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FORD TRUCKS RED, WHITE & BLUE POLO AND BALLOON FESTIVAL
The Third Annual Red, White & Blue Polo and Balloon Festival is an event for the entire family. Expected attendance is 50,000. The 2008 marketing campaign will feature special shape balloons for media inflations in Los Angeles and San Diego the week prior to the Festival.
Festivities will begin on Friday January 4th as 60 Hot Air Balloons will take off with Balloon Sponsors to start the Ford Trucks Red, White & Blue Polo & Balloon Festival. On Saturday morning January 5th the Balloons will take off at 6:30 AM, $5000 treasure hunt in the vendor and food village, followed by exciting polo games at the Eldorado Polo Club, a Balloon Glow and fireworks.
On Sunday, January 6th the Balloons will take off at 6:30 AM. A polo match, luncheon and fashion show will be held at the Eldorado Polo Club in the afternoon. The finale will be a second Balloon Glow Sunday evening.
Admission is free to all events with a donation to our Service Men and Women’s families from Twenty Nine Palms Marine Corp Base.
FORD TRUCKS RED, WHITE & BLUE BALLOON FESTIVAL
An event for the entire family is returning to Las Vegas on January 12 & 13, 2008 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Ford Trucks Red, White & Blue Balloon Festival will feature twenty-five plus special shape balloons and forty race balloons. Making it the second largest Special Shape Balloon Festival in the country.
Of the twenty five special shape balloons, attendees will see the Energizer Bunny, an Eagle, the Meadow Gold flying cow “Airabelle”, two Bees, a Beaver, a Fish, a Pumpkin, a Gargoyle, a Football, a Dragon, a Dinosaur, United Van Lines Moving Van, Hopper T. Frog, Noah’s Ark, a Daisy, Woodrow the Tree and many more. The average height of these balloons is nine stories tall. The Energizer Bunny balloon is taller than the Statue of Liberty and its head is bigger than the heads on Mount Rushmore.
This star-studded weekend will feature celebrities on the launch field and above. Expected attendance is 50,000. Two Balloon Glows will be held on Saturday January 12th and Sunday January 13th. Each day the inside track at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be filled with hot air balloons. Festivities begin at 3:00 PM with tether rides, music, remote control balloons, food and vendor village.
The first balloons to inflate will be the Special Shape Balloons followed by the sport balloons. From 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM all balloons will be tethered as they light their burners to create an awe-inspiring light show. Guests are invited on to the field where they can walk among these illuminated giants.
Admission is free to all events with a donation to the families of our Service Men and Women from Nellis Air Force Base serving overseas.
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