The answer was the 5150' Festival - an all day event featuring live music, food trucks, games, face painting, and more. 2021 marked the third year of the festival (it took 2020 off because, well, you know) and despite a few looming rain clouds, it went about as perfectly as one could hope.
Visit Casper, the official destination management organization for Natrona County, announced that they are launching the 'Visit Casper Business Challenge.'
The David Street Station has announced that musical artist Ian Munsick has to cancel his performance at the 5150' Festival this Saturday, August 21, due to a member of his road team contracting COVID-19.
The College National Finals Rodeo is returning to Casper this summer, and various community members are offering their support, including 17 hotels that are donating 70 rooms and up to 840 room nights. In total, the value of this move equals $114,515.64.
In celebration of the Ford Wyoming Event Center's upcoming 40th anniversary, city council has agreed to provide the center with $50,000 to for its continued operation.
The coronavirus pandemic has hit each one of us in a myriad of ways, but Visit Casper strives to remind us that "even apart, we've never been stronger".