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==Sports== [[File:Growden Memorial Park Fairbanks Alaska Bleachers and Box Seats.jpg|thumb|right|Baseball facilities at [[Growden Memorial Park]]]] Fairbanks offers a variety of winter sports, including cross-country skiing and dog mushing. The city hosted the [[2014 Arctic Winter Games]] from March 15β22, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to the 2014 Arctic Winter Games - Fairbanks |url=http://awg2014.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219172836/http://awg2014.org/ |archive-date=February 19, 2016 |access-date=November 19, 2015 |website=Awg2014.org }}</ref> Fairbanks has also held skiing events that include the 2003 Junior Olympic Cross Country Ski Championship and the 2008 and 2009 U.S. Cross Country Distance Nationals.<ref name="Ussadistancenationals">{{Cite web |title=USA Distance Nationals β The usa distance nationals guru |url=http://www.ussadistancenationals.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328113322/http://www.ussadistancenationals.org/ |archive-date=March 28, 2009}}</ref> A 50k race called the Sonot Kkaazoot is held annually in Fairbanks, as are the Fairbanks Town Series races<ref name="i800">{{cite web | last=Rodenberger | first=Jordan | title=Fort Knox Town Series #3 featured skiers of all ages, including the top prep athletes in Fairbanks | website=www.webcenterfairbanks.com | date=2021-01-27 | url=https://www.webcenterfairbanks.com/2021/01/27/town-series-3-featured-skiers-of-all-ages-including-the-top-prep-athletes-in-fairbanks/ | access-date=2024-05-12}}</ref> and the Chest Medicine Distance Series races. Fairbanks is also home to the [[Yukon Quest]], an international 1,000 mile sled dog race that is considered one of the toughest in the world. The race alternates its starting and finishing points each year between Fairbanks, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon. Hockey is also present in Fairbanks. Two teams include the University of Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks men's team ice hockey, which plays at the [[Carlson Center]], and the Fairbanks Ice Dogs. The [[Fairbanks Ice Dogs]], a junior hockey team in the North American Hockey League, play at the Big Dipper Ice Arena. Prior to the formation of the Ice Dogs, the Fairbanks Gold Kings was formed as a league team by the Teamsters Local 959 in 1974. The team took on a life of its own beyond local league play, and played out of the Big Dipper for many years until moving to Colorado Springs, Colorado and becoming the [[Colorado Gold Kings]] in 1998. The [[Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks|Alaska Goldpanners]] is a summer collegiate / semi-pro baseball team, playing home games at [[Growden Memorial Park]]. The park is home to the annual [[Midnight Sun Game]], an annual tradition since 1906, played without artificial lights starting after ten at night on the summer solstice. The city was briefly represented in the Indoor Football League by the [[Fairbanks Grizzlies]]. Fairbanks is the starting and ending point for the Yukon 800 speedboat race, held annually in June.
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