While writing my story for tomorrow’s paper about the Terrapin women’s basketball team likely headed to the Spokane regional, I was inspired to do some research about the city I might be visiting in a few weeks barring another catastrophic second-round upset (or a spot in a different region).
In case you didn’t know, Spokane is in Washington state. But it’s not in the cool part of the state on the coast near Seattle. It’s over here, kind of close to Idaho…and Montana.
The population of Spokane is approximately 195,000 Spokanians.
Spokane has an abundance of natural resources. Especially wood.
Spokane offers biking, boating, climbing, conservation, fishing, golf, hiking, sightseeing, and winter sports expeditions.
Some famous people from Spokane include Bob Crosby, Chad Little and John McIntire.
Spokane is the home of the 2006 arenafootball2 (minor league Arena League Football) champion, the Spokane Shock.
This monkey bit three people in Spokane and was euthanized. It did not have rabies.
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What a great summary of Spokane! Our moniker is “Near nature. Near perfect.” We hope you enjoy it here. Spokane is looking forward to hosting.
Pam Scott
Spokane Regional CVB
P.S. Even more famous than Bob Crosby is Bing Crosby, arguably the most-recorded voice in history and best-known for “White Christmas.” There is even a museum in his honor on the Gonzaga University campus, not far from the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena where the 2008 NCAA Division 1 Women’s Basketball will be played!
As much as our “not cool part of the state” appreciates the revenue and attention hosting another NCAA Tournament, is you may have written one of the most bizarre and ill informed blogs I have ever seen about the city of Spokane.
First of all people from Spokane are ‘Spokanites’. The population is 198,000 in the city limits but the metropolitan area of Spokane and Kootnai counties approaches 600,000 people. We are no means unfamiliar with our cool cousin Seattle and share many events with them.
We have hosted several NCAA basketball tournaments in the last few years both men’s and women’s, mostly due to the popularity of the Gonzaga Bulldogs whose campus is adjacent to downtown. Gonzaga’s men’s basketball program is one of the elite teams in the entire country spawning 9 straight tourney appearances and producing 7 NBA players including Adam Morrison (Charlotte) Rony Turiaf (LA Lakers) and Dan Dickau (Sacramento Kings). Let’s not forget John Stockton, one of the best NBA point guards in the history of basketball.
I was curious if you have ever heard of Bing Crosby, Bob is not as popular here. As well as Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs, and Super Bowl MVP QB Mark Rypien.
I would hope next time you do so called ‘research’ it actually involves looking up facts and figures and not making stuff up.
I know it can be daunting to find out about Spokane County which is nearly larger than Maryland. The big western skies can be intimidating. Ha!
Thank you