Current News for Anchorage
Reindeer, Retail and Recreation: A Few Reasons to Visit Anchorage During the Holiday Season
Anchorage is the quintessential winter city. Walk along plowed city sidewalks during this special time of year and see silvery-white snowflakes swirling in the light beams cast by streetlights. Listen to holiday carolers as they stroll from a hotel lobby to the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts lobby to a local art gallery. News Release – November 9,2009
Big Wild Anchorage Thanksgiving: Nothin’ But Net “Eat. Watch basketball. Ski. Repeat.” Die-hard basketball fans share the different ways they get involved in this annual action-packed weekend, which kicks off Tuesday, Nov.24, 2009, with the women’s host and three-time defending champion UAA Seawolves. News Release – November 2, 2009
Musher Jeff King to Race The Rondy World Championship Sled Dog Races -- Four-time Iditarod winner, Jeff King, has confirmed that he will run in the Rondy World Championship Sled Dog Races beginning at noon on Feb. 26, 2010, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The races are part of the 75th Anniversary of Anchorage’s Fur Rendezvous festival. News Release – Sept. 4, 2009
Anchorage adds new eateries to its already bountiful inventory -- Anchorage residents and visitors to Alaska enjoy a wide range of restaurants from urban funk to Asian inspired and fine dining with views to die for to neighborhood bistros and pubs. See what's new on the Anchorage dining scene this year. News Release – July 2, 2009
VISITING SUMMER GROUPS KEEP ANCHORAGE TOURISM BUSINESS BRIGHT: Dena’ina Center and More Hotel Rooms Make Summer Convention Business Possible -- The Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center’s 215,000 square feet of meeting space and 600 new hotel rooms are a benefit to this summer’s tourism business in Anchorage. Summer convention business such as the 700 Delta Sigma Theta sorority members meeting in Anchorage today through Sunday as well as the 1,300 national attendees of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Leadership Conference arriving July 13, 2009, help offset a national decline of individual travelers due to the down economy. News Release – July 2, 2009
