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All about Saratoga Springs
The 2022 Chancellor's Awards for Student Excellence is being held at the Hall of Springs in the Saratoga Spa State Park. This new location presents the need to be familiar with new services and activities, like accomodations, cultural events, and dining options.
Fun Facts About Saratoga:
- The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) is an amphitheater and is the summer home of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York City Ballet.
- Since 2006, the Saratoga Native American Festival has been held on SPAC grounds every fall
- Saratoga’s New Year’s celebration First Night Saratoga is the largest New Year’s Eve event in New York outside of NYC
- 12 Years a Slave (2013) was shot in Saratoga
- Whitney Houston’s music video for “Didn’t We Almost Have It All,” the second single from her studio album, was filmed at SPAC in 1987
- It is believed that the club sandwich was invented in the Canfield Casino in 1894
- Walt Disney World Resort has a themed resort called Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, whose theme and design was inspired by the city
- The Walt Disney World Railroad station at Main Street U.S.A. in the Magic Kingdom was modeled after and closely resembles the former Victorian era railroad depot that once stood in downtown Saratoga Springs
- Caffe Lena is the oldest continuously running folk venue in the country and features established and emerging musicians, poets, and storytellers
Things to Do in Saratoga:
- Saratoga Automobile Museum
- Seven Days a Week: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Students: $10
- Adults: $12
- Saratoga Spa State Park
- Natural Mineral Springs
- Deer Park Spring: In Congress Park near Broadway
- Karista Spring: Geyser Park in the State Park
- Geyser Spring: Under the Joseph Bruno Pavilion
- Peerless Spring: High Rock Park, across from High Rock Spring
- Big Red Spring: Picnic area at Saratoga Race Course
- Old Red Spring: High Rock Avenue past Empire Spring
- Hathorn Spring No. 1: Northeast corner of Putnam and Springs Streets
- Hathorn Spring No. 2: Saratoga Spa State Park
- Hayes Well Spring: Next to Geyser Island Spouter in the Geyser Park area
- Governor Spring: High Rock Avenue, right next to the Peerless Spring and across fr4om the High Rock Spring
- Charlie Spring: Located near Hall of Springs entrance to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
- Orenda Spring and Tufa Deposits: Saratoga Spa State Park 2.9-mile Geyser Trail
- High Rock Spring: Across Maple Avenue from The Olde Bryan Inn
- Coesa Spouter: In the woods of Saratoga Spa State Park
- Ferndell Spring: Ferndell Trail, accessed from the North-South Road in Saratoga Spa State Park
- State Seal Spring: Saratoga Spa State Park
- Geyser Island Spouter: Right off of Geyser Loop Road at the Geyser Park in Saratoga Springs surrounded by an island of hardened minerals
- Empire Spring: Excelsior Avenue in the restored Van Raalte knitting mill
- Congress Spring: Underneath Congress Park’s pavilion
- Columbian Spring: Near Congress Street at Broadway Avenue
- Polaris Spring: Middle of Saratoga Spa State Park, right off of Geyser Loop Road
- New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center
- Tuesday to Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Museum Hours)
- Tuesday to Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Research Center Hours)
- Free
- Skateboard Park
- Hours: Dawn to Dusk everyday
- 226 Lake Ave
- Universal Preservation Hall (UPH)
- Friday, April 22: Journeyman – The #1 Tribute to Eric Clapton
- Tickets: $20 - $40
- Saratoga Lake
- Waterfront Park
- Restaurants
- Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park
