A few facts about Greensboro:
-founded in 1808
-population 243,000
-metro population 1.5 million
-third largest city in North Carolina after Charlotte and Raleigh
-city has the largest hotel between Atanta and Washington DC (Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel 1,017 guest rooms)
-birthplace and headqaurters location for the Atlantic Coast Conference
- 1960s Woolworth lunch counter sitins took place in Greensboro which started a nationwide movement
(famous people)
-home of American Idol Chris Daughtry - his MTV video "Home" was filmed mainly in downtown Greensboro
-home area of American Idol Fantasia Barrino
-home town of Olympic Gold Medal Speed Skater Joey Cheek
-African-American poet Maya Angelou lives in nearby Winston-Salem
-home town of Survivor contestants Kelly Wigglesworth from Season 1 and Jeff Varner from Season 2
-home town of CBS journalist Edward R Murrow
-home town of American short story writer William Sydney Porter (O'Henry) wrote the "Gift of the Magi"
-home town of presidential first lady Dolley Madison
Industry
- home of fortune 500 company VF Corp (maker of the Wrangler Jeans brand and many other well known appearal brands. also the world's largest appearal company)
- home of Lorillard Tobbaco Company (maker of Newport Cigarettes)
- North American Headquarters of Volvo Trucks of North America
- the main insurance division headquarters for Lincoln Financial
- world headquarters of Honda Aircraft Company (including a planned jet manufacturing plant)
- FedEx Mid-Atlantic hub
- home of computer chip maker RF Micro Devices
- Home of Market America
- Dell computer manufacturing plant (located in neraby Winston-Salem)
Attractions
- Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe Waterpark
- Grandover Resort
- Animal Discovery Zoo
- Natural Science Center
- Celebration Station
- Old Greensborough (downtown historic district)
- Triad Stage at the Pyrle Theater (downtown)
- Carolina Theatre (downtown)
- Broach Theater (downtown)
- Barn Dinner Theatre
- Weatherspoon Art Museum
- Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art
- Greensboro Children's Museum (downtown)
- Blandwood Mansion (downtown)
- Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
major events
-PGA Wyndham Championship of Greensboro
-ACC mens and womans basketball tournaments (also NCAA games)
-Internatiional Home Furnishings Market (in Nearby High Point-world's largest home furnishings market)
some images of downtown Greensboro 
Club Inferno 
The N Club (a House of Blues network venue) 
