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Adventure District
Oklahoma City's Adventure District is an area in Oklahoma City, roughly centered on NE 50th Street and Martin Luther King Avenue, that is home to several of the city's best-known attractions. The "Adventure District" designation was created in 2000 as a marketing effort by several of the area's businesses to market the area. In 2003, the City of Oklahoma City recognized the area as an official entertainment district. Attractions * 45th Infantry Division Museum * Oklahoma City Zoological Park *Science Museum Oklahoma **OmniDome Theatre *National Softball Hall of Fame and Museum *Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum *Lincoln Park *Frontier City *National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum *Remington Park *Cinemark Tinseltown Tinsel Town, Tinseltown, Tinsel-Town or other variants may refer to: Film industry * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, associated with the U.S. film industry ** Cinema of the United States generally * Film Nagar ... USA movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and is the 8th largest city in the Southern United States. The population grew following the 2010 census and reached 687,725 in the 2020 census. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,396,445, and the Oklahoma City–Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,469,124, making it Oklahoma's largest municipality and metropolitan area by population. Oklahoma City's city limits extend somewhat into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties, though much of those areas outside the core Oklahoma County area are suburban tracts or protected rural zones ( watershed). The city is the eighth-largest in the United States by area including consolidated city-counties; it is the second-largest, after Houston, not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma City Zoological Park
The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is a zoo and botanical garden located in Oklahoma City's Adventure District in northeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The zoo covers and is home to more than 1,900 animals. It is open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Oklahoma City Zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the American Alliance of Museums. Exhibits * Sanctuary Asia (): an Asian-themed section; which, right now, is home to the zoo's herd of Asian elephants. The elephant habitat is located in the southeast area of the zoo by Great Esc Ape, the state-of-the-art exhibit includes three spacious outdoor yards, pools, a waterfall, shade structures and barn with amenities including views into the barn from a raised boardwalk. *The Children's Zoo: a place where children can explore and play, while connecting with nature and animals. Featuring Galápagos tortoises, flamingos, goats, monkeys, a play stream, and lorikeets. * Great EscAPE ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Museum Oklahoma
Science Museum Oklahoma is a science museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The museum is home to the Kirkpatrick Planetarium, the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame and a number of specialized galleries. The facility covers over 390,000 square feet, which makes it one of the largest science museums in the nation. It began as the Kirkpatrick Planetarium in 1958 with major additions in 1980, 1985, 2000, and 2007. History The Science Museum Oklahoma started as the Kirkpatrick Planetarium in 1958, which moved to a permanent home at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds in 1962. Later that year, the Oklahoma Science and Arts Foundation was completed on the fairgrounds. In 1978 the foundation changed its name to Omniplex Science Museum, then moved with the Kirkpatrick Planetarium to the newly built Kirkpatrick Center museum campus. Later additions include the Oklahoma Air and Space Museum in 1980, the Kirkpatrick Gardens and Greenhouse in 1985, and the OmniDome Theater, Oklahoma's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Softball Hall Of Fame And Museum
National Softball Hall of Fame and Museum is a softball museum located in Oklahoma City's Adventure District. It includes the Don E. Porter Hall of Fame Stadium, home to the World Cup of Softball and the annual Women's College World Series. Amateur Softball Association USA Softball (formerly the Amateur Softball Association) operates the National Softball Hall of Fame and Museum. British Hall On 17 February 2007, the British Softball Federation enshrined 12 members into its inaugural Hall of Fame. Members included players Kate Allen, GB manager/player Mark Berman, the late umpire Dave Allen, and Natalie Fox. See also * National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame References External linksNational Softball Hall of Fame and MuseumNational Softball Hall of Fame and Museum information on TravelOK.comOfficial travel and tourism website for the State of Oklahoma Team Rich Softball Hall of Fame and Museum Softball museums and halls of fame Softball Softball is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum
The Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum is a museum owned and administered by the Oklahoma State Firefighters Association (OSFA). The museum is financed by the dues collected from more than 9,000 firefighters, and is located at 2716 N.E. 50th Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The museum is devoted entirely to the preservation and display of antique fire apparatus and equipment. It contains a remarkable collection of antique gear, dating back to the mid-18th century, and also holds the first fire station in Oklahoma Territory, built in 1864. Many items from the oldest fire company in the United States, commanded by Benjamin Franklin, are on display. Exhibits also include the world's largest patch collection and the distinctive mural ''The Last Alarm''. The building is also home to the Oklahoma State Firefighters Association (OSFA), the Oklahoma Fire Chiefs Association (OFCA), the Council on Firefighter Training (COFT) and the Oklahoma Retired Firefighters Association (ORFA) offices. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontier City
Frontier City is a western-themed amusement park in Oklahoma City. It is owned by EPR and operated by Six Flags. The park originally opened in 1958. Frontier City is the third-oldest Six Flags park behind Six Flags New England and Six Flags Great Escape and Hurricane Harbor. Frontier City and La Ronde in Montreal, are the only two company parks not officially branded as Six Flags parks. History Burge/Williams era (1958–1981) In 1958, the park opened along Route 66, now Interstate 35. It featured a haunted farm, mine train, robberies and jails. Initially, guests entered for free but paid a quarter to watch the gunfight shows. It started out as Boomtown, a replica of an Oklahoma pioneer town that was built for the state's semicentennial celebration in 1957 at the Oklahoma State Fair grounds. Jimmy Burge, leader of the committee that built it, decided to open an amusement park with the same theme. Rather than a traditional ribbon cutting, it was scheduled to have an old fashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Cowboy And Western Heritage Museum
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, with more than 28,000 Western and American Indian art works and artifacts. The facility also has the world's most extensive collection of American rodeo photographs, barbed wire, saddlery, and early rodeo trophies. Museum collections focus on preserving and interpreting the heritage of the American West. The museum becomes an art gallery during the annual Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale each June. The Prix de West Artists sell original works of art as a fund raiser for the museum. The expansion and renovation was designed by Curtis W. Fentress, FAIA, RIBA of Fentress Architects. History The museum was established in 1955 as the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Museum, from an idea proposed by Chester A. Reynolds, to honor the cowboy and his era. Later that same year, the name was changed to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Museum. In 1960, the name was changed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remington Park
Remington Park is a horse racing track and casino located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Built in 1988 by Edward J. DeBartolo Sr., it was the first world-class pari-mutuel track in Oklahoma. Since 2010, Global Gaming RP has owned and operated the racing facility. Races The track features an American Quarter Horse, Paint and Appaloosa season March through June. The Thoroughbred season begins August through December. In addition, Remington Park annually hosts the richest race in Oklahoma, the $1,000,000 Heritage Place Futurity in May and the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby headlines the Thoroughbred season in the fall. The rest of the year the park is open for casino gaming and simulcast racing. In 2016, Remington Park hosted the AMA Pro Flat Track motorcycle racing series, marking the first time since the former Oklahoma State Fairgrounds half-mile in 1999 that motorcycle racing's oldest domestic championship was run in the area. The Oklahoma City Mile is held between the end of the quart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinemark
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (stylized as CineMark from 1998 to 2022 and CINEMARK since 2022) is an American movie theater chain that started operations in 1984 and since then it has operated theaters with hundreds of locations throughout the Americas and in Taiwan. It is headquartered in Plano, Texas, in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. Cinemark is a leader in the theatrical exhibition industry with 521 theatres and 5,855 screens in the U.S. and Latin America as of June 30, 2022. It is the largest movie theatre chain in Brazil, with a 30 percent market share. Cinemark operates theaters under several brands, including its flagship Cinemark, Century Theatres, Tinseltown, CinéArts and Rave Cinemas.CinéArts . In May 2021, Cinemark struck agreements to show films from some of its major Hollywood studio partners, including [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinseltown
Tinsel Town, Tinseltown, Tinsel-Town or other variants may refer to: Film industry * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, associated with the U.S. film industry ** Cinema of the United States generally * Film Nagar, a neighborhood in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, notable as a home of Telugu cinema Music * ''Tinsel Town Rebellion'', a 1981 rock album by Frank Zappa * "Tinseltown", a 1988 song by Spear of Destiny off the album ''The Price You Pay'' * "Tinsel Town", a 1994 single by Ronny Jordan * "Tinsel Town", a 1999 song by Feeder off the album ''Yesterday Went Too Soon'' * "Tinseltown", a 2000 Christmas song by SHeDAISY off the album ''Brand New Year'' * "Tinsel Town", a 2003 song by Seal off the album '' Seal IV'' * "Tinsel Town", a 2004 song by Ash off the album ''Meltdown'' (Ash album) * "Tinsel Town", a 2008 song by Jellyfish off the album '' Catnip Dynamite'' * ''Tinsel Town'', a 2012 Christmas album by Jimmy Rankin * "Tinseltown", a 2017 track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coles Garden
Coles may refer to: Businesses *Coles Supermarkets, a supermarket chain in Australia *Coles Group, parent company of Coles Supermarkets, Coles Online, Coles Express, Coles Liquor and flybuys *Coles (bookstore), a bookstore chain in Canada, a division of Indigo Books and Music Places *Coles, Illinois, Coles County, Illinois, United States *Coles, Mississippi, Amite County, Mississippi, United States *Coles, Ourense, Galicia, Spain *Coles, South Australia, Australia *Coles Bay, Tasmania, Australia *Electoral district of Coles in South Australia, renamed to Morialta in the 1998 electoral redistribution *Coles County, Illinois Other uses *Coles 4038, ribbon microphone produced by Coles Electroacoustics * Coles (surname) * Coles (given name) See also * Coales Coales is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * John Flavell Coales John Flavell Coales CBE, FRS (14 September 1907 – 6 June 1999) was a British physicist and engineer. He started the Borehamwood laboratory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
