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The Buffalo Sabres NHL ice hockey team plays its home games at KeyBank Center (formerly called First Niagara Center, HSBC Arena, and Marine Midland Arena) in the Cobblestone District of downtown Buffalo, New York. The Sabres moved to the newly-built arena in 1996, having played nearby at the now-demolished Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, or the ‘Aud’, for the preceding 26 years. Read more...

Stanford University renamed Serra Mall to Jane Stanford Way in October 2019, in recognition of the harmful impacts on Native Americans of the California mission system established by the street’s namesake, the 18th century Roman Catholic missionary Father Junipero Serra. Changing the name of the pedestrian and bicycle mall was symbolic because it is also the official address of Stanford Read more...

Mickey Mantle is interred in the Mantle family mausoleum at Sparkman/Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. The American former professional baseball player for the New York Yankees died, aged 63, on August 13th, 1995, at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. He received a liver transplant two months earlier after cancer was found in his own liver, already damaged Read more...

Colored curbs in Los Angeles, California, indicate the following parking prohibitions or restrictions: Red curbs: no stopping, standing or parking at any time, regardless of whether a vehicle is attended. Yellow curbs: between 7 am and 6 pm, stopping restricted to loading or unloading freight by vehicles with commercial license plates for up to 30 minutes, and other vehicles may Read more...

Cranberry Township in Butler County, Pennsylvania, is a municipality located some 22 miles (or 34.5 kilometers) north of downtown Pittsburgh, known for being a major economic and employment center, home to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ practice and training facility, and its municipal recreational facilities that include a waterpark and golf course. Despite being a residential suburb of Pittsburgh, Cranberry attracts thousands Read more...

The city of Houston, Texas, is named after Sam Houston, an American general and statesman who became the first president of the Republic of Texas in 1837, after the territory’s declaration of independence from Mexico. In 1836, brothers John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen purchased the land to establish the townsite that became Houston, naming it after General Houston, Read more...

George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, was previously called Houston Intercontinental Airport from 1969 until 1997. It was renamed in honor of George H W Bush, the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and also a member of the US House of Representatives representing Texas’s 7th congressional district. He and his wife, Barbara, settled in Read more...

The Q train on the New York City Subway uses the Manhattan Bridge to cross the East River between Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn. Known as the Q Second Avenue/Broadway Express, the service operates at all times between 96th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn. The immediate stops either side of the Manhattan Read more...

American actor and comedian Bob Saget was found dead, aged 65, in his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton Grand Lakes, Orlando, Florida, on 9th January, 2022. Known for his role as single dad Danny Tanner on the sitcom “Full House” in the 1980s and 90s, and later as host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” he was in Florida as part Read more...

The 2.5 mile- (or 4 kilometer-) long Silver Queen Gondola ride takes approximately 14 minutes from the Gondola Plaza in downtown Aspen to the Sundeck Restaurant at an elevation of 11,210 feet (or 3,417 meters) on Aspen Mountain. Opened in December 1986, with upgraded 6-passenger cabins added in 2006, the Silver Queen Gondola is open both in winter and summer Read more...

Guests may take water into Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View provided it is in a single factory-sealed plastic bottle no bigger than one gallon (or 4 liters), but alcohol or any other beverage is not permitted. Entry with empty aluminium or plastic water bottles is allowed, which can be filled at water refill stations by the main restrooms. Glass containers Read more...

The corporate headquarters of upscale organic food supermarket Whole Foods Market, Inc are located at Bowie Street and West 6th Street in downtown Austin, Texas. Based at the site since 2005, Whole Foods expanded its Austin corporate campus in 2021 with the construction of a second office building across the street. In addition to housing the company’s global support offices, Read more...

The main rivers running through Fort Collins, Colorado, are the Cache la Poudre River and one of its tributaries, Spring Creek. Also called the Poudre River, its original French name of Cache à la Poudre translates as “cache of powder”. The name is said to date from 1836 when a group of passing French fur trappers were caught in a Read more...

Baylor University in Waco, Texas, operates a dry campus, prohibiting the possession, use, and distribution of alcohol, or being under the influence of an alcoholic beverage while on campus, including all extension campuses. Baylor’s restriction on alcohol policy also extends to prohibiting students and employees from being under the influence of alcohol at off-campus University-related activities. The university defines an Read more...

Santiago is the capital city of the Republic of Chile, the country’s largest city by population and a centre of cultural, political, and economic activity. Santiago was named the capital in 1818 after Chile declared its independence from the Spanish Empire. Despite its capital status, the legislative branch of the Chilean government, the National Congress of Chile, is based in Read more...

The nearest hotels to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, New Hampshire, are Homewood Suites by Hilton Manchester/Airport and SpringHill Suites by Marriott Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, two hotels located opposite each other 1.6 miles from the terminal, around 5 minutes by car. Other hotels located within seven miles of Manchester Airport include: Super 8 by Wyndham Manchester Airport Holiday Inn Manchester Read more...

The University of British Columbia in Vancouver has the following varsity sports teams, which are known as the UBC Thunderbirds: Women's Sports Men's Sports Basketball Baseball Cross country Basketball Field hockey Cross country Golf Field hockey Hockey Football Rowing Golf Rugby Hockey Rugby Sevens Rowing Soccer Rugby Softball Soccer Swimming Swimming Track and field Track and field Volleyball Volleyball UBC Read more...

Stowe Rec Path starts at Lintilhac Park, behind Stowe Community Church on Main Street in Stowe Village, where there is public parking available. The 5.3-mile (or 8.5-kilometer) paved path follows a scenic route, crossing the West Branch of Little River at various points, and ends at the Brookdale covered bridge on Brook Road off Route 108 (Mountain Road), near the Read more...

Shaughnessy Golf Club is a private golf course in Vancouver, British Columbia, where membership is by member-invite only and initiation fees typically exceed Canadian $70,000 and membership dues are around Canadian $300 per month. The par-73 course on Vancouver’s West Side was originally designed by Arthur Vernon Macan, an Irish immigrant to Canada who designed many prominent golf courses in Read more...

The nearest hotel to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas is the Hotel Galaxy, a 2-star motel-style property with pool, located 0.4 miles north of the stadium, around an 8-minute walk away. Other Las Vegas hotels located within half a mile of the Allegiant Stadium include: Delano Las Vegas Holiday Inn Express Las Vegas – South Staybridge Suites Las Vegas Luxor Read more...