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Spokane, Washington, located near the heart of the Inland Northwest, is home to nearly 200,000 residents and has more than 470,000 living in the surrounding area. Our city serves as a shopping, entertainment, sports, and medical hub for an area that includes Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon, North Idaho, Western Montana, and southern portions of Alberta and British Columbia. The Spokane River runs through our downtown with spectacular waterfalls running through the downtown core—all surrounded by beautiful Riverfront Park.

Spokane is an outdoor-lover's paradise, with downhill and cross-country skiing, white-water rafting, camping areas, hiking trails, numerous lakes, and the Centennial Trail (a 61-mile paved bike trail system) all in our backyard. We are home to Bloomsday, the largest timed road race in the nation, as well as Hoopfest, the largest three-on-three street basketball tournament in the world. Ironman is held each year in beautiful Coeur d’Alene, Idaho—just a 30-minute drive away.

Spokane is famous for our dedicated sports fans. MarketWatch named us as the 2011 Ten Best Minor League Sports Markets—partly due to our Arena Football League’s Spokane Shock and the Class-A Spokane Indians, who’ve been playing baseball there since 1946. Our Texas Rangers-affiliated Indians Baseball Team have led the Northwest League in attendance for the past 12 years, while the Shock are the AFL’s best-attended team from a minor-league market, playing at near capacity for the past five years. Our die-hard fans also consistently fill the seats for the Gonzaga Bulldogs, Eastern Eagles, and Washington State Cougars. Here in Spokane, sports reign supreme. Learn more about the region.

 

The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the world's largest sports events:

Bloomsday

Lilac Bloomsday Run
Lilac Bloomsday is the world’s largest road race. Every year around 50,000 runners pack the streets of Spokane the first Sunday in May for Bloomsday, a 12-kilometer road race. Learn more.

Hoopfest

Spokane Hoopfest
With over 7,000 teams, 3,000 volunteers, 25,000 players and fans, 458 courts spanning 42 downtown city blocks, Spokane Hoopfest is the biggest 3-on-3 street basketball tournament on the planet. Learn more.

Ironman

Ironman Coeur d'Alene
Each year, 1,600 of the toughest women come to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho to compete in one of the most grueling triathlons of its kind. Ironman Coeur d'Alene starts off with a 2.4 mille swim in beautiful Lake Coeur d'Alene. The 112 mile bike course and the 26.2 mile run takes athletes through rural northern Idaho. The event's amazing spectator support is one of the race highlights. Learn more.