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Seating capacity
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Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats hundreds of thousands of people. The International Fire Code, portions of which have adopted by many jurisdictions, is directed more towards the use of a facility than the construction. It specifies, For areas having fixed seating without dividing arms and it also requires that every public venue submit a detailed site plan to the local fire code official, including details of the means of egress, seating capacity, arrangement of the seating. Once safety considerations have been satisfied, determinations of seating capacity turn on the size of the venue. For sports venues, the decision on maximum seating capacity is determined by several factors, chief among these are the primary sports program and the size of the market area. Seating capacity of venues also plays a role in what media they are able to provide, in contracting to permit performers to use a theatre or other performing space, the seating capacity of the performance facility must be disclosed. Seating capacity may influence the kind of contract to be used, the seating capacity must also be disclosed to the copyright owner in seeking a license for the copyrighted work to be performed in that venue. Venues that may be leased for private functions such as ballrooms and auditoriums generally advertise their seating capacity, seating capacity is also an important consideration in the construction and use of sports venues such as stadiums and arenas. The seating capacity for restaurants is reported as covers, a restaurant that can seat 99 is said to have 99 covers, seating capacity differs from total capacity, which describes the total number of people who can fit in a venue or in a vehicle either sitting or standing. Use of the term public capacity indicates that a venue is allowed to more people than it can actually seat. Again, the total number of people can refer to either the physical space available or limitations set by law
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Sacramento City College
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Sacramento City College is a two-year community college located in Sacramento, California. SCC is part of the Los Rios Community College District and had an enrollment of 25,307 in 2009, Sacramento City College is officially accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, offering Associate in Science and Associate in Art degrees. It is located at the intersection of Freeport Boulevard and Sutterville Road in Sacramento, in 1922, the citizens of Sacramento organized a junior college district, effectively granting Sacramento Junior College its administrative independence from Sacramento High School. This plan of organization remained in force until 1936, when the became a part of the Sacramento City Unified School District. Los Rios paid the total of $1.00 for the 75-acre Sacramento City College Campus, in October 1967, the Sacramento Pop Festival was held at the main campus Charles C. Hughes Stadium. In 1970, the newly renamed Los Rios Community College District opened a third campus, folsom Lake College has recently been added to the district. The Sacramento City College yearbook was called the Pioneer when initially published in the 1920s, the format changed in the early 1970s, and it was discontinued by 1980. The school newspaper-originally named the Blotter in the 1920s—would be called The Pony Express for several decades and it is now called the Express. There are over 50 student clubs and groups on campus, although there are no fraternities or sororities. The campus does not offer any dorms, the Sacramento City College Panthers are members of the California Community College Athletic Association, and the Big 8 Conference. SCC fields 18 teams, including 10 womens teams and 8 mens teams, the baseball program has demonstrated the most consistent success with 37 league titles,5 state titles, and 1 national title. On the womens side, the track and field team won 3 straight state titles, Sac Citys athletic alumni have competed in the Olympic Games, the World Series, the NFL playoffs, and a world championship boxing match. Several of its coaches have coached or served in positions on a national and international level, including the Olympic Games, the NFL. The fight song for Sacramento City College is to the tune of Go Tigers Go performed by the University of Memphis Marching Band, the only difference between the two is some of the wording in the lyrics. S. S. - Chief United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, official Sacramento City College website Sacramento City College Athletics Sacramento City College Library Sac City Express Newspaper The Baseball Cube alumni list
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Sacramento Republic FC
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Sacramento Republic FC is an American professional soccer team based in Sacramento, California. Founded in 2012, the team made its debut in the United Soccer League in 2014, on December 3,2012, USL Pro announced that a Sacramento expansion team would join the league for the 2014 season. On July 15,2013, Predrag Preki Radosavljević was announced as coach of the new franchise. The official name of the team and team shield were decided by fan vote, on July 18,2013, the franchise officially announced the team name Sacramento Republic FC during the first annual Sacramento Soccer Day. As of April 2015, the team had more than 9,500 season-tickets. Republic FC made their debut on April 26,2014 at Hughes Stadium, losing 2-1 to the Harrisburg City Islanders. This figure nearly doubled the previous USL regular season single game record of 10,697. The following match, a 2-1 win over Orange County Blues FC, eventually, all their home games were sellouts except this one. Republic FC inaugurated their new 8,000 seat, soccer-specific stadium, Bonney Field at Cal Expo and they defeated the Colorado Rapids Reserve team 4-3. Mike Fucito scored the goal in the 84th minute. On July 27,2014 the team broke the USL regular season record of 112,748 previously set by Orlando City SC. Republic FC finished the season in 2nd place behind Orlando City SC with a 17 Win,4 Tie and 7 Loss record. They defeated the Wilmington Hammerheads 4-1 in the Quarterfinals, rodrigo López scored a hat trick, including the game winner in stoppage time, to defeat LA Galaxy II 3-2 in the Semifinals. Sacramento won the USL Championship by defeating the Harrisburg City Islanders 2-0 on goals from Octavio Guzman, López was named the Championship MVP. Preki was named Coach of the Year, nemanja Vuković was named Defender of the Year. Both López and Vuković were named to the All-League First Team, Republic FCs second season saw them play in an expanded Bonney Field. They lost their first game of the season 4-2 away to Seattle Sounders FC2 and they soon picked up form and saw them beat Sonoma County Sol and Chula Vista FC 4-2 and 7-3 respectively in the US Open Cup to reach the Fourth Round two years running. On July 7, the Republic announced that Head-Coach Preki would be leaving and was being replaced by Paul Buckle, buckles first game with the Republic was a friendly with Premier League side Sunderland on July 14, which Sacramento won 1-0
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Stadium
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Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the stade at Olympia, where the word stadium originated. In modern times, a stadium is officially a stadium when at least 50% of the capacity is an actual building. If the majority of the capacity is formed by grasshills, the venue is not officially considered a stadium. Most of the stadiums with a capacity of at least 10,000 are used for football, or soccer. A large amount of sports venues are also used for concerts. Stadium is the Latin form of the Greek word stadion, a measure of length equalling the length of 600 human feet, as feet are of variable length the exact length of a stadion depends on the exact length adopted for 1 foot at a given place and time. Although in modern terms 1 stadion =600 ft, in a historical context it may actually signify a length up to 15% larger or smaller. The equivalent Roman measure, the stadium, had a similar length — about 185 m -, the English use of stadium comes from the tiered infrastructure surrounding a Roman track of such length. Most dictionaries provide for both stadiums and stadia as valid English plurals, although etymological purists sometimes apply stadia only to measures of length in excess of 1 stadium. The oldest known stadium is the one in Olympia, in the western Peloponnese, Greece, initially the Games consisted of a single event, a sprint along the length of the stadium. The stadion, a measure of length, may be related to the Stadium, Greek and Roman stadiums have been found in numerous ancient cities, perhaps the most famous being the Stadium of Domitian, in Rome. The excavated and refurbished ancient Panathenaic stadium hosted a version of the Olympic Games in 1870,1875,1896 and 1906. The excavation and refurbishment of the stadium was part of the legacy of the Greek national benefactor Evangelos Zappas, the first stadiums to be built in the modern era were basic facilities, designed for the single purpose of fitting as many spectators in as possible. One such early stadium was the Lansdowne Road Stadium, the brainchild of Henry Dunlop, banned from locating sporting events at Trinity College, Dunlop built the stadium in 1872. Some 300 cartloads of soil from a trench beneath the railway were used to raise the ground, other early stadiums from this period in the UK include the Stamford Bridge stadium and Anfield stadium. In the U. S. However, many of these caught fire. All of the 19th-century wooden parks were replaced, some only a few years. Goodison Park was the first purpose-built football stadium in the world, walton-based building firm Kelly brothers were instructed to erect two uncovered stands that could each accommodate 4,000 spectators
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Sacramento, California
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Sacramento is the capital city of the U. S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. It is at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the portion of Californias expansive Central Valley. Its estimated 2014 population of 485,199 made it the sixth-largest city in California, Sacramento is the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which includes seven counties with a 2010 population of 2,414,783. In 2002, the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University conducted for Time magazine named Sacramento Americas Most Diverse City, Sacramento became a city through the efforts of the Swiss immigrant John Sutter, Sr. his son John Augustus Sutter, Jr. and James W. Marshall. Sacramento grew quickly thanks to the protection of Sutters Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839, the city was named after the Sacramento River, which forms its western border. The river was named by Spanish cavalry officer Gabriel Moraga for the Santísimo Sacramento, California State University, Sacramento, is the largest university in the city and one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. University of the Pacific is a university with one of its three campuses in Sacramento. In addition, the University of California, Davis, located in nearby Davis, operates its UC Davis Medical Center, nisenan and Plains Miwok Native Americans had lived in the area for perhaps thousands of years. Unlike the settlers who would eventually make Sacramento their home, these Native Americans left little evidence of their existence. Traditionally, their diet was dominated by acorns taken from the oak trees in the region, and by fruits, bulbs, seeds. In 1808, the Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga discovered and named the Sacramento Valley, a Spanish writer with the Moraga expedition wrote, Canopies of oaks and cottonwoods, many festooned with grapevines, overhung both sides of the blue current. Birds chattered in the trees and big fish darted through the pellucid depths, the air was like champagne, and drank deep of it, drank in the beauty around them. The valley and the river were then christened after the Most Holy Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, John Sutter first arrived on August 13,1839 at the divergence of the American and Sacramento Rivers with a Mexican land grant of 50,000 acres. The next year, he and his party established Sutters Fort, representing Mexico, Sutter called his colony New Helvetia, a Swiss inspired name, and was the political authority and dispenser of justice in the new settlement. Soon, the colony began to grow as more and more pioneers headed west, within just a few short years, John Sutter had become a grand success, owning a ten-acre orchard and a herd of thirteen thousand cattle. Fort Sutter became a stop for the increasing number of immigrants coming through the valley. In 1847, Sutter hired James Marshall to build a sawmill so that he could continue to expand his empire, Sutter received 2,000 fruit trees in 1847, which started the agriculture industry in the Sacramento Valley. In 1848, when gold was discovered by James W. Marshall at Sutters Mill in Coloma and he hired topographical engineer William H
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California
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California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western coast of the U. S, California is bordered by the other U. S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. Los Angeles is Californias most populous city, and the second largest after New York City. The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nations second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, California also has the nations most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The Central Valley, an agricultural area, dominates the states center. What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its war for independence. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA. Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups also were diverse in their organization with bands, tribes, villages. Trade, intermarriage and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years later English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manila galleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565
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Sacramento City Unified School District
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Sacramento City Unified School District is a public school system in Sacramento, California. With 47,900 students in 81 schools, it is the eleventh largest school district in California, in 1854, city commissioners opened Sacramentos first public school, consisting of two grammar schools and a co-ed primary school. In 1856, Sacramento High School, the citys first high school and it was the second oldest American high school west of the Mississippi River until closing in 2003. In 1894, the board of education abolished segregated education, in 2012, voters approved two general obligation bonds, Measure Q for $346,000,000 and Measure R for $68,000,000, to improve district facilities. The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University conducted for TIME magazine named Sacramento “America’s Most Diverse City. ”Accordingly, SCUSD’s student population is reflected as 36% Hispanic or Latino,18. 3% Asian,16. 3% African American, and 19% white. About 7% of students are of two or more races, residents within SCUSD speak more than 40 languages, 38% of students do not speak English at home. To create a school at Sacramento High School, the SCUSD Board made the controversial decision to close Sacramento High School. They then issued a charter to St. Hope, a community development corporation founded by former NBA player Kevin Johnson. Hope opened its school on September 2,2003. Some parents, along with the union, sued the district because it felt the creation of the charter school was not in compliance with California state law. The court found that SCUSD indeed violated the school law. A consent decree was entered into by the plaintiffs, St. Hope, and SCUSD. to date several unsuccessful attempts have been made to establish a replacement program for Sacramento High school. Sacramento City Unified School District - Facebook group for the Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education - Website for St, Hope - Sacramento City Unified School District
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Artificial turf
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Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are played on grass. However, it is now being used on lawns and commercial applications as well. The main reason is maintenance—artificial turf stands up to use, such as in sports. Domed, covered, and partially covered stadiums may require artificial turf because of the difficulty of getting enough sunlight to stay healthy. But artificial turf does have its downside, limited life, periodic cleaning requirements, petroleum use, toxic chemicals from infill, artificial turf first gained substantial attention in the 1960s, when it was used in the newly constructed Astrodome. The specific product used was developed by Monsanto and called AstroTurf, AstroTurf remains a registered trademark, but is no longer owned by Monsanto. The first generation systems of the 1960s have been largely replaced by the second generation. That accomplishment led Sports Illustrated to declare Chaney as the man responsible for major league baseball. Artificial turf was first installed in 1964 on a school recreation area in Rhode Island. The material came to prominence in 1966, when AstroTurf was installed in the Astrodome in Houston. The use of AstroTurf and similar surfaces became widespread in the U. S. and Canada in the early 1970s, more than 11,000 artificial turf playing fields have been installed nationally. More than 1,200 were installed in the U. S. in 2013 alone, maintaining a grass playing surface indoors, while technically possible, is prohibitively expensive. Artificial turf was first used in Major League Baseball in the Houston Astrodome in 1966, for most of the 1965 season, the Astros played on green-painted dirt and dead grass. The solution was to install a new type of grass on the field, ChemGrass. Because the supply of AstroTurf was still low, only a limited amount was available for the first home game, there was not enough for the entire outfield, but there was enough to cover the traditional grass portion of the infield. The outfield remained painted dirt until after the All-Star Break, the team was sent on an extended road trip before the break, and on 19 July 1966, the installation of the outfield portion of AstroTurf was completed. The Chicago White Sox became the first team to install artificial turf in a stadium, as they used it in the infield
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City College (Sacramento RT)
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City College is a side platformed Sacramento RT light rail station on the Sacramento City College campus in Sacramento, California, United States. The station was opened on September 26,2003, and is operated by the Sacramento Regional Transit District, as part of the Blue Line, it has service to Downtown Sacramento, North Sacramento, California State University, Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, Gold River and Folsom. The station is located northeast of Charles C. Hughes Stadium on campus, in addition to serving the college this station also serves William Land Park and Curtis Park. This 60-foot wide station provides bus service, drop-off areas, and walkways to the stadium, campus, and parking lots
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Sacramento Regional Transit District
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The Sacramento Regional Transit District, commonly referred to as RT, is the agency responsible for public transportation in the Sacramento, California area. It was established on April 1,1973, as a result of the acquisition of the Sacramento Transit Authority, in addition to operating over 60 bus routes with connecting bus service in the Sacramento area covering 418 sq mi, RT also operates a large light rail system. It is currently the eleventh busiest light rail system in the United States, in addition to the city of Sacramento, RT serves much of the northern portion of Sacramento County which includes the incorporated cities of Citrus Heights and Rancho Cordova. The unincorporated areas of Sacramento County under the RT service area include Arden Arcade, Carmichael, Fair Oaks, Florin, Gold River, North Highlands, Orangevale, Rio Linda and Rosemont. The system formerly provided express bus service between Downtown Sacramento and Elk Grove until the mid-2000s when that city took over bus operations under the newly created E-tran. It also provided contracted bus service to neighboring Yolo County, those routes, in both cases, e-tran and Yolobus have retained the RT assigned route numbers for their routes as they continue to service Downtown Sacramento. RT began operations on April 1,1973, with the acquisition of the Sacramento Transit Authority, later that year RT completed a new maintenance facility and purchased 103 buses. In 1987 the 18. 3-mile light rail “starter line” opened, as light rail ridership increased, RT continued to expand the light rail system. RT completed its first light rail expansion along the Highway 50 corridor in September 1998 with the opening of the Mather Field/Mills Station, five years later RT opened the first phase of the South Line, a 6. 3-mile extension to South Sacramento. In June 2004, light rail was extended from the Mather Field/Mills station to Sunrise Boulevard, within the next several years, RT plans to extend light rail beyond Meadowview, South Sacramento, to Cosumnes River College and north to Sacramento International Airport. RT currently operates 97 bus routes in a 418-square-mile service area, fiscal year 2006 had an operating budget is $148.54 million, with a capital budget of $15.4 million. RT employs a force of approximately 1,163 people, 80% of whom are dedicated to operations and maintenance of the bus. Up to 2 kids under 5 can ride free with fare-paying rider, prePaid tickets are sold in books of ten. Regional Transit also offers the Class Pass for use during 9am-3, for any group of 10 or more students that are pursuing a high school diploma the cost is $2.50 per student and $5 for each adult. Since 2004, with the exception of some neighborhood shuttle vans, in 2015 RT will add a fleet of Gillig BRT Plus CNG to the lineup to replace buses that reached its 12-year run. The RT system operates 67 bus routes, as of 2013, with service between 5,00 a. m. and 11,00 p. m. daily, frequencies range between every 15 and 80 minutes. There has been proposals in the past to expand the hours to late nights to accommodate passengers, businesses and communities. The most recent changes were announced in August 2012, and is making plans to improve
