100 Montana St # 101, San Antonio, TX 78203
The Alamodome is a multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas. The facility opened on May 15, 1993, at a cost of $186 million. It was constructed after voters in 1989 approved a five-year, half-cent sales tax […]
This Ancient Egyptian necropolis consists of pyramids. Pyramid of Khufu (also known as the Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Cheops), the somewhat smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren), and the relatively modest-size Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinus), along with a number of smaller satellite edifices, known as “queens” pyramids, causeways and valley pyramids, and […]
1368 North Doheny Drive Los Angeles, CA 90069
Halle Berry was named after Halle’s Department Store, a local landmark in Cleveland, Ohio. She is bi-racial; born to Judith Ann Hawkins, a white mother of English descent, and an African-American father, Jerome J. Berry. Berry’s maternal grandmother, Nellie Dicken, was born in Sawley, Derbyshire, England, while her […]
ARCO Arena, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento, CA 95834
The ARCO Arena is an indoor arena located in Sacramento, California at 38°38′56.6″N, 121°31′4.62″W. Completed in 1988, at a cost of $40 million — entirely privately financed — it is home to the Sacramento Kings of the NBA and the WNBA’s Sacramento Monarchs. The arena seats 17,317 for […]
9150 Wilshire Blvd. #350, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Before he became successful at acting, Brad Pitt supported himself as a chauffeur, a furniture mover, and a costumed mascot for the restaurant chain El Pollo Loco. In the late 1980s, Pitt started landing acting gigs on primetime series such as Dallas, thirtysomething, 21 Jump Street, Freddy’s Nightmares, […]
