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Balboa Park is a San Diego must-see, just minutes from downtown. The Park is home to 15 major museums, several performing arts venues, lovely gardens and many other cultural and recreational attractions–including the San Diego Zoo. Step into the beauty of 1,200 lushly planted acres, explore the attractions, enjoy the views, and you will see why Balboa Park–the nation’s largest urban cultural park–is ranked as one of the Best Parks in the World.
Many of the cultural institutions, as well as much of the stunning architecture and landscaping in the Park, are the legacy of two Expositions. The 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition commemorated the opening of the Panama Canal and provided a major impetus for the creation of the Park as it appears today. Balboa Park’s famous El Prado pedestrian walkway features highly ornamented Spanish-Renaissance style buildings constructed for this Exposition. The 1935-36 California Pacific International Exposition, held to boost the local economy during the depression, added more cultural organizations, structures and landscaping. The buildings around the Pan American Plaza at the southern end of the Park present a fascinating architectural history of the Southwest.
To help you plan your visit, a snapshot description of the major attractions in the Park follows. Enjoy discovering the excitement and beauty of Balboa Park!
Many of the cultural institutions, as well as much of the stunning architecture and landscaping in the Park, are the legacy of two Expositions. The 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition commemorated the opening of the Panama Canal and provided a major impetus for the creation of the Park as it appears today. Balboa Park’s famous El Prado pedestrian walkway features highly ornamented Spanish-Renaissance style buildings constructed for this Exposition. The 1935-36 California Pacific International Exposition, held to boost the local economy during the depression, added more cultural organizations, structures and landscaping. The buildings around the Pan American Plaza at the southern end of the Park present a fascinating architectural history of the Southwest.
To help you plan your visit, a snapshot description of the major attractions in the Park follows. Enjoy discovering the excitement and beauty of Balboa Park!
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Location
United States, California, San Diego
Employees
11-50
Phone
+1 619-239-0512
Mentions in press and media 9
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| Feb 2, 2022 | Headed To The Super Bowl? Here’s Where To Extend Your California Vacation | The stage is officially set for the 2022 Super Bowl: The Cincinnati Bengals will square off against the Los Angeles Rams on Feb. 13, and the latter team gets to play on its own turf at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. (For non-sports fans,... |
| Dec 28, 2021 | I’m a New Yorker who visited California for the first time. Here are 9 things that surprised me most. | The food and the zoo were both highlights. Jessica Kelly As a New Yorker visiting San Diego, California, for the first time, I was surprised by many things. I couldn’t get over how nice the weather was, and we had some unique experiences zi... |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Want to live in a Coronado beachfront mansion? It’s $34 million | If you’ve got $34 million, there’s a Coronado mansion with ocean views, 12 bedrooms, marbled floors and a 20-person dining room with your name on it. Built in 1902, the sprawling 23,957-square-foot Crown Manor mansion on Ocean Boulevard — o... |
| Feb 15, 2021 | San Diego’s Historic Balboa Park Awarded LEED for Communities Certification | Solar array on the roof of the Fleet Science Center in San Diego's Balboa Park. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said “Working together we’ve made sustainability part of the culture here in Balboa Park. Certification as a LEED community demonstr... |
| Jun 30, 2016 | Food Truck Friday goes weekly | Balboa Park’s experiment in food truck fare will go weekly Friday with 13 trucks around the Plaza de Panama and on El Prado — including one with a timely British theme. The event, organized by the Balboa Park Conservancy, is part of the dri... |
| Mar 30, 2016 | Food Truck Fridays starting in Balboa Park | Food Truck Nation has a new place to feed San Diegans: Balboa Park. This Friday and May 6, four or more food trucks will park in the centrally located Plaza de Panama from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and then will expand to weekly Food Truck Fridays f... |
| Jan 25, 2015 | A tale of San Diego | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE The Spreckels Organ Pavilion in San Diego’s Balboa Park was built for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition. Behind the arched roll-up door at the right is a huge pipe organ. TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Variable-color floodl... |
| Oct 17, 2008 | Drew Senyei, the VC behind the Movie on Hungary’s Class of ’56 | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints The long journey that Drew Senyei began in 1956 presently ends in San Diego, where he is well-known as the managing director of Enterprise Partners Venture Capital. As a physi... |
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FAQ about Balboa Park
What has the press written about Balboa Park?
Parsers VC has collected 9 articles mentioning Balboa Park, among them “Headed To The Super Bowl? Here’s Where To Extend Your California Vacation” (Feb 2, 2022) and “I’m a New Yorker who visited California for the first time. Here are 9 things that surprised me most.” (Dec 28, 2021).
Is Balboa Park still active?
Yes, Balboa Park is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 28, 2024.