most of the facilities outside of the three guest room towers
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Sleeping Beauty Castle in
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Grizzly Peak in
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Team Disney Anaheim
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Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) bus, in the east shuttle area of Disneyland
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VidCon
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VidCon is a multi-genre online video conference, held annually in Southern California since 2010. The first VidCon was held in July 9–11,2010 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles, thursday featured an industry day with panels and presentations by industry leaders and video creators. VidCon 2011 was held in July 29–30,2011, with an industry day on July 28. The event sold out sixty days prior to its opening, with 2,500 people in attendance, VidCon 2012, the third annual conference, was held in June 28–30,2012 at the Anaheim Convention Center. The new venue offered a larger capacity with room for future expansion. VidCon 2013 was held in August 1–3,2013 at the Anaheim Convention Center, the conference sold out a month in advance with attendance reaching 12,000 people. YouTube signed a deal in 2013 to become the sponsor of VidCon for two years. VidCon 2014 was held in June 26–28,2014 at the Anaheim Convention Center, the industry track featured talks given by YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Dreamworks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Fullscreen CEO George Strompolos, as well as VidCon cofounder John Green. Troye Sivan also announced his EP, TRXYE, there were various concerts during the convention including We The Kings and Meghan Tonjes. VidCon 2015 took place on July 23–25,2015, at the Anaheim Convention Center, the number of people attending was limited, so there would only be slightly more people than in 2014. However, the space was enlarged, with the taking up the entire Convention Center. There were over 300 YouTube creators who performed, exhibited and connected with the attendees, troye Sivan announced his new EP, WILD. VidCon 2015 used a new system for fans to meet the creators, VidCon 2016 was held from June 23 through June 25 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Bratayley made a special appearance talking about their sons death which shocked many due to the fact that Bratayley doesnt share much about their son, VidCon 2017 will be held in Amsterdam. It will be held on April 7–9,2017, at the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre and it has also been confirmed that VidCon 2017 will launch in Australia. It will be held September 9–10,2017, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, VidCon has also confirmed it will be returning to the Anaheim Convention Center in the United States for VidCon 2017 in June along with its two new venues in Europe and Australia. VidCon attendees may purchase one of three types of passes, also called badges or tracks, a rolled out during the 2015 VidCon. At the lowest price, the Community track allows access to the floor of the Anaheim Convention Center, several stages, the signing and photo hall, the Expo Hall
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VidCon founders
Hank and
John Green at VidCon 2014
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"For People who Love Online Video"
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The Gregory Brothers at VidCon 2012
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Our2ndLife at VidCon 2014
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BlizzCon
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BlizzCon is a video game convention held by Blizzard Entertainment to promote its major franchises Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch. Since October 2005, it has held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim. The closing night has featured concerts by The Offspring, Tenacious D, Foo Fighters, Ozzy Osbourne, Blink-182, Metallica, a similar event was the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, held outside the US until 2008. Tickets for the first BlizzCon were $50 for admission to both days of activities, for the 2007 and 2008 events, prices were $100. For 2009 the price was raised to $125, for 2010, the price was raised to $150. For 2011, the price was raised to $175 and for 2013 the price remained at $175, for 2014, the price was raised to $199 and the BlizzCon Benefit Dinner went from $500 to $750, which includes admission. From 2015 to 2017, the remained at $199 for admission. BlizzCon was not held in 2012, attendees were able to try one of the two new playable races, the Blood Elves, for upcoming expansion based in Outland which was released as World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade in 2007. Playable demos of the single and multiplayer modes of the currently halted Starcraft, a songwriting competition was judged by Jonathan Davis of Korn. Level 60 Elite Tauren Chieftain, comedian Christian Finnegan, and The Offspring performed at the closing concert, StarCraft II was available for play, as single player or 2v2 as Terran or Protoss. Much of the game was revealed and explained as well as Q&A with attendees, the Zerg race was, however, not unveiled at that time. The second expansion to World of Warcraft, titled Wrath of the Lich King, was officially announced, comedian Jay Mohr entertained at the closing ceremony followed by Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain alongside Video Games Live performing at the closing concert. Playable versions of Diablo III, StarCraft II, and World of Warcraft, the Zerg race was now playable in the StarCraft II demos. BlizzCon 2008 was broadcast live on both days as a PPV event on DirecTV for US viewers only, for eight hours per day in high definition, official Blizzard fansite WoW Radio broadcast live audio via SHOUTcast. For the closing ceremonies on Saturday, comedians Kyle Kinane and Patton Oswalt performed, the closing ceremony was performed by Video Games Live, playing arrangements from all of the Blizzard games, and a performance including the Wrath of the Lich King music. In an attempt to reduce frustrations linked to lack of availability for previous BlizzCons. Blizzard implemented a new system designed to make buying tickets easier, the new system implemented an online queue, effectively creating an organized online line for anyone who wants to purchase tickets, an improvement on 2008s chaotic sale of tickets. As in 2008, DirecTV carried both days of BlizzCon 2009 as a PPV event for eight hours per day in standard and high definition
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The official BlizzCon logo
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The opening ceremony at the 2007 BlizzCon
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Blizzcon 2009 at the
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Human and Blood Elf
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Anime Expo
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Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an American anime convention held in Los Angeles, California and organized by the non-profit Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation. With rare exceptions, the convention is held on the first weekend in July, which typically coincides with the 4th of July. While currently hosted at the Los Angeles Convention Center, in the past Anime Expo has been held in locations such as Anaheim, San Jose, New York. Anime Expo is the largest North American anime convention as of 2016, Anime Expo features many events and activities during the convention for attendees to take part in such as guest panels, table top gaming, competitions, an arcade, and concerts. Top attractions include such as the Masquerade cosplay contest, the Anime Music Video competition, Battle of the Bands. In addition, Anime Expo hosts a multitude of industry Guests of Honor, Anime Expo also has a large variety of focus panels, workshops, and events, some of which are fan or industry sponsored. Finally, there are also a number of film and video rooms presenting anime screenings that run all day, much like other conventions, Anime Expo also features a large scale exhibit hall where attendees can purchase a variety of products from a wide range of exhibitors. This exhibit hall features an artist alley where attendees can purchase fan-created art work, as well as other varieties of crafts such as wigs, pins, doujin. Anime Expo began as an anime and manga convention in Northern California, many of its original staff came from Anime Con, an anime convention held in San Jose, California in 1991, and later absorbed by the SPJA in 1992. In 1994, Anime Expo made a relocation to Southern California and has resided there since. The convention continues to thrive due to the popularity of anime and Japanese popular culture. From 1,750 attendees in 1992, Anime Expos size has increased to over 90,500 in 2015, which makes Anime Expo the largest anime and manga convention in North America. As of March 2009, Chief Executive Officer Trulee Karahashi, who had been a part of Anime Expo, in September 2009, former Universal Studios executive Michael Lattanzio was hired as the SPJAs new CEO. In January 2010, eight members of Anime Expos upper management team publicly resigned over disagreements over the direction of the organization set forth by the SPJAs new CEO. Additionally, two other personnel had left for other reasons, leaving only the vice chair and two others as returning members of the previous years team. As of September 2010, Michael Lattanzio was released from his CEO position, then SPJA Chairman of the Board Marc Perez, became acting-CEO, In August 2011 he stepped down from the Board of Directors to take over as a full-time CEO. In early 2012, Anime News Network reported that Anime Expo suffered a $1.2 million loss in 2010, the 2011 convention saw a $100,000 profit and reduced the outstanding debt to $700,000. The article also stated one of the creditors, IDG World Expo, will be taking over several aspects of the organization, with guest selection
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Naruto Cosplay at Anime Expo 2006
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Anime Expo logo
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2010 Expo
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WonderCon
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The convention will return to the Anaheim Convention Center in 2017. The convention was conceived by retailer John Barrett and originally held in the Oakland Convention Center, in 2003, it moved to San Franciscos Moscone Center. The shows original name was the Wonderful World of Comics Convention, the WonderCon logo was designed by Richard Bruning and Tim Zach. Retailer Joe Field and his partner Mike Friedrich owned and operated the convention for fifteen years, in 2001, they brokered a deal with the management team that runs the San Diego Comic-Con International to make it part of the Comic-Con International convention family. This gave the San Francisco show an audience and has made it a venue for previews and early screenings of major motion pictures. These have included Spider-Man 2 in 2004, Batman Begins and Fantastic Four in 2005, Superman Returns in 2006,300 in 2007, Watchmen in 2009, all of these events featured the stars of the films fielding questions from the audience. WonderCon had 34,000 attendees in 2009,39,000 in 2010, the show left the Bay Area after the 2011 con, because San Franciscos Moscone Center was being remodeled. The convention moved to Anaheim in 2012, and was rebranded WonderCon Anaheim, in 2016, a new convention started in the Bay Area, called the Silicon Valley Comic Con. WonderCon relocated from Anaheim to Los Angeles in 2016, and is now called WonderCon Los Angeles and was held March 25-27,2016 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the 2017 edition of the convention returned to Anaheim and was held March 31-April 2,2017. While the main attraction of WonderCon has always been various retailers selling back issues of comic books and action figures, there is also an Artists Alley featuring mainly comic book artists selling artwork, signing books, and doing sketches, and mainstream celebrities signing autographed pictures. WonderCon hosted the Harvey Award ceremonies from 1997–1999, since 2007, academicians and comic industry professionals have held the Comics Arts Conference in conjunction with WonderCon. In addition, WonderCon features an event called Trailer Park, where trailers for upcoming films are shown, the WonderCon masquerade competition usually takes place on Saturday after the convention closes. Awards are given to those with the most creative performances, though anyone can participate, official website WonderCon feature on Sidewalks Entertainment WonderCon founders website
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WonderCon 2010 main exhibit hall
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The
Nickelodeon booth at WonderCon.
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NAMM Show
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The NAMM Show is an annual event in the US that its organizers describe as the world’s largest trade-only event for the music products industry. It is held every January in Anaheim, California, US at the Anaheim Convention Center and its European counterpart is the Musik Messe in Frankfurt. The event attracts numerous famous musicians, many of whom are endorsed by exhibitors and come to promote their own signature models, NAMM is a trade-only business show catering to domestic and international dealers and distributors. The product exhibits are a part of the show, allowing the dealers and distributors to see whats new, negotiate deals. Only employees and guests of the exhibiting manufacturers and/or NAMM member retailers and distributors are allowed to attend, exhibitors are allotted a specific number of badges based on the size of their booth. Retail Members are allowed a number of badges based on their full-time employees. The associations other show, Summer NAMM, takes place in July in Nashville, Tennessee, Summer NAMM is approximately one quarter the size of the NAMM Show in January and focuses more on industry meetings and professional development than products. TEC Awards, Awarded during the NAMM Show NAMM Oral History Program Official website
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1984 Summer Olympics
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The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984. When Tehran, the other interested city on the international level, declined to bid due to the concurrent Iranian political and social changes. This was the second occasion Los Angeles hosted the games, the first being in 1932, for differing reasons, Iran and Libya also boycotted. The USSR announced its intention not to participate on May 8,1984, citing security concerns and chauvinistic sentiments, boycotting countries organized another large event in June–September 1984, called the Friendship Games, however, not even a single competition was held between July 28 and August 12. Representatives of the countries, the Soviets in particular, underlined it was not held to replace the Olympics. Elite athletes from the U. S. and USSR would only compete against each other at the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow, organized in response to the boycotts. The Olympic Committee led by Peter Ueberroth used some of the profits to endow the LA84 Foundation to promote sports in Southern California, educate coaches. The 1984 Summer Olympics are often considered the most financially successful modern Olympics, the host state of California was the home state of U. S. President Ronald Reagan, who officially opened the Games. He had served as Governor of California from 1967 to 1975, the official mascot of the Los Angeles Games was Sam the Olympic Eagle. The logo of the games featured five blue, white and red stars arranged horizontally and struck through with alternating streaks and these were the first Summer Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch. On July 18,2009, a 25th anniversary celebration was held in the main stadium and this celebration included a speech by the former president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, Ueberroth, and a re-creation of the lighting of the cauldron. After the murder of Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorists in Munich and significant financial debts of Montreal, only two cities made serious bids for the 1984 Summer Games. But before a city could be anointed in 1978, Tehran, too. Hence, the process for the 1984 Summer Olympics consisted of a single finalized bid. The bid from Tehran was withdrawn before the selection as a result of Irans policy changes following the Iranian Revolution, Los Angeles had unsuccessfully bid for the two previous Summer Olympics, for 1976 and 1980. The 1984 Olympic Torch Relay began in New York City and ended in Los Angeles, traversing 33 states, unlike later torch relays, the torch was continuously carried by runners on foot. The route covered more than 9,320 mi and involved 3,636 runners, noted athlete O. J. Simpson was among the runners, carrying the torch up the California Incline in Santa Monica. With the torch, he touched off the flame passed through a specially designed flammable Olympic logo
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The Opening Ceremony at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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Games of the XXIII Olympiad
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Newspaper vending machine bringing news of the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Anaheim Amigos
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The Anaheim Amigos/Los Angeles Stars were a charter member American Basketball Association team based in Southern California. They were the Amigos during their first season in Anaheim and later moved to Los Angeles to become the Stars, the team existed from 1967 to 1976. In 1970, it moved from southern California to Utah, with the founding of the ABA on February 2,1967, a charter franchise in Anaheim, California was awarded to Art Kim and James Ackerman for $30,000. A name the team contest resulted in the Amigos name, the team played most of its home games at the Anaheim Convention Center. Five home games were scheduled elsewhere in California and three games were scheduled in Honolulu, Hawaii. Al Brightman was the first head coach, the Amigos roster was highlighted by guards Les Selvage, Jeff Congdon and Steve Chubin, former NBA player Ben Warley and 7 foot center Larry Bunce. Chubin led the team in scoring and assists and was a fan favorite, Selvage led the league in three point field goal attempts. Warley led the team in rebounds and was an effective outside shooter, Congdon played well but was traded in mid-season to the Denver Rockets for Willis Thomas. Bunce did not live up to expectations despite his height, but played in the 1968 ABA All-Star Game, the Amigos were not successful on the court. They lost their first five games, including the first ever ABA game, after losing two thirds of their first 36 games Brightman was fired and replaced as head coach by Harry Dinnel. During the season the Amigos lost eight games in one stretch and had two other stretches of six losses each. The team finished the season with 25 wins and 53 losses, good for fifth place in Western Division, the Amigos were not successful off the court either. They averaged 1,293 fans per game and their games were broadcast on radio. However, they lost approximately $500,000 on the season and were sold for $450,000 to James J. Kirst who moved the team to nearby Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, after two seasons in Los Angeles the team relocated again and became the Utah Stars. After the 1969-70 season, the once again relocated, this time to Salt Lake City. Note, W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Win–Loss % Los Angeles Stars on FunWhileItLasted. net LA Stars History & Win/Loss Record
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Los Angeles Sports Arena
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The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena was a multi-purpose arena at Exposition Park, in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Demolition of the began in September 2016. The arena was opened in 1959 by Vice President Richard Nixon on July 4 and its first event followed four days later, a bantamweight title fight between José Becerra and Alphonse Halimi on July 8. It was the home for basketball for the USC Trojans from 1959 to 2006. The arena played host to the top indoor track meet on the West Coast, since the Trojans departure, the arena assumed a lower profile. The arena still continued to hold high school championships, as well as concerts. The UCLA mens basketball team played a majority of their games at the Sports Arena during the 2011–12 season while Pauley Pavilion underwent renovation. S. NBCs renewed version of American Gladiators and the 1999–2001 syndicated show Battle Dome were filmed from the arena, plans included a seating capacity of 18,000 for basketball,84 luxury suites, and an on-site practice facility for the Clippers. The seating capacity for basketball has changed over the years, The arena underwent major renovations to bring it up to 21st century seismic standards and was well maintained. There were four fully equipped team rooms, two rooms for officials, and two private dressing rooms for individual performers. There were two additional meeting rooms on site which could be used for administrative or hospitality functions, the floor area comprised a 144-by-262-foot space, affording the largest standing floor capacity of any arena in the area. There was a 75-foot vertical clearance, there was an enormous load-in ramp at the west side of the arena with a 40-foot wide entry. Print, radio and television media was serviced on each side of the arena by installation of any kind of portable facilities, five permanent TV locations were located on the concourse level. In addition, a 6-foot-wide catwalk was suspended from the ceiling, spectators could reach arena level seating area either by a circulatory ramp on the southwest side of the building or by a stairway located next to the north doors. There were also located at the southwest and northeast sides of the building. The Sports Arena was the first NBA arena to feature a rotating billboard at courtside, rotating billboards eventually became standard at all NBA arena until the mid-2000s, when LED billboard/scorers tables were introduced. Spectator amenities included a full-service main ticket office, a box office and 2 portable booths,6 permanent concession stands. A club and restaurant were located on the level of the facility
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The arena in April 2007
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UCLA vs.
Richmond, Los Angeles Sports Arena, December 23, 2011
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Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in January 2011
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The Anaheim Amigos/Los Angeles Stars were a charter member American Basketball Association team based in Southern California. They were the Amigos during their first season in Anaheim and later moved to Los Angeles to become the Stars, the team existed from 1967 to 1976. In 1970, it moved from southern California to Utah, with the founding of the ABA on February 2,1967, a charter franchise in Anaheim, California was awarded to Art Kim and James Ackerman for $30,000. A name the team contest resulted in the Amigos name, the team played most of its home games at the Anaheim Convention Center. Five home games were scheduled elsewhere in California and three games were scheduled in Honolulu, Hawaii. Al Brightman was the first head coach, the Amigos roster was highlighted by guards Les Selvage, Jeff Congdon and Steve Chubin, former NBA player Ben Warley and 7 foot center Larry Bunce. Chubin led the team in scoring and assists and was a fan favorite, Selvage led the league in three point field goal attempts. Warley led the team in rebounds and was an effective outside shooter, Congdon played well but was traded in mid-season to the Denver Rockets for Willis Thomas. Bunce did not live up to expectations despite his height, but played in the 1968 ABA All-Star Game, the Amigos were not successful on the court. They lost their first five games, including the first ever ABA game, after losing two thirds of their first 36 games Brightman was fired and replaced as head coach by Harry Dinnel. During the season the Amigos lost eight games in one stretch and had two other stretches of six losses each. The team finished the season with 25 wins and 53 losses, good for fifth place in Western Division, the Amigos were not successful off the court either. They averaged 1,293 fans per game and their games were broadcast on radio. However, they lost approximately $500,000 on the season and were sold for $450,000 to James J. Kirst who moved the team to nearby Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, after two seasons in Los Angeles the team relocated again and became the Utah Stars. After the 1969-70 season, the once again relocated, this time to Salt Lake City. Note, W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Win–Loss % Los Angeles Stars on FunWhileItLasted. net LA Stars History & Win/Loss Record
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The Utah Stars were an American Basketball Association team based in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Under head coach Bill Sharman the Stars were the first major basketball team to use a pre-game shootaround. The team was founded as the Anaheim Amigos, a member of the ABA based in Anaheim. They played at the Anaheim Convention Center, the teams colors were orange and black. The Anaheim Amigos were founded by Art Kim, a Hawaii native who had long active in basketball as a player, Amateur Athletic Union administrator. The Amigos lost the very first ABA game to Oakland, 132-129 and they finished their first season with 25 wins and 53 losses, good for fifth place in the Western Division but not good enough to make the playoffs. The Amigos lost $500,000 in their first season, largely due to attendance, they only averaged 1,500 fans per game in a 7. Chamberlain did not sign with the Stars, with 33 wins and 45 losses, the Stars improved from their first season but again finished fifth in the Western Division and did not make the playoffs. First year players Mack Calvin and Willie Wise signed with the Stars, the Stars finished fourth in the Western Division with a record of 43-41, earning the first winning season in franchise history and a playoff berth. Kirst had not anticipated the fast turnaround, and did not book the Sports Arena for several dates and they had to play several first and second round games in their old home in Anaheim, as well as at the Long Beach Sports Arena in Long Beach. This turned out to be their game as the Los Angeles Stars. Despite a promising young roster, the Stars were more or less an afterthought in a market whose first choices were the Los Angeles Lakers and UCLA Bruins, they only averaged 2,500 fans per game. In June 1970, Kirst sold the team to Colorado cable TV pioneer Bill Daniels, zelmo Beaty suited up for the team and the Stars finished second in the Western Division with their best record yet,57 wins and 27 losses. The Stars won their first division championship, winning the Western Division with a record of 60-24, the Stars defeated the Dallas Chaparrals 4 games to none in the Western Division semifinals before falling to the Indiana Pacers in the Western Division finals,4 games to 3. The Stars hosted the ABA All Star Game and again won the Western Division with a record of 55-29, the Stars defeated the San Diego Conquistadors 4 games to none in the Western Division semifinals but lost in the Western Division finals 4 games to 2 to the Indiana Pacers. In 1973–74 the Stars finished with a record of 51-33 and won first place in the ABAs Western Division for the third year under new coach Joe Mullaney. It was the Stars third straight Western Division title, the Stars then lost the championship to the New York Nets 4 games to 1. This was the Stars final full ABA season, Daniels was almost broke due to a series of failed business ventures and an unsuccessful run for governor of Colorado
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Utah Jazz
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The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association as a club of the leagues Western Conference Northwest Division. Since 1991, the team has played its games at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The franchise began play in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz, a team based in New Orleans. The Jazz were one of the least successful teams in the league in their early years, although 10 seasons elapsed before the Jazz qualified for their first playoff appearance in 1984, they did not miss the playoffs again until 2004. During the late 1980s, John Stockton and Karl Malone arose as the players for the team. Both Stockton and Malone moved on in 2003, after missing the playoffs for three consecutive seasons the Jazz returned to prominence under the on-court leadership of point guard Deron Williams. However, partway through the 2010–11 NBA season, the Jazz began restructuring after Sloans retirement, the team has made the playoffs once since then, in 2012 under coach Tyrone Corbin. Quin Snyder was hired as coach in June 2014. Valued in 2015 at $850 million by Forbes, the Jazz rank as the 20th most valuable franchise in the NBA ahead of the Indiana Pacers, on June 7,1974, the New Orleans Jazz were admitted as an expansion franchise into the National Basketball Association. Team officials selected the name because of its definition in the dictionary, the team began its inaugural season in New Orleans in the 1974–75 season. Maravich struggled with injuries from that season onward. Venue issues were a problem for the team while it was based in New Orleans. Later, they played games in the cavernous Louisiana Superdome, but things were no better, due to demand for the stadium, onerous lease terms. Years later, founding owner Sam Battistone claimed that there was no plan in case the Jazz ever qualified for the playoffs. The pick would have been the Jazzs had they not traded it to acquire Gail Goodrich two years earlier, despite being barely competitive, the Jazz drew well during their first five years. However, by 1979 the franchise was sinking financially, barry Mendelson, the teams executive vice president for most of the early years, said one factor in the financial trouble was an 11 percent amusement tax, highest in the U. S. at the time. The team also could not attract much local corporate support—an important factor even in those days—or local investors, Battistone concluded that the franchise could not be viable in New Orleans and decided to move elsewhere
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World Team Tennis is a mixed-gender professional tennis league played with a team format in the United States, which was founded in 1973. Originally played on a court, each match consists of five sets. Each set features a different configuration, prior to each match, coaches decide the order in which the sets will be played. Each player on a team plays in at least one of the five sets. Scoring is no-advantage, there is no requirement to win a game by two scores, at deuce, whoever scores the next point wins the game, the first team to reach five games wins each set. A nine-point tiebreaker is played if a set reaches four-all, one point is awarded for each game won. If necessary, overtime and a super-tiebreaker are played to determine the winner of the match, the leagues season normally takes place in the summer months. Players from the ATP and WTA take a break from their schedules to partake in World TeamTennis. The World Team Tennis Professional Tennis league was founded in 1973 by four people, Larry King, Dennis Murphy, the original league format included a four-colored tennis court, a 44-contest season, and teams of at least two men and two women. This made WTT the first professional league to give equal weight to each man and woman competing for their teams. WTT also held annual All-Star games for the seasons from 1975 to 1978, marty Riessen and Greer Stevens won Most Valuable Players honors for the inaugural all-star gala won by the East, 28–21, at the Inglewood Forum in Los Angeles. After trailing at one stage by 24–17, the West, led by Stove and Dianne Fromholtz, tom Okker and Dianne Fromholtz won MVP honors that year. In the 1977 All Star Game held at the San Diego Sports Arena, Björn Borg and Betty Stove captured MVP awards as the East bested the West, WTT held its final All-Star event in Las Vegas in 1978. WTT was the first professional experience for Jerry Buss. Elton John wrote the theme song Philadelphia Freedom for his favorite team, the first league ended play in 1978. The league resumed play in 1981 as TeamTennis and fluctuated between four and twelve teams, in 1992, the name was changed to World TeamTennis. Billie Jean King became Commissioner and major owner of the league in 1984 and she retired as Commissioner in February 2001 and Ilana Kloss became the new WTT commissioner, a position she still holds. In 2013, World TeamTennis was renamed Mylan World TeamTennis after Mylan, Connors and Goolagong were not allowed to participate in the 1974 French Open due to their associations with WTT
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California Surf
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The California Surf was a soccer club based in Anaheim, California who played in the North American Soccer League from 1978 to 1981. Their home field was Anaheim Stadium and they played two seasons of indoor soccer, one each at the Anaheim Convention Center and the Long Beach Arena. They originally were the St. Louis Stars, the Surf had a strong British influence under the direction of coach John Sewell including future Arsenal manager, George Graham. However, notable Brazilian internationals Carlos Alberto Torres and Paulo Cézar Caju both appeared for the club in 1981. Robert Hermann & Partners – Owners Henry Segerstrom & Partners – Owners Lynne Saunders – Deputy General Manager John Sewell Peter Wall 1981 Laurie Calloway 1981 California Surf on FunWhileItLasted. net
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Blizzard Entertainment
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Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California, and is a subsidiary of the American company Activision Blizzard. The company was founded on February 8,1991, under the name Silicon & Synapse by three graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles, Michael Morhaime, Frank Pearce, and Allen Adham. In 1994 the company became Chaos Studios, then Blizzard Entertainment, shortly thereafter, Blizzard released Warcraft, Orcs & Humans. On July 9,2008, Activision merged with Vivendi Games, on July 25,2013, Activision Blizzard announced the purchase of 429 million shares from majority owner Vivendi. As a result, Activision Blizzard became an independent company. Blizzard Entertainment was founded by Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham, and Frank Pearce as Silicon & Synapse on February 8,1991, in the early days, the company focused on creating game ports for other studios. Ports include titles such as J. R. R, tolkiens The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I and Battle Chess II, Chinese Chess, in 1993, the company developed games such as Rock n Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings. In early 1994, they were acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates for $6.75 million and that same year the company briefly changed its name to Chaos Studios, before finally settling on Blizzard Entertainment. Shortly thereafter, Blizzard shipped their breakthrough hit Warcraft, Orcs & Humans, Blizzard has changed hands several times since then. Davidson was acquired along with Sierra On-Line by a company called CUC International in 1996, CUC then merged with a hotel, real-estate, and car-rental franchiser called HFS Corporation to form Cendant in 1997. In 1998 it became apparent that CUC had engaged in accounting fraud for years before the merger, cendants stock lost 80% of its value over the next six months in the ensuing widely discussed accounting scandal. The company sold its consumer operations, Sierra On-line to French publisher Havas in 1998. Blizzard was part of the Vivendi Games group of Vivendi, in July 2008 Vivendi Games merged with Activision, using Blizzards name in the resulting company, Activision Blizzard. In 1996, Blizzard acquired Condor Games, which had been working on the game Diablo for Blizzard at the time, Condor was renamed Blizzard North, and has since developed the games Diablo, Diablo II, and its expansion pack Lord of Destruction. Blizzard North was located in San Mateo, California, the company originated in Redwood City, California. Blizzard launched their online gaming service Battle. net in January 1997 with the release of their action role-playing game Diablo, in 2004, Blizzard opened European offices in the Paris suburb of Vélizy, Yvelines, France. On May 16,2005, Blizzard announced the acquisition of Swingin Ape Studios, the company was then merged into Blizzards other teams after StarCraft, Ghost was postponed indefinitely
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Big West Conference
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The Big West Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Associations Division I. The conference was formed in 1969 as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The conference stopped sponsoring football after the 2000 season. The Big West Conference was formed in June 1968 as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, the 5 original charter members were Fresno State, San Jose State, UC Santa Barbara, San Diego State, and Long Beach State. Two other schools, Cal State Los Angeles and the University of the Pacific, were also considered, the newly formed conference had a number of meetings to set up its governance, which was confirmed in October 1968 on the campus of UC Santa Barbara. Before the league started play, Cal State Los Angeles joined as a full member, the conference itself lists July 1,1969 as the recognized creation date with the 7 institutions. Since its inception as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, the conference has seen many changes, Utah State was the first institution outside of California to join the conference in 1978. This opened the floodgates for other schools to affiliate with the PCAA, notable schools include UNLV, Nevada, Louisiana Tech. In 1983, the PCAA became the first western conference to introduce womens athletic programs and this proved vital for Hawaiʻi as their only participation in the conference was for their womens sports. From the departures of Idaho and Utah State in 2005 until the arrival of Hawaiʻi in 2012, all members were based in California, reducing the cost, when Hawaiʻi joined, it agreed to help defray a portion of travel costs to that state for the leagues California members. There have been no fewer than 25 full and associate members in the conferences history, effective July 1,1988, the Pacific Coast Athletic Association changed its name to the Big West Conference. With such schools as Utah State, UNLV, Nevada, New Mexico State, and Hawaii now in the fold, Notes A – Cal Poly San Luis Obispo competed in womens volleyball as an affiliate member from 1984-85 to 1989-90. B – UC Santa Barbara joined the conference when it was founded in 1969, left to become an independent after the 1973–74 season, Notes C – Sacramento State mens soccer joined the Big West Conference in 2012–13 season and beach volleyball followed for the 2015–2016 season. D – CSU Bakersfield beach volleyball joined the Big West Conference in the 2015–16 season, E – UC San Diego mens volleyball has announced it will join the Big West Conference in the 2017–18 season. Many of the members of the Big West are now members of the Western Athletic Conference or the Mountain West Conference. Of the former members, Cal State Los Angeles is the team that reverted to Division II level. School names and nicknames reflect those used by the institutions when they were Big West members, one school has changed its name and one its nickname. Notes Full members Full members Assoc. members Assoc. member Notes San Diego State played football as an independent for the 1976 and 1977 seasons prior to leaving the Big West Conference in 1978, UC Santa Barbara was an independent from 1974–75 to 1975–76
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The Grand Rapids Drive is an NBA Development League team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan and the minor league affiliate of the Detroit Pistons. The franchise began as the Anaheim Arsenal in 2006, before relocating to Springfield, Massachusetts in 2009, after five seasons in Springfield, the franchise were moved to Grand Rapids in 2014 and were subsequently renamed the Grand Rapids Drive. They play their games at the DeltaPlex Arena in nearby Walker. The franchise began life in 2006 as the Anaheim Arsenal, however, the Arsenal era was mainly marked by futility, never having accomplished a winning season or a playoff berth. On March 31,2009, the Arsenal announced that they would relocate to Springfield, on July 29,2009, it was announced that Dee Brown would become the head coach. On September 2, the Armor picked first in the 2009 NBA Development League Expansion Draft, the team ended their inaugural 2009–2010 season with a record of 7–43, the worst record in NBADL history. During the 2010–11 season, the Armor started by picking 5th in the D-League Draft, the Armor would end up finishing with a record of 13–37, sixth in the seven-team Eastern Conference. After the season, head coach Dee Brown opted to leave the team to join the Detroit Pistons, Brown was replaced soon after by Bob MacKinnon, Jr. The Nets became the second NBA team to enter into an affiliation with an NBA D-League team, joining the Houston Rockets. On April 15,2014, it was announced that the SSJ Group purchased the Springfield Armor and would relocate the team to Grand Rapids, the Grand Rapids franchise will be locally owned and will establish a single-franchise hybrid affiliation with the Detroit Pistons. The team launched a name the team contest shortly after the formal announcement, the contest produced four finalists, Drive, Chairmen, Horsepower, and Blue Racers. The community was encouraged to vote online in order to determine which of the Final Four names would become the team name. Out of the four names to choose from, the Grand Rapids Drive was selected as the teams name
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NBA Development League
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The NBA Development League, or NBA D-League, is the National Basketball Associations official minor league basketball organization. Known until the summer of 2005 as the National Basketball Development League, at the conclusion of the 2013–14 NBA season, 33% of NBA players had spent time in the NBA D-League, up from 23% in 2011. Beginning in the 2016–17 season, the league consists of 22 teams, in the 2017–18 season, the league will rebrand to become the NBA Gatorade League as part of multiyear partnership with Gatorade and its parent company, PepsiCo. The league began its play as the NBDL in the 2001–02 season, in 2005, some of these teams were purchased by private owners and relocated—at the same time the leagues name was changed—in a bid to appeal to more fans nationwide. As a result, franchises were established in or moved to Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Florida, in February 2006, the D-League expanded to California for the first time with the addition of the Bakersfield Jam. Shortly after, the league announced expansion teams in the Anaheim Arsenal, the D-Fenders became the first D-League team to be directly owned by an NBA parent team, the Los Angeles Lakers. However, the westward expansion contributed to the contraction of the NBA-owned Roanoke Dazzle and Fayetteville Patriots for that season, the Florida Flame suspended operations due to arena scheduling difficulties. After the 2006–07 season, there would be no more teams in the southeastern United States until the 2016 expansion team, after the 2006 to 2009 expansions, the league membership was fairly consistent with only a few relocations and suspensions. In 2009, the Houston Rockets entered into the first single-affiliation partnership, called the hybrid model and this began a wave of NBA and D-League teams entering into single-affiliation agreements of both the hybrid and parent-team owned varieties. With more NBA involvement, the once again began to expand. By 2015, the last multiple-affiliate team, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, was purchased by the Indiana Pacers leading to the first season where all D-League teams were affiliated with only one NBA team. As there were no longer any unaffiliated D-League teams left, the remaining NBA teams began purchasing expansion franchises or hybrid partnership teams, in 2015, the Toronto Raptors placed their own team, Raptors 905, in the Greater Toronto Area in Mississauga, Ontario. In 2016, the D-League expanded by three more NBA parent club owned teams for the largest D-League expansion since 2007, the Charlotte Hornets created the Greensboro Swarm, the Brooklyn Nets created the Long Island Nets, and the Chicago Bulls created the Windy City Bulls. In the 2017–18 season, the D-League is set to enter into a partnership with Gatorade. Currently the league is split into two Conferences, Eastern and Western, in the Eastern Conference there are there are two divisions, Atlantic and Central. The Atlantic Division includes, the Delaware 87ers, the Erie BayHawks, the Greensboro Swarm, the Long Island Nets, the Maine Red Claws, and the Westchester Knicks. The Central Division includes, the Canton Charge, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Grand Rapids Drive, Raptors 905, in the Western Conference there are two divisions, Southwest and Pacific. The Southwest Division includes, the Austin Spurs, the Iowa Energy, the Oklahoma City Blue, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, and the Texas Legends
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Springfield, Massachusetts
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Springfield is a city in western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers, the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 153,060. Metropolitan Springfield, as one of two areas in Massachusetts, had an estimated population of 698,903 as of 2009. The first Springfield in the New World, it is the largest city in Western New England, and the urban, economic and it is the third-largest city in Massachusetts and fourth-largest in New England after Boston, Worcester, and Providence. Hartford, the capital of Connecticut, lies 23.9 miles south of Springfield, bradley International Airport, which sits 12 miles south of Metro Center Springfield, is Hartford-Springfields airport. Springfield was founded in 1636 by English Puritan William Pynchon as Agawam Plantation under the administration of the Connecticut Colony, in 1641 it was renamed after Pynchons hometown of Springfield, Essex, England, following incidents that precipitated the settlement joining the Massachusetts Bay Colony. From 1777 until its closing during the Vietnam War, the Springfield Armory attracted skilled laborers to Springfield, arsenal at Springfield during Shays Rebellion of 1787 led directly to the formation of the U. S. Springfield is located at 42°6′45″N 72°32′51″W, according to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 33.2 square miles, of which 32.1 square miles is land and 1.1 square miles is water. Once nicknamed The City in a Forest, Springfield features over 4, aside from its rivers, Springfields 2nd most prominent topographical feature is the citys 735 acres Forest Park, designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. Forest Park also borders Western Massachusetts most affluent town, Longmeadow, Springfield shares borders with other well-heeled suburbs such as East Longmeadow, Wilbraham, Ludlow and the de-industrializing city of Chicopee. The small cities of Agawam and West Springfield, Massachusetts lie less than a mile from Springfields Metro Center, across the Connecticut River. The City of Springfield also owns the Springfield Country Club, which is located in the city of West Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield, like other cities in southern New England, has a continental climate with four distinct seasons. Winters are cold with a average in January of around 26 °F. During winter, noreaster storms can drop significant snowfalls on Springfield, Springfields summers are very warm and sometimes humid. During summer, several times per month, on hot days afternoon thunderstorms will develop when unstable warm air collides with approaching cold fronts, the daily average in July is around 74 °F. Usually several days during the summer exceed 90 °F, constituting a heat wave, Spring and fall temperatures are usually pleasant, with mild days and crisp, cool nights
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1992 Los Angeles riots
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It then spread throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area as thousands of people rioted over a six-day period following the announcement of the verdict. Widespread looting, assault, arson, and killings occurred during the riots, in total,55 people were killed during the riots, more than 2,000 people were injured, and more than 11,000 were arrested. LAPD chief of police Daryl Gates, who had announced his resignation by the time of the riots. On the evening of March 3,1991, Rodney King, the California Highway Patrol attempted to initiate a traffic stop. A high-speed pursuit ensued with speeds estimated at up to 115 mph, first over freeways, when King finally came to a stop, CHP Officer Timothy Singer and his wife, CHP Officer Melanie Singer, ordered the occupants under arrest. King was tasered, struck with side-handled batons, then tackled to the ground, video footage of the arrest showed that he was attempting to get up each time he was struck, and that the police made no attempt to cuff him until he lay still. A subsequent test for the presence of PCP in Rodney Kings body at the time of the arrest turned up negative, the incident was captured on a camcorder by local resident George Holliday from his apartment in the vicinity. The tape was roughly 12 minutes long, while the tape was presented during trial, some clips of the incident were not released to the public. The footage of King being beaten by police while lying on the ground became an instant focus of media attention, eight stories appeared on ABC News, including a sixty-minute special on Primetime Live. Upon watching the tape of the beating, LAPD chief of police Daryl Gates said, I played the one-minute-50-second tape again. Then again and again, until I had viewed it 25 times, and still I could not believe what I was looking at. The Los Angeles County District Attorney subsequently charged four police officers, including one sergeant, with assault, due to the heavy media coverage of the arrest, the trial received a change of venue from Los Angeles County to Simi Valley in neighboring Ventura County. The jury was composed of nine whites, one male, one Latino. The prosecutor, Terry White, was black, on April 29,1992, the seventh day of jury deliberations, the jury acquitted all four officers of assault and acquitted three of the four of using excessive force. The jury could not agree on a verdict for the officer charged with using excessive force. The first two seconds of videotape, contrary to the claims made by the officers, show King attempting to flee past Laurence Powell. During the next one minute and 19 seconds, King is beaten continuously by the officers, the officers testified that they tried to physically restrain King prior to the starting point of the videotape, but King was able to physically throw them off himself. Outside the Simi Valley courthouse where the acquittals were delivered, county sheriffs deputies protected Stacey Koon from angry protesters on the way to his car
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Los Angeles Clippers
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The Los Angeles Clippers, often abbreviated as the LA Clippers, are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association as a club of the leagues Western Conference Pacific Division. The franchise was founded in 1970 as the Buffalo Braves, one of three teams to join the NBA that year. The Braves moved from Buffalo, New York to San Diego in 1978, in 1984, the Clippers moved to Los Angeles. Through much of its history, the failed to see significant regular season or playoff success. The Clippers fortunes turned in the early 2010s with the acquisition of core players Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, and Chris Paul. In 2013, the franchise won its first division title, as the made the playoffs for the ninth time in franchise history. They repeated as champions in 2014. They played their games at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, along with another Buffalo team that would begin play that year. After two bad seasons, the Braves fortunes started to change under coach Jack Ramsay and star forward/center Bob McAdoo, McAdoo led the NBA in scoring three consecutive seasons and was named the leagues MVP in the 1974–75 season. The Braves qualified for the three times in a row, losing thrice to the eventual Eastern Conference champions. As a result, after an attempt to sell the team to an owner who intended to move it to South Florida. Brown, Jr. who decimated the roster, traded away all of its stars. Eventually in 1978, Brown dealt with Celtics owner Irv Levin so they would trade franchise ownerships, southern California resident Levin then decided to move the Braves to San Diego, something the league would have never allowed him to do with the Celtics. In 1978, San Diego welcomed the relocation of the Buffalo Braves franchise because the city had lost their Rockets to Houston seven years earlier, when the Clippers moved to Los Angeles in 1984, they kept their nickname. Playing at the San Diego Sports Arena, the Clippers posted a record of 43–39 in their first season in California under new head coach Gene Shue and it would be the Clippers last winning season for 13 years. It was also in that first season in southern California that long-time announcer Ralph Lawler began his association with the club. The 1979–80 season saw the Clippers begin to struggle despite adding center Bill Walton, Walton missed 68 games due to foot injuries
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Los Angeles Convention Center
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The Los Angeles Convention Center is a convention center in the southwest portion of downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Los Angeles Auto Show and Anime Expo and its newest major events are the Primetime Emmy Awards Governors Ball, Microsoft WPC, Abilities Expo, and frequent TV show and movie filmings. The Convention Center, designed by architect Charles Luckman, opened in 1971 and it was originally built as a rectangle building, between Pico Boulevard and 11th Street on Figueroa Street. The northeast portion of the Center was demolished in 1997 to make way for the Staples Center, the Convention Center Annex of green glass and white steel frames, mainly on the south side of Pico, was designed by architect James Ingo Freed. The area in front of the Convention Center is known as the Gilbert Lindsay Plaza, a 10-foot -high monument honoring The Emperor of the Great 9th District was unveiled in 1995. The drive between Figueroa Street and the Convention Center building is named after Councilman Lindsay. On March 1,1983, a tornado caused damages to the roof, the building was repaired and new Convention Center lettering signs were installed at a total cost of $3 million. Since 2005, the center has hosted the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute two nights prior to the Grammy Awards. It also hosted the pre-telecast portion of the Grammy Awards until 2013, in 2013, the Los Angeles City Council voted to let Anschutz Entertainment Group manage the Convention Center. The LACC is one of the largest convention centers in the United States with over 720,000 sq ft of space,147,000 sq ft of meeting space,1,960,000 sq ft of parking. The lobby floors in the half of the building feature two large 140,000 sq ft multicolor maps of inlaid terrazzo. The project was installed by artist Alexis Smith in 1993, a map of the world centered on the Pacific Rim covers the entire floor of the main lobby, while a map of the constellations around the north celestial pole covers the floor of the upstairs lobby. The development proposal was abandoned in March 2015, a new proposal was developed in 2015, approved by city hall and a design team was chosen. A new convention hall, called LACOEX, would be built, construction and approval is set to commence by 2019. Los Angeles 2024 organizers plan to use the center for various sports. It will be apart of the Live Site Olympic Zone down Figueroa St. William M
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The Walt Disney Company
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The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. It is the second largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue. Disney was founded on October 16,1923 – by brothers Walt Disney, the company also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and then Walt Disney Productions. Taking on its current name in 1986, it expanded its operations and also started divisions focused upon theater, radio, music, publishing. In addition, Disney has since created corporate divisions in order to more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands. The company is best known for the products of its studio, Walt Disney Studios. Disneys other three divisions are Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Disney Media Networks, and Disney Consumer Products. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6,1991, Mickey Mouse, an early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, is a primary symbol and mascot for Disney. In early 1923, Kansas City, Missouri, animator Walt Disney created a film entitled Alices Wonderland. After the bankruptcy in 1923 of his previous firm, Laugh-O-Gram Studios, Disney moved to Hollywood to join his brother, Walt and Roy Disney formed Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio that same year. More animated films followed after Alice, in January 1926, with the completion of the Disney studio on Hyperion Street, the Disney Brothers Studios name was changed to the Walt Disney Studio. The distributor owned Oswald, so Disney only made a few hundred dollars, Disney completed 26 Oswald shorts before losing the contract in February 1928, due to a legal loophole, when Winklers husband Charles Mintz took over their distribution company. After failing to take over the Disney Studio, Mintz hired away four of Disneys primary animators to start his own animation studio, Snappy Comedies. In 1928, to recover from the loss of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Disney came up with the idea of a character named Mortimer while on a train headed to California. The mouse was later renamed Mickey Mouse and starred in several Disney produced films, ub Iwerks refined Disneys initial design of Mickey Mouse. Disneys first sound film Steamboat Willie, a cartoon starring Mickey, was released on November 18,1928 through Pat Powers distribution company and it was the first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon released, but the third to be created, behind Plane Crazy and The Gallopin Gaucho. Disney used Pat Powers Cinephone system, created by Powers using Lee De Forests Phonofilm system, Steamboat Willie premiered at B. S. Mosss Colony Theater in New York City, now The Broadway Theatre. Disneys Plane Crazy and The Galloping Gaucho were then retrofitted with synchronized sound tracks, Disney continued to produce cartoons with Mickey Mouse and other characters, and began the Silly Symphonies series with Columbia Pictures signing on as Symphonies distributor in August 1929
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The
Walt Disney Studios (corporate headquarters).
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The building in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Los Feliz which was home to the studio from 1923 to 1926
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Original poster for Flowers and Trees (1932).
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The original Animation Building at the Walt Disney Studios.
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D23 (Disney)
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D23 is the official fan club for The Walt Disney Company. Founded in 2009, the organization is mainly for its biennial exposition event. The name D23 refers to D for Disney and 23 for 1923—the year Walt Disney founded the company, membership includes Disney twenty-three, yearly gifts, events, exclusive merchandise offers, and discount and early access to the D23 Expo fan convention. D23 was introduced on March 10,2009 by Robert Iger during the annual meeting. D23 had a booth at San Diego Comic-Con in 2009 followed by the first D23 Expo on September 10–13,2009, in March 2010, D23 announced that the expo would be biannual instead of annual with a Destination D event in the off year. In February 2013, the Walt Disney Company Japan announced the first D23 Expo Japan on October 12–14,2013, events include, D23 Expo biennial Destination D a smaller biennial event alternating with the Expo. Events were held in the D23 Arena, Stage 23, Storytellers Theatre, the D23 Expo returned for its second time at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on August 19–21,2011. The Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives has expanded by 12,000 square feet since the Inaugural D23 Expo, shopping opportunities include the D23 Expo Dream Store returning from the Inaugural Expo. Other stores include A Small World Village and a Disney Store in the Disney Living Pavilion. Events took place at the D23 Arena, Stage 23, Stage 28, the red carpet at the Talent Round-Up area, Storytellers Stage at the Disney Living pavilion, and at the Disney Channel/Radio Disney stage. The Disney Channel stage held performances from Coco Jones, China Anne McClain, a first look for Radio Disneys N. B. T. and a karate exhibition from Leo Howard. Guests also had the chance to meet and greet the cast of Good Luck Charlie, Jake, phineas and Ferb, Kickin It, Fish Hooks, A. N. T. Farm, Handy Manny, Special Agent Oso, Pair of Kings, nice, and the celebration for the 25th Anniversary of Pixar Animation Studios. The first rounds of the UDTT were held on August 18,2011 which narrowed from thousands to one hundred and it was hosted by Dan Roebuck who narrowed down the final round from 20 people to 3. After two full days of trivia questions, John Kurowski was declared the winner of the inaugural Ultimate Disney Fan Trivia Tournament and his name was engraved on a Ludwig Von Drake trophy which was preserved in the Walt Disney Archives. Kurowski also won a cruise on the Disney Cruise Lines Disney Fantasy ship which set sail to the public in 2012. The D23 Arena hosted many milestone events only at the D23 Expo and this is the second time that the Disney Legends Ceremony has taken place in front of guests at the D23 Expo. This tradition started in 1987 and since then,287 people have been awarded, at the expo, the company honored 12 people who contributed to the The Walt Disney Company
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The
Hidden Mickey booth in the Collectors Forum of D23 Expo 2011.
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Disney D23
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Robert Downey, Jr. at the 2011 Expo promoting
Marvel's The Avengers.
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Entrance to the D23 Expo 2013 at the
Anaheim Convention Center in
Anaheim, California.
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Lucasfilm
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LLC is an American film and television production company based in the Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco, California. The studio is best known for creating and producing the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as its leadership in developing special effects, sound and computer animation for film. Lucasfilm was founded by filmmaker George Lucas in 1971 in San Rafael, California, the Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 at a valuation of $4.06 billion. Lucasfilm was founded by filmmaker George Lucas in 1971, and incorporated as Lucasfilm Ltd. on September 12,1977, on July 8,2005, Lucasfilms marketing, online, and licensing units moved into the new Letterman Digital Arts Center located in the Presidio in San Francisco. It shares the complex with Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm had planned an expansion at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California, but shelved the plan in 2012 due to opposition from neighbors. However, it plans to expand elsewhere. Skywalker Sound remains the only Lucasfilm division based at Skywalker Ranch, in January 2012, Lucas announced his retirement from producing large-scale blockbuster films and instead re-focusing his career on smaller, independently budgeted features. She would in June 2013 and is now chairperson of Lucasfilm, on September 5,2012, Micheline Chau, who served as president and COO of Lucasfilm for two decades, announced that she was retiring. With her departure, senior executives for each of the Lucasfilm divisions will report directly to Kathleen Kennedy, Chau was credited with keeping the Lucasfilm and Star Wars brands strong, especially through animation spin-offs and licensing initiatives. Lucas told Iger he was considering retirement and planned to sell the company, on October 30,2012, Disney announced a deal to acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, with approximately half in cash and half in shares of Disney stock. Kathleen Kennedy, co-chairman of Lucasfilm, became president of Lucasfilm, additionally she serves as the brand manager for Star Wars, working directly with Disneys global lines of business to build, further integrate, and maximize the value of this global franchise. Kennedy serves as producer on new Star Wars feature films, with George Lucas originally announced as serving as creative consultant, the company also announced the future release of new Star Wars films, starting with Star Wars, The Force Awakens in 2015. Disney also acquired Lucasfilms portfolio of entertainment technologies, the intent was for Lucasfilm employees to remain in their current locations. Star Wars merchandising would begin under Disney in the fiscal year 2014, starting with Star Wars Rebels, certain products will be co-branded with the Disney brand, akin to what Disney has done with Pixar. On December 4,2012, the Disney-Lucasfilm merger was approved by the Federal Trade Commission, on December 18,2012, Lucasfilm Ltd. was reincorporated as Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, and on December 21,2012, the deal was announced to be completed, in April 2013, the development arm of the LucasArts division was closed down and most of its staff was laid off. However, LucasArts remained open with a staff of fewer than ten employees so it could retain its function as a video game licensor. On May 6,2013, Disney announced a deal with Electronic Arts to produce Star Wars games for the core gaming market
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Lucasfilm headquarters at the
Letterman Digital Arts Center
