Editing Kennewick, Washington (section)

==Culture==
[[File:American Empress at Howard Amon Park, stern.jpg|thumb|The [[American Empress]] stops in the Tri-Cities for wine tours and other excursions.]]
Kennewick hosts a number of events throughout the year, many of which are held outdoors in public parks during the warm season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://go2kennewick.com/538/Recreation-Community-Events |title=Recreation Community Events |publisher=City of Kennewick |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923231859/https://www.go2kennewick.com/538/Recreation-Community-Events |url-status=live }}</ref> The largest weekend event in town is the Tri-Cities Water Follies, which fill the weekend of the [[HAPO Gold Cup]], a hydroplane race taking place every July in the Columbia River just upstream of the Blue Bridge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visittri-cities.com/what-to-see-and-do/recreation/ |title=Sports Tri-Cities |publisher=Tri-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201204754/http://www.visittri-cities.com/what-to-see-and-do/recreation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Activities in Kennewick that weekend include the races itself as well as an [[airshow]]. There are other events throughout the Tri-Cities during Water Follies, such as Art in the Park, a craft show at [[Howard Amon Park]] in Richland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://waterfollies.com/ |title=Home |publisher=Water Follies |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=March 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304232707/https://waterfollies.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://festivalnet.com/9832/Richland-Washington/Craft-Shows/Art-in-the-Park |title=Art in the Park 2020, a craft show in Richland, Washington |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511143522/https://festivalnet.com/9832/Richland-Washington/Craft-Shows/Art-in-the-Park |url-status=live }}</ref> Over 70,000 people attend events related to Water Follies each year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Water Follies attendance numbers are in |url=https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/water-follies-attendance-numbers-are-in/article_337d2b52-2175-5563-bb13-7b02c562a332.html |publisher=[[KNDU-TV]] |date=August 1, 2011 |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908133540/https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/water-follies-attendance-numbers-are-in/article_337d2b52-2175-5563-bb13-7b02c562a332.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Benton and [[Franklin County, Washington|Franklin]] Counties combine to host a single [[fair]] at the end of each summer at the fairgrounds off SR 397 in east Kennewick. Like many other county fairs across the United States, the fair has livestock exhibitions, retail, carnival rides, and concerts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://d38trduahtodj3.cloudfront.net/files.ashx?t=fg&rid=BentonFranklinFair&f=foodfindermapwithoutlegend.pdf |title=Food Finder Map |publisher=Benton Franklin Fair and Rodeo |year=2019 |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316134230/https://d38trduahtodj3.cloudfront.net/files.ashx?t=fg&rid=BentonFranklinFair&f=foodfindermapwithoutlegend.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Also on site during the fair is a [[rodeo]] named the Horse Heaven Round-Up.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bentonfranklinfair.com/p/about/horses-heaven-round-up-rodeo |title=Horse Heaven Round-Up Rodeo |publisher=Benton Franklin Fair and Rodeo |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=March 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304132714/https://www.bentonfranklinfair.com/p/about/horses-heaven-round-up-rodeo |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Tourism===
The arid climate and warm temperatures during the summer draw people to Kennewick from around the Pacific Northwest. Many summertime visitors engage in boating and other water related activities in the Columbia, Snake, and Yakima rivers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visittri-cities.com/what-to-see-and-do/recreation/ |title=Sports Tri-Cities |publisher=Tri-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201204754/http://www.visittri-cities.com/what-to-see-and-do/recreation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The city and port district work together to further develop tourism throughout the city. This includes recent improvements to [[Clover Island]], which has a hotel, lighthouse, and the [[Ice Harbor Brewing Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cloverislandinn.com/ |title=Waterfront Kennewick Hotel |access-date=February 21, 2016 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303034554/http://cloverislandinn.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Joshi |first=Pratik |title=Kennewick's Clover Island lighthouse gets its lid |url=https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/kennewick-s-clover-island-lighthouse-gets-its-lid/article_3bd3182b-0cb5-5639-b6c8-37c9f0a527bf.html |publisher=[[Wenatchee World]] |date=January 7, 2010 |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908134112/https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/local/kennewick-s-clover-island-lighthouse-gets-its-lid/article_3bd3182b-0cb5-5639-b6c8-37c9f0a527bf.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://iceharbor.com/ |title=Ice Harbor Brewery |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715171741/http://iceharbor.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Adjacent to Clover Island is historic downtown, which has many antique and clothing shops. {{As of|2020}}, work is ongoing to develop the former Vista Field area in the west side of town into a mixed-use development that will include shopping.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.portofkennewick.org/projects/vista-field/ |title=Vista Field |publisher=Port of Kennewick |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230193257/https://www.portofkennewick.org/projects/vista-field/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kennewick lies near the center of Washington's wine country, which stretches from the Yakima Valley through the Columbia Basin and [[Horse Heaven Hills]] east to the Walla Walla Valley. There are several [[American Viticultural Area]]s near town. Wine tasting is a major part of the Tri-Cities tourism economy, with over 300 wineries and wine bars rooms in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gotastewine.com/tri-cities-wineries.php |title=2020 Guide to Tri-Cities Wineries |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=October 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012125512/https://www.gotastewine.com/tri-cities-wineries.php |url-status=live }}</ref> The city actively markets this to bring in visitors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visittri-cities.com/what-to-see-and-do/sip-sample/wineries/ |title=Washington Wine Tours |publisher=Tri-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201203429/http://www.visittri-cities.com/what-to-see-and-do/sip-sample/wineries/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Cruises travel up the Columbia from Portland with a stop in the Tri-Cities to tour wineries in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.americanqueensteamboatcompany.com/river-cruises/columbia-and-snake-river-cruises/ |title=Columbia River Cruises & Snake River Cruises |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=March 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325033737/https://www.americanqueensteamboatcompany.com/river-cruises/columbia-and-snake-river-cruises/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Sports===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|-
! Club
! Sport
! League
! Venue<br />(capacity)
! Founded
! Titles
! Record<br />Attendance
|-
| '''[[Tri-City Americans]]'''
| [[Ice hockey]]
| align=center | [[Western Hockey League|WHL]]
| align=center | [[Toyota Center (Kennewick)|Toyota Center]]<br />(5,694)
| align=center | 1988
| align=center | 0
| align=center | 6,053
|-
| '''[[Tri-City Dust Devils]]'''
| Baseball
| align=center | [[Minor League Baseball|MiLB]]
| align=center | Gesa Stadium<br />(3,700)
| align=center | 1979
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 2,701
|}

[[File:Toyota Center Kennewick 2.jpg|thumb|The [[Toyota Center (Kennewick, Washington)|Toyota Center]].]]

Kennewick hosts two professional sports team, the [[Tri-City Americans]] of the [[Western Hockey League]] and the Tri-City Dust Devils (baseball). The Tri-City Americans play at the [[Toyota Center (Kennewick, Washington)|Toyota Center]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whl.ca/schedule/270/217 |title=WHL Network |publisher=[[Western Hockey League]] |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118145031/https://whl.ca/schedule/270/217 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gofirefootball.com/ |title=Home |publisher=[[American West Football Conference]] |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121163630/http://gofirefootball.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Tri-City Dust Devils]] (a [[farm team]] of the Los Angeles Angels) plays at [[Gesa Stadium]] in Pasco.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/tri-city-dust-devils/tickets |title=Tickets |publisher=[[Minor League Baseball]] |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=January 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102190422/https://www.milb.com/tri-city-dust-devils/tickets |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Tri-City Americans were one of the original teams in the Western Hockey League, starting in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]] in 1966. The team moved a couple times before coming to the Tri-Cities in 1988, most recently being in a suburb of [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]. The team's move to the Tri-Cities made them the first professional hockey team to play in the area and was the catalyst for constructing the Toyota Center.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fowler |first=Annie |title=Tri-City Americans celebrate 25 years |url=https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/other-sports/tri-city-americans/article32084199.html |work=Tri-City Herald |date=September 21, 2012 |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=July 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712214754/https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/other-sports/tri-city-americans/article32084199.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Americans have won the US Division four times, but have not yet won a Western Conference final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/stte/tri-city-americans-8541.html |title=Tri-City Americans hockey team statistics and history |publisher=hockeydb.com |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303215204/https://www.hockeydb.com/stte/tri-city-americans-8541.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Tri-Cities Fire was an indoor football team that played in a league with three other teams. The team was founded in 2019, bringing indoor football back to the Toyota Center after the [[Tri-City Fever]] went dormant in 2016. The team folded after one year.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/other-sports/article223166745.html |title=Indoor football league considers new Tri-City team |work=Tri-City Herald |date=December 15, 2018 |access-date=January 24, 2020 |archive-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216133402/https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/other-sports/article223166745.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/ifl-issues-statement-on-tri-cities-fever/n-5174401 |title=IFL Issues Statement on Tri-Cities Fever |date=June 30, 2016 |publisher=Indoor Football League |via=OurSports Central |access-date=July 1, 2016 |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810050800/http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/ifl-issues-statement-on-tri-cities-fever/n-5174401 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Fire finished their first season with an 0–12 record, the worst in the league.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.americanwestfootballconference.com/stats#/562/standings?division_id=5611 |title=AWFC Stats |publisher=[[American West Football Conference]] |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512004908/https://www.americanwestfootballconference.com/stats#/562/standings?division_id=5611 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Fever won one [[National Indoor Football League]] championship in 2005, beating the Rome Renegades. They went to the [[Indoor Football League]] championship game in 2011 and 2012, losing to [[Sioux Falls Storm]] both years.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3202188 |title=Defense, Coleman lead Fever to Indoor Bowl V win |date=July 31, 2005 |publisher=National Indoor Football League |via=OurSports Central |access-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-date=January 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111114646/http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3202188 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Professional minor league baseball teams have played in Kennewick starting as early as 1950 with the Tri-City Braves. Other teams included the [[Tri-City Atoms]], the Tri-City A's, the Tri-City Triplets, and the Tri-City Ports. All of these played at Sanders-Jacobs Field, which has since been demolished.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalballparks.com/JacobsSanders.html |title=Jacobs Sanders Field |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=August 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822234208/http://www.digitalballparks.com/JacobsSanders.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref> The Tri-City Posse preceded the Dust Devils playing at GESA Stadium. The city presently hosts the Atomic City Rollergirls, an amateur [[roller derby]] team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://flattrackstats.com/teams/18372 |title=Atomic City Rollergirls |publisher=Flat Track Stats |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126125732/http://www.flattrackstats.com/teams/18372 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Washington State University]] occasionally plays [[basketball]] at the Toyota Center.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yourtoyotacenter.com/event/wsu-mens-basketball-vs-montana-state/ |title=WSU Men's Basketball vs Montana State |publisher=[[Toyota Center (Kennewick, Washington)|Toyota Center]] |date=December 9, 2018 |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316140255/https://yourtoyotacenter.com/event/wsu-mens-basketball-vs-montana-state/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Media===
The only daily newspaper published in the Tri-Cities, the ''[[Tri-City Herald]]'', is based in downtown Kennewick.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tri-cityherald.com/customer-service/about-us/ |title=About Us |publisher=Tri-City Herald |access-date=January 3, 2020 |archive-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116020421/https://www.tri-cityherald.com/customer-service/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''Tri-Cities Journal of Business'' is a monthly print publication that is also located in Kennewick and also has a significant online presence. The ''Journal of Business'' also publishes the ''Senior Times'', whose target demographic is Tri-Citians who are 60 years or older.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/subscribe-now-to-journal-of-business/#join |title=Subscribe to the Tri-Cities Journal of Business |publisher=Tri-Cities Journal of Business |access-date=January 3, 2020 |archive-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116002530/https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/subscribe-now-to-journal-of-business/#join |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/senior-times/ |title=Senior Times |publisher=Tri-Cities Journal of Business |access-date=January 3, 2020 |archive-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116002858/https://www.tricitiesbusinessnews.com/senior-times/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The city hosts ''Tú Decides'', a bilingual weekly news publication that is both in print and online. ''Tú Decides'' is available in both Spanish and English.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tudecidesmedia.com/ |title=Tú Decides Media |access-date=January 3, 2020 |archive-date=March 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314180429/https://tudecidesmedia.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Richland based ''Tumbleweird'' is an [[alternative newspaper]] published monthly that covers the Tri-Cities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.medioq.com/US/Richland/515953291947297/Tumbleweird |title=Tumbleweird |publisher=Mediox |access-date=January 3, 2020 |archive-date=January 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103221226/https://www.medioq.com/US/Richland/515953291947297/Tumbleweird |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kennewick and the Tri-Cities share a [[television market]] with [[Yakima, Washington|Yakima]]. Because of this, the local affiliates of major national networks are closely linked to the affiliates in Yakima. The studios of the Tri-Cities affiliates of [[NBC]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] are located in Kennewick. These are [[KNDU]], [[KVEW]], and [[KFFX-TV|KFFX]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcrightnow.com/ |title=nbcrightnow.com |publisher=[[KNDU]] |access-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908132143/https://www.nbcrightnow.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yaktrinews.com/station/ |title=About - YakTriNews |access-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-date=January 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117001317/https://www.yaktrinews.com/station/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://fox41yakima.com/ |title=FOX 11 and 41 Tri-Cities - Yakima |access-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-date=March 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330010309/https://fox41yakima.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[CBS]] affiliate, [[KEPR-TV|KEPR]] is in Pasco.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://keprtv.com/station/contact |title=Pasco Contact |access-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118064523/https://keprtv.com/station/contact |url-status=live }}</ref> KFFX does not produce any local programming, instead it acquires its news from KNDU and its parent station—[[KHQ-TV|KHQ]] in [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]]. Unlike the television market, the Tri-Cities and Yakima have separate radio markets. Sixteen radio stations are licensed in Kennewick by the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] with others in nearby cities. There are several religious [[non-commercial radio]] stations with coverage in Kennewick. The school district operates a student-run station out of Tri-Tech.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locate?select=city&city=Kennewick%2C+WA&x=12&y=5 |title=Radio Stations in Kennewick, Washington |publisher=Radio Locator |access-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316140305/https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locate?select=city&city=Kennewick%2C+WA&x=12&y=5 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[National Public Radio|NPR]] member stations [[Northwest Public Radio]] and [[Oregon Public Broadcasting]] also serve Kennewick.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nwpb.org/about-us/#coveragearea |title=About Us |publisher=[[Northwest Public Radio]] |access-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308133029/https://www.nwpb.org/about-us/#coveragearea |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KRBM&service=FM |title=KRBM-FM Radio Station Coverage Map |publisher=Radio Locator |access-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316135141/https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KRBM&service=FM |url-status=live }}</ref>