RADIO
CITY MUSIC HALL
Radio
City Music Hall is in the news so let's learn some more about it! Radio
City Music Hall is located in Rockefeller Center in New York City. It
is one of the world's most exciting theaters. Radio City is one of the
largest indoor theaters in the world! It opened its doors on December
27, 1932 and has been welcoming people to enjoy the show ever since.
In total, more than 300,000,000 people (that is 300 million people)
have watched a show, concert or other event. Three hundred million is
more than the population of the entire United States of America!
S.L. "Roxy"
Rothafel had the first idea to build The Radio City Music Hall. It was
the first building in the Rockefeller Center in New York City and quickly
became known as "The Showplace of the Nation." Radio City Music Hall
was made a New York City landmark in 1979, and a National Historic Landmark
in 1987.
The Music
Hall cost about $8 million dollars to build back in the early 1930s
and the inside of it was planned by a man named Donald Deskey.
There is
a huge organ inside Radio City! The total weight of the entire unit
is five tons! It takes 11 rooms to hold the pipes of the organ and these
pipes can be as tall as 32 feet.
In total,
over two million people walk through Radio City's doors every year.
The Radio
City Christmas Show is a big tradition for the Music Hall. This show
stars the world famous Rockettes. The Christmas Show was first performed
in 1933. Over one million people come and see the Christmas show every
year!
BASEBALL
PLAYOFF TEAMS FUN FACTS
Here are
some Fun Facts about the teams that made the baseball playoffs this
year:
New York
Yankees: Won the American League East Division - won the World Series
last year.
Texas Rangers:
Won the American League West - made the division round playoffs in 1996
and 1998 but both years they lost to the Yankees.
Houston
Astros: Won the National League Central - have had back-to-back 90-win
seasons for the first time in team history.
Arizona
Diamondbacks: Won the National League West - this is only the second
year that this team has been in existence and first time making it to
the playoffs - they improved their record this year by 35 games over
last season's 65 - 97 finish.
Boston
Red Sox: The American League "Wildcard" team - finished their season
with a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles. Right-handed pitcher
Pedro Martinez is a strong candidate for the Cy Young Award.
New York
Mets: The National League "Wildcard" team - advanced to the playoffs
for the first time since 1988 when they lost the National League Championship
series to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Cleveland
Indians: Won the American League Central - played in the World Series
in 1995 where they lost to the Atlanta Braves and in 1997 where they
lost to the Florida Marlins.
Atlanta
Braves: Won the National League East division - won the World Series
in 1995 - have made the playoffs every year in the 1990's except 1990
- Wow!
FOOTBALL
SCHEDULE
Who will
win? Here is this week's football schedule:
Buffalo
@ Pittsburgh
New England @ Kansas City
Chicago @ Minnesota
Atlanta @ New Orleans
San Francisco @ Philadelphia
San Diego @ Detroit
Cincinnati @ Cleveland
New York Giants @ Arizona
Denver @ Oakland
Miami @ Tennessee
Tampa Bay @ Green Bay
Jacksonville @ New York Jets
