By Brendan LaChance on May 11, 2021
Patriot Guard members honor fallen soldiers from Wyoming, during the Casper Chase event, before the Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo parade, July 10th, 2018. (Brittani Wert, Oil City)
CASPER, Wyo. The Casper American Legion is proposing moving an existing memorial for Wyoming’s fallen soldiers from its current location along the North Platte River Trail west of the Tate Pumphouse.
Casper Parks and Recreation Director Tim Cortez told the Casper City Council on Tuesday that the legion would like to construct a larger memorial at the Patterson-Zonta Park at the intersection of 12th Street and Wyoming Boulevard across from Fort Caspar Museum.
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By Brendan LaChance on January 19, 2021
Sheridan players cheer as they pull ahead of KW in overtime during the 2018 Wyoming State High School 4A Basketball Championships on Friday, March 9, at the Casper Events Center. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)
CASPER, Wyo. The Ford Wyoming Center (previously the Casper Events Center) are preparing to host spring high school sports state tournaments a year after the COVID pandemic first arrived in Wyoming.
The cancellation of high school basketball tournaments foreshadowed cancellations of a variety of concerts and other events which were scheduled to be held at the Events Center throughout 2020.
With the Ford Wyoming Center preparing to host state tournaments this spring, Spectra Venue Management is also looking to begin restoring employee salaries.
Having stood for four decades overlooking the city and valley, the Casper Events Center was built tough to withstand the wind, the winters and some very high decibel levels.
Now, it s Ford tough, too, with its official renaming as the Ford Wyoming Center with a low-key ribbon-cutting ceremony and speeches by city officials, the Center s management company and a Ford dealers at a news conference on Thursday.
This marks a major economic boost for the Events Center, which has lost money yearly since its construction in 1982.
The city has subsidized the 28,000-square-foot venue with the understanding that events such as the College National Finals Rodeo will bring thousands to people to the city and they in turn will spend money on food, lodging and other goods and services.