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Places of Interest

Independence Stadium

Stadium

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Independence Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. Formerly known as State Fair Stadium and Fairgrounds Stadium, the municipally owned stadium is the site of the annual Independence Bowl post-season college football game, first held in 1976 as the Bicentennial Bowl.

Hirsch Memorial Coliseum

Stadium

Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hirsch Memorial Coliseum is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Shreveport, Louisiana, designed by the late local architect Edward F. Neild Jr. who, with his father in 1937, had designed the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport.

Fair Park Middle School

School

Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fair Park Middle School is a former high school located at 3222 Greenwood Road in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. The school was originally named Fair Park High School when it opened in 1928, and it was the second high school in the city.

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Shreveport

Photo: Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau, CC BY 2.0.

Shreveport is the largest city in Northern Louisiana, part of the twin city metro of Shreveport-Bossier City, and is considered the principal city in the three-state region known as the "Ark-La-Tex." It has about 188,000 residents, and is in the area of the state designated as the Sportsman's Paradise.

Bossier City

Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bossier City is the second-largest city in Northern Louisiana and the largest city in Bossier Parish. Home to Barksdale Air Force Base, which hosts several Air Force commands, as well as the backup landing site of Air Force One, Bossier City's recent history revolves largely around the U.S. military.

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