El Paso Population 2010: 649,121, #19 in U.S., #6 in Texas 1950: 130,485, #76 in U.S. 2010
Metropolitan Area: 800,647, #66 in U.S. 1950 Metropolitan Area: 194,968, #96 in U.S. Setting El Paso, across the Rio Grande from Mexico, was the base of Spanish governance of the New Mexico territory starting in 1680. It was first settled by American families after the Mexican War in 1849, and was incorporated in 1873. Buildings Tallest building: Wells Fargo Plaza, 296 feet (1971) List of tallest buildings Stores J.C. Penney closed its downtown department store in 2017. Trains Amtrak’s Sunset Limited goes through El Paso’s Union Depot (1906) three times a week in each direction, west to Tucson and Los Angeles, and east to San Antonio, Houston, and New Orleans. The 5-mile El Paso Streetcar, between downtown and UTEP, opened in 2018. Museums The El Paso Museum of Art, the El Paso Museum of History, the El Paso Holocaust Museum, and Lynx Exhibits are located downtown. |  Downtown El Paso Theaters
Downtown
El Paso has no first-run movie theaters. The Plaza Theatre (1930) is a
restored
movie palace that now hosts the El Paso Symphony Orchestra and
touring Broadway shows. The El Paso Opera performs at the Abraham Chavez Theater. Sports The El Paso Chihuahuas, Triple-A Pacific Coast League affiliate of the San Diego Padres, play at Southwest University Park (2014). The El Paso County Coliseum (1942), east of downtown, and the Don Haskins Center (1976) at the University of Texas El Paso, northwest of downtown, have sporting events and concerts.
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