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In 1998, Joan Kroc donated $87 million (equivalent to $163 million in 2023) to the Salvation Army to build and endow the first Kroc Center in San Diego, California, on what was an abandoned grocery store and other empty land. The center opened in June 2002. Currently, it is home to the American Basketball Association's San Diego Wildcats.
Glacier Gardens served as the first home rink for the San Diego Figure Skating Club. When Glacier Gardens closed as a skating venue in December 1954, club members skated at a number of smaller studio rinks including the Sonald Studio (1955–1959), located at Midway Drive and Fordham Street, Iceland (1960–1965), located at Lake Murray Boulevard and El Paso Street and the Mission Valley Ice ...
Great Park Ice & Fivepoint Arena; Ice in Paradise; Ice Town Riverside; Iceoplex - Simi Valley; KHS ICE; Kroc Center Ice Arena; LA Kings Valley Ice Center; Lake Forest Ice Palace; Mechanics Bank Arena; Ontario Center Ice Arena; Ontario Ice Skating Center; Paramount Iceland; Pasadena Skating Center; Pickwick Ice Arena; Poway Ice Arena; San Diego ...
It hosted the Pacific Coast Hockey League's San Diego Skyhawks from 1944 to 1950. By 1956, the venue was known as "The Arena". By 1956, the venue was known as "The Arena". Elvis Presley , with his backup band, guitarist Scotty Moore , bassist Bill Black , and drummer D. J. Fontana , appeared at the arena on April 4 and 5, 1956 and June 5 and 6 ...
Sorrento Valley, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio. El Camino Memorial Park is a cemetery in the Sorrento Valley neighborhood of San Diego, California. Founded in 1960, [1] it is a 220-acre (0.89 km 2) property. The cemetery is noted for being the final resting site for Jonas Salk as well as several members of the well-known Kroc family. [2] [3]
Several institutions in the San Diego area are named after her, including the think tank Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice [12] [13] and the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies- the world's top peace institution- at the University of San Diego, the St. Vincent de Paul Joan Kroc Center for the Homeless (Part of Father Joe's Villages ...
The San Diego Mariners were a professional ice hockey team based in San Diego, California, that competed in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The team played its home games at the San Diego Sports Arena. [1] Previous to being in San Diego, the team was known as the New York Raiders, New York Golden Blades, and the Jersey Knights.
This is a list of seating capacities for sports and entertainment arenas in the United States with at least 1,000 seats. The list is composed mostly of arenas that house sports teams (basketball, ice hockey, arena soccer and arena football) and serve as indoor venues for concerts and expositions.