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The San Diego County Fair began in 1880 as an agricultural fair. The location moved from place to place for several years, finally settling on the Del Mar Fairgrounds when it opened in 1936. There was no fair in 1917–18 due to World War I, 1942–45 due to World War II, and 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic .
The Del Mar Fairgrounds is an event venue in Del Mar, California. It hosts the annual San Diego County Fair. The venue sits on a 370-acre (1.5 km 2) property along the Pacific Ocean coastline. It includes the Del Mar Racetrack, built in 1936 by the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, with founding member Bing Crosby providing leadership. [ 1]
Panama–Pacific International Exposition (San Francisco) The Panama–California Exposition was a world exposition held in San Diego, California, between January 1, 1915, and January 1, 1917. The exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, and was meant to tout San Diego as the first United States port of call for ships traveling ...
Website. Del Mar Antique Show. The Del Mar Antique [sic] Show & Sale is the longest-running family owned indoor antiques show in California. It is the largest antiques and collectible show south of San Francisco, with over 55,000 square feet (5,100 m 2) of exhibition space. As of November 2017, the show was in its 56th year.
San Diego 1904 FC ( NISA) (2019) San Diego Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in San Diego, California. [ 3] The stadium opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium and was known as Jack Murphy Stadium from 1981 to 1997. From 1997 to 2017, the stadium's naming rights were owned by Qualcomm, and the stadium was known as Qualcomm Stadium or simply The Q.
Designated SDHL. September 7, 1967 [ 1 ] Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) historic urban cultural park in San Diego, California. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Placed in reserve in 1835, the park's site is one of the oldest in the United States dedicated to public recreational use. The park hosts various museums, theaters, restaurants, and the San Diego Zoo.
The San Diego Air & Space Museum ( SDASM) is an aviation and space exploration museum in San Diego, California. The museum is located in Balboa Park and is housed in the former Ford Building, which is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places. [ 5] SDASM was established by articles of incorporation on October 12, 1961, and opened to ...
San Diego County (/ ˌ s æ n d i ˈ eɪ ɡ oʊ / ⓘ), officially the County of San Diego (Spanish: Condado de San Diego), is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census , the population was 3,298,634, [ 7 ] making it California's second-most populous county and the fifth-most populous in the ...