Riverfront Park
LandmarkRiverfront Park is the civic and recreation heart of downtown Spokane, built on the site of Expo '74, the World's Fair that President Nixon opened on May 4, 1974 and that drew more than five million visitors across its six-month run. Hosting it made the city the smallest ever to stage a World's Fair at that point. Voters approved a $64 million bond in 2014 that funded five major design elements of the park's redevelopment without raising taxes.
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Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
CulturalThe Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, also known as the MAC, is the largest cultural organization in the Inland Northwest, founded in 1916 and operating as the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. The MAC preserves more than one million artifacts and archival materials including the largest known collection of Plateau Indian art, drawing more than 100,000 annual visitors to its Browne's Addition campus.
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Manito Park
NaturalManito Park is a public park, arboretum, and botanical garden on Spokane's South Hill, officially established in April 1904, where the city's Parks and Recreation Department maintains 78 acres of native and cultivated landscape alongside 20 acres of botanical gardens. The park features five major garden areas including the Nishinomiya Tsutakawa Japanese Garden, Duncan Garden, Rose Hill, Lilac Garden, and Ferris Perennial Garden, plus a basalt rock office building constructed in 1912.
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Numerica Veterans Arena
EntertainmentNumerica Veterans Arena, renamed from the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in fall 2025 under a 10-year naming partnership between the Spokane Public Facilities District and Numerica Credit Union, is the multipurpose venue in downtown Spokane and home arena of the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League. The partnership carries a $1 million commitment to the Numerica Heroes Fund for veteran housing, wellness, and employment assistance, and the venue anchors downtown's year-round concert and sporting calendar alongside the Spokane Convention Center.
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