Jackpot, Nevada
Jackpot, Nevada is an unincorporated town in Elko County named for slot-machine winnings. Located less than 1 mile from the Idaho border on U.S. Highway 93, Jackpot has been a popular casino gaming destination for residents of Idaho and other neighboring states since its founding. The town of Jackpot is located in the far northeast of Nevada on the border with Idaho. The small town exists primarily as a gaming destination for the residents of Idaho, where gambling is illegal. For a town of 1500, Jackpot has six large hotel resorts including Barton's Club 93, Cactus Pete's Resort, Covered Wagon Hotel, Four Jacks Hotel, Horseshu Hotel, and the West Star Hotel.

Jetstream Aviation
Jetstream Aviation is an FAA certified part 141 fixed wing flight school in Idaho. They are committed to customer service in the most safe, efficient and professional environment. They tailor the training to each student, considering their background, future needs, schedule and concerns. They make you (the student) the priority.

Location
Jetstream is located at the Boise/Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho at "The Hanger" on the north side of the airport. The airspace at Boise provides the most ideal situation in the United Sates for flight training. The airspace is busy enough to learn how to fly with the "big boys" and to use proper radio techniques for flying in any airspace in the United States. On the other hand, the volume of traffic is not so overwhelming that the training is not feasible. Also, the air traffic controllers at Boise are some of the most professional and friendly people in the United States.

Training Syllabus
Jetstream utilizes the Jeppesen "Guided Flight Discovery" System. Training is recorded after every flight in the student's personal logbook and training folder. A syllabus is used for training to let the student plan for future flights and see the overall picture of flight training. Using the syllabus makes training shorter and therefore less expensive. It also nullifies the frustration of not knowing what the next flight is going to be about and what flight training is needed to finish the certificate or rating. Once again, these procedures are in place to better serve you, the student.

"Finish Up" Courses
Jetstream specializes in "finish up" courses. There are many students who have started their training elsewhere but have not finished for many reasons including financing, schedule, and not being satisfied with the training or service that particular school or individual had offered. There are common problems and Jetstream guarantees that as a student you will be fully satisfied with the service and training offered. On your initial contact with Jetstream, a time will be set up so listen to your background, questions and goals in order to formulate an individual plan and schedule to succeed.

GPS, Personal Aircraft Training, etc...
Jetstream also provides instruction in your airplane to include certified - advanced Cirrus instruction, pilot interview - simulator preparation, certificates, ratings and biennial flight reviews. Some popular requests include: an understanding of Global Positioning System (GPS) and utilization, radio techniques and specific airstrip procedures.
The Discovery Flight special is perfect for anyone interested in flying. It includes approximately one-half hour of you flying the aircraft and as much time as needed on the ground to answer any questions about flight training, flight careers, or financing. Contact Jetstream Aviation today to schedule this great flight. The cost is only $59.00 for the flight.

Julia Davis Park
Julia Davis Park is a Regional Park located near downtown Boise.  The park is 89.4 acres and is  a cultural, historic and artistic gateway into the heart of the city. Nestled within the park is the Rose Garden, Zoo Boise, Boise Art Museum, Idaho State Historical Museum, the Black History Museum and the Discovery Center. The band shell, playground, lagoon and river walks also are favorites of residents and visitors alike.

This beautiful park began as a donation of 43 acres of land to the people of Boise in 1907 by Thomas Davis as a memorial to his beloved wife, Julia.

 Amenities; Reservations, Rose Garden, Zoo Boise, Playground, Cultural Sites, Tennis. 

Knitting Factory Concert House
The Northwest's premier concert house, restaurant, and nightclub is located in the new BoDo Entertainment District, in the heart of historic downtown Boise.

The Knitting Factory Concert House's 1,000-capacity concert venue features top performers from around the world as well as dance parties and sporting events. The venue is also available for private functions, receptions, and corporate parties. The Alterknit Lounge, adjacent to the main club, is open prior to every concert, serving up drinks and delicious food.   See our menu.

Knock "EM" Dead Theatre
Knock 'em Dead Dinner Theater is a unique combination of fine arts and excellent cuisine all in one location. That's just part of the experience when you enter Knock 'em Dead Dinner Theatre. Knock 'em Dead (KED) is proud to offer a unique theater experience with musical shows ranging from classics to recent Broadway fare to comedy to avant-garde drama with an aim to bringing to Boise some of the not-so-familiar shows that have proven so popular on the American and European stages. Weekend shows include a catered dinner.

Doors open at 6:15 p.m. on Thurs, Fri & Sat. Seating begins at 6:30 pm. Seating for those not eating dinner on Fri & Sat begins at 7:30 pm. A $1.50 ticketing convenience fee will be added to all ticket prices.

Majestic Movie Theatre
The Majestic Cinemas in Meridian Idaho is the Treasure Valley's newest state-of-the-art movie theater with 18 movie screens with select theaters showing the highest quality 2k digital movies. It features DLP Dolby digital cinema, stadium seating, and rocking chairs. You may buy tickets on-line, too. Birthday party packages for kids are also available for $15 per guest. These include: a private party room for one hour either before or after the movie; movie admission (your choice of a current movie for your group); reserved seating in the theater; a soda, a popcorn and a candy for each guest (hot dogs are available at $2); and, a party coordinator to help while in the party room. Morning parties and classic movies are available at an additional charge. Minimum of ten guests per party, with a $25 non-refundable deposit required to hold date. Contact theater manager at (208) 893-5028 to make arrangements or for more details.

Meridian Speedway
Meridian Speedway is a 1/4 mile semi-banked, asphalt-paved oval located near Meridian, Idaho for racing of Bandolero cars, Stock cars, and Sprint cars. The facility also has a 1/8 mile low banked dirt oval for Sprints, Go-Karts, and Speedway Cycle racing events.

Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
Located on the campus of Boise State University, the Morrison Center is proud to be the resident venue for the following Boise-based Performing Arts Companies: Boise Philharmonic Association, Ballet Idaho, Opera Idaho, and Boise State University's Departments of Music and Theatre. It has hosted such greats as Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Harry Bellefonte, Bill Cosby, Jerry Seinfeld, David Copperfield, Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain and Josh Groban's 1st U.S. tour. The hit Broadway show Miss Saigon had a two-week run in the Center, and numerous other Broadway productions have been here as part of the Center's Broadway in Boise series since 1997 that include; Jesus Christ Superstar; Annie; Cats; Chicago; Rent; and most recently the international mega hit Mamma Mia!.

Nampa Civic Center
In the heart of the Treasure Valley, the Nampa Civic Center is the place where everyone gathers to enjoy life's events. It is the place where ideas are discovered, music is heard, art is admired and associations are made. It is the place where couples join their hearts in marriage, businesses gather to plan the future and people celebrate life while enjoying fine food and beverages.

Northend.org
The Northend.org web site was created to insure that the Northend community would be provided with a subjective view of the important issues and opportunities we are facing in one of the great, dynamic neighborhoods of the West. Northend.org is also dedicated to preserving the values and characteristics that makes it the unique and progressive community it is through doing my part to educate people about the historic treasures that are part of our area. Check the Northend.org calendar for activities and news.

Old Idaho Penitentiary
Idaho Territory was less than ten years old when the territorial prison was built east of Boise in 1870. The penitentiary grew from a single cell house into a complex of several distinctive buildings surrounded by a high sandstone wall. Convicts quarried the stone from the nearby ridges and completed all the later construction.

Over its century of operation, the penitentiary received more than 13,000 convicts, of whom 215 were women. Spurred in part by conditions that sparked a general riot in 1971 and an even more severe riot in 1973, the inmate population was moved to a modern penitentiary south of Boise and the Old Idaho Penitentiary was closed on December 3, 1973. After the Penitentiary closed in 1973, the site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Opera Idaho
The primary mission of Opera Idaho is to fund and produce grand opera of the highest possible professional standard, in Boise and throughout the State of Idaho, and to foster wider acceptance, appreciation and enjoyment of opera and related art forms in young people and adults of all social and economic backgrounds, through diverse educational and outreach programs.

Opera Idaho's mission for its professional resident company is to promote opera in general by providing training and performance opportunities for the many talented singers in the Boise area. Comprised of vocational and professional singers, the Resident Company attempts to challenge even the highest level of singing artist while remaining accessible to both younger and less-experienced performers.

Pojos
Family fun center and party place, with cafe and indoor entertainment that includes bumper cars, carousel, arcades, simulators, rides for tiny tots, games, and prizes. Birthday party packages also available, which include reserved seating for 90 minutes in private party rooms with food, drinks, cake, pictures, and prizes.

Qwest Arena
Qwest Arena is the most original indoor sports and events arena in the Northwest. Located in the heart of downtown Boise, Qwest Arena is just steps away from shopping, restaurants and local businesses. Qwest Arena has bowl seating for 5,000 people, 39 entertainment suites and additional seating on the arena floor dependant upon event staging. Home of the Idaho Steelheads (hockey), the Boise Burn (football) and the Idaho Stampede (basketball), Qwest Arena hosts a variety of special events including concerts, trade shows, conventions, ice shows and other sporting events.

The Qwest Arena features 39 suites, including 20 Executive Suites located on the 2nd floor of the Grove Hotel and 19 Founder Suites on the 3rd floor that overlook the arena. Each suite is equipped with a closed circuit television, a terrace with balcony seating in the arena and also personalized food and beverage service during live sporting events, concerts and family entertainment.

Roaring Springs
This is the largest water park (17 acres) in the Northwest, and is located a few miles west of Boise off interstate 84. The water park provides relief from the relentless heat of a typical Idaho summer day. Bright yellow slides twist and turn high above the park. Children scream in delight as they fly down the serpentine water slides.

Roaring Springs features more than 20 attractions, including the Viper's Vortex bowl slide, which is a four-story two passenger flume ride that ends with a swirl around the inside of a giant bowl. Mammoth Canyon is a four-person family raft ride that spins and feels like a bobsled on water. There is also a wave pool, float river, tube rides, two kiddie play areas, and concessions. Group rates are available with reservation.

In January 2008, the owners of Roaring Springs Water Park purchased the 8-acre Boondocks Fun Center (also listed here), which is the largest arcade and recreation center in the valley. That means you are able to buy one ticket to go to both on the same day, which is very convenient as they both sit side-by-side on Overland Road.

Sawtooth Flying Service
An air taxi and aircraft charter service based in Boise, Sawtooth Flying Service specializes in city-to-city flights, wildlife surveys (with and without radiotelemetry), and travel to the backcountry for hiking, fishing, hunting, river rafting or visiting great wilderness resorts. They are an associate member of the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association.
Sawtooth Flying Service is currently a single pilot FAA air taxi service. The pilot, Gene Mussler, has been flying since 1966 accident-free. He has received a 5000 hour flying safety award from the state of Idaho. He is retired from a twenty year career with the USAF, and has been flying the Idaho backcountry since 1990.

Sawtooth Flying Service currently operates a Cessna Turbo 206 and a Cessna 180. The C-206 is a six place aircraft and can carry one-half ton load, while the C-180 is a four place aircraft and carries a 700 pound load. The 206 has a short take-off and landing kit for operating on short, unimproved backcountry wilderness runways. Travel throughout Idaho and the Northwest on your own schedule.

SkiDive Idaho
The Skydown Sport Skydiving School is located at the Caldwell Industrial Airport, and is an instructional center offering static and tandem drops, as well as student and advanced training programs.

A Tandem skydive is the most popular way for people to experience the thrill of freefall and the serenity of a parachute ride with the least amount of training. On a tandem skydive, you are attached to the front of a USPA rated tandem instructor during the entire freefall and parachute ride. Your instructor controls the jump, so you are free to experience the sensations of flying while enjoying the breathtaking view of the valley.

Southwest Idaho Travel Association
Visitors to Southwest Idaho will appreciate this web site, which lists the following things to do by category, with links to that particular venue:

• Arts & Entertainment: Arts & Culture, Fairs & Festivals, Film Festivals, Historical, Lewis & Clark, Rodeos, Sporting, Winter Celebrations
• Food and Wine: Wineries, Restaurants
• Golf and Sporting Events
• History and Heritage: Ghost/Mining Era Towns, Historic Sites, Museums
• Outdoor Activities: Skiing, Backcountry Skiing, Nordic Skiing, Snowcat Skiing, Sledding, Sleigh Rides, Snowmobiling, Boating, Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Rafting and Kayaking, Mountain Biking, Road Biking, ATV Riding, Ballooning, Guided Trips, Horseback Riding, Hot Springs, Natural Attractions, Parks, Scenic Drives, Skateboard Parks, Tours, Trains, Wagon Rides, Wildlife Viewing

Splat Paintball
Paintball is one of the fastest growing sports in the country, and for good reason. It is fun, exciting, safe and great exercise. Paintball is a great stress reliever, especially when you are blasting away at best friends, boss, co-workers, and/or your kids.

Starlight Mountain Theatre
Starlight Mountain Theatre is an outdoor summer musical repertory dinner theatre (June - September) that offers professional Broadway musicals in a mountain setting on the bank of the Middle Fork of the Payette River in Crouch. The theatre seats 300 patrons in stadium-style seating where the designed elevation creates a perfect view from every seat. Since mountain air can be cool in the evening, patrons are reminded to bring jackets and blankets just in case. During the summer, Starlight Mountain Theatre offers a full dinner Thursdays through Saturdays with 24-hour-in- advance reservations, plus concessions at the amphitheater.

The park sits on 17 beautiful acres of meadow with access to the river and to the Starlight Mountain Theatre. There is space for RVs with full hook-ups, as well as campsites on 17 acres. Two sites are right on the river and the other three sit about 100 yards from the river. Each site has a fire ring and picnic table. Although there are only five designated sites, there is plenty of room to accommodate large groups. The sites have access to port-a-potties, but have no additional amenities. Gas, groceries, restaurants, and shopping are available in the immediate area.

A delicious meal (price included in the ticket fee) is served Thursday through Saturday evenings at 6:30 pm with 24 hours advance reservation required (reservations must be made by 5:00 pm the day before). A different theme dinner is served for each show. Vegetarian meal is available on request. See their web site for the menu.

Starlight Mountain Theatre also performs during the rest of the year, but at three different locations: the Star, on Century Way in Boise, Capital High Auditorium near the corner of Goddard Rd. and Milwaukee Rd. in Boise, and at the Nampa Civic Center Brandt Auditorium. Check their web site's winter schedule dates and times.

Sun Valley Ski Resort
There can only be one original ski resort, and since 1936, Sun Valley has held that distinction. Born out of a desire to bring the magic of the European ski resorts to America, Sun Valley quickly became a phenomenon without peer on this continent or any other.

From the crisp air atop Bald Mountain to the quaint walking village below, there is no other place quite like Sun Valley, regardless of the season.

Bald Mountain can be accessed at River Run on the south and Warm Springs on the north. During the winter, finely appointed day lodges, a total of 14 lifts and 65 varied runs await on either side of the mountain. Bald Mountain's seemingly endless runs stretch 2,054 acres to the edges of the Sawtooth National Forest and slide another 3,400 vertical feet, top to bottom. During the summer, the world famous mountain is open to sightseers and adventurers, whether you want a relaxing day among the wildflowers, or a challenging journey through the rugged beauty of Idaho's wilderness. Baldy, as it is affectionately called, offers nearly 28 miles of hiking and biking trails. Feel free to tackle the trails yourself, or take along one of our expert guides to point out all the little things that make the Bald Mountain experience so unique.
Sun Valley has been acclaimed as the resort that offers more recreational opportunities than any other destination resort in the country. And, with the exception of the nearby wilderness adventures, every activity is located within the village or within a very short walk. The resort is a true paradise for families who want to experience separate vacations together all within one quaint walking village surrounded by the majestic Northern Rockies.