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Performers and presentations B-52s, Bad Company, Blue Man Group, Blues Clues Live, Brad Paisley, Buck Cherry, Carrie Underwood, Celtic Women, Cher, Destiny's Child, George Lopez, Graciela Beltran, Keith Urban, Kenny Rogers, Jeff Dunham, Josh Turner, Larry the Cable Guy, Lipazanner Stallions, Marie Osmond, MME Cagefighting, RBD, Reba McEntire, Sesame Street Live, Shrine Circus, Snoop Dogg, Rascal Flatts, Tech N9ne, Toby Keith, Toughman Contest, Walking with Dinosaurs, WWE Smackdown Live SunDome fast facts and figures --Construction of the SunDome cost $12.3 million; an additional $1 million was spent to pave the parking lot and add landscaping. --
WHAT: Birthday celebration to observe the 20th anniversary of the Yakima Valley SunDome.
WHERE: Where else? The SunDome.
WHEN: Noon Thursday. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.
TICKETS: Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased from the Central Washington Fair Association office, 509-248-7160. Tickets also will be available at the door.
MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Sid Morrison, a former state legislator and congressman and current fair association treasurer.
Performers and presentations
B-52s, Bad Company, Blue Man Group, Blues Clues Live, Brad Paisley, Buck Cherry, Carrie Underwood, Celtic Women, Cher, Destiny's Child, George Lopez, Graciela Beltran, Keith Urban, Kenny Rogers, Jeff Dunham, Josh Turner, Larry the Cable Guy, Lipazanner Stallions, Marie Osmond, MME Cagefighting, RBD, Reba McEntire, Sesame Street Live, Shrine Circus, Snoop Dogg, Rascal Flatts, Tech N9ne, Toby Keith, Toughman Contest, Walking with Dinosaurs, WWE Smackdown Live
SunDome fast facts and figures
--Construction of the SunDome cost $12.3 million; an additional $1 million was spent to pave the parking lot and add landscaping.
--Opened Jan. 16, 1990.
--It's the largest concrete sectional domed roof facility in the West.
--85,000 gross square feet; 56,000 usable square feet.
--8,000 seating capacity.
--270 feet in diameter.
--90 feet interior height from floor level to the peak of the roof.
--1,600 cubic yards of concrete in the roof; a total of 6,300 cubic yards of concrete used in construction.
--Roof weighs 6.6 million pounds.
--75,000 masonry blocks used to erect the walls.
--900,000 pounds of reinforcing bar.
--10 miles of electrical conduit in the building.
--38 miles of pipe.
--Hosts 135 events on average per year.
--An estimated 14 million visitors have attended events there over the past 20 years.
--Loofburrow/Hollingberry Associates of Yakima, now Loofburrow Architects, designed the building.
--Gilbert H. Moen Co. of Yakima built the facility.
Recurring events
--Yakama SunKings (former professional basketball team)
--Annual WIAA basketball and volleyball championships, weekend tournaments
--Central Washington State Fair commercial exhibits
--Central Washington Sportsmen Show
--Central Washington Home Show
--Central Washington Bridal Show
--Area high school graduations
--Washington State Horticultural Association trade show
--Yakima Valley Warriors (inaugural season of indoor football)
-- Source: Central Washington Fair Association
Credit: Yakima Herald-Republic, Wash.
