W here else can you walk through a redwood tree, play baseball on fabled Wrigley Field, and snow tube in a drizzle and not get wet but in Manteca? Some 2.7 million people in 2009 walked through the replica redwood tree at Man- teca’s Bass Pro Shops to enter an outdoor lovers’ paradise complete with a massive fish tank, indoor waterfalls, and various art and displays depicting the Delta, Sierra, and nearby Yosemite Valley. It won’t take you long to find out why the typical visitor stays at least two hours at the unique store located on the Highway 120 Bypass and Union Road. A little over a mile away at the Highway 120 Bypass and Airport Way some 400,000 out-of-town visitors played ball and watched their friends and family play at the Big League Dreams sports complex. It features six replica Major League Baseball fields complete with stadium-style seating, two restaurants, an indoor soccer arena, and bat- ting cages plus a playground for the kids. Just off the western end of the Highway 120 Bypass at Interstate 5 and Manthey Road nearly 130,000 people visit the Pump- kin Maze each year that is open throughout October complete with three corn mazes, a zip line, pumpkin blasters, train rides, and much more. Then from Thanksgiving week until Jan. 1 it turns into Christmas on the Farm. At the same time a 30-foot high covered snow hill is open and stays open until the end of February allowing young and old alike to snow tube and play in artifi- cial snow. Altogether 50,000 people visited Dell’Osso Christmas on the Farm and snow hill in its first season in 2009-10. This visitors’ guide offers you a glimpse of the fun things you can do in Manteca and the nearby area. For more information go to www.visitmanteca.org, call (209) 823-7229 or drop by the only visitors center between Merced and Sacramento in The Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley anchored by Bass Pro Shops. Give Manteca a try, be careful, though, as you might just end up falling for it Hook, Wine & Sneakers! MantecaVisitorsGuide Page 3 Manteca Snow tubing at Dell’Osso Farms. An indoor fish tank and waterfall at Bass Pro Shops. Swinging away at Big League Dreams sports complex. You can visit the Manteca Pumpkin Fair as well as the Pumpkin Maze. The Manteca Street Fair in April draws more than 40,000 visitors. INSIDE Y OUR MANTECA VISTORS GUIDE About the Convention & Visitors Bureau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 4 Hook: Plenty of outdoor sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 6 Wine: Grape & the things to enjoy with it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 7 Sneakers: Recreation sports paradise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 8 Ag: A feast for the senses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 10 Events in & around Manteca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 11 Map: Getting around Manteca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 14 Manteca dining options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PAGE 16 Plan an event or meeting in Manteca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 18 Planes, trains & autos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 19 The Best of Manteca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PAGE 20 Convention & Visitors Bureau members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 22 Manteca: at the heart of it all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 26 2010 CVB MAGAZINE.indd 3 4/26/10 5:18:17 PM

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Where else can you walk througha redwood tree, play baseball onfabled Wrigley Field, and snow

tube in a drizzle and not get wet but inManteca?

Some 2.7 million people in 2009 walked

through the replica redwood tree at Man-teca’s Bass Pro Shops to enter an outdoor lovers’ paradise complete with a massivefish tank, indoor waterfalls, and variousart and displays depicting the Delta, Sierra,and nearby Yosemite Valley. It won’t takeyou long to find out why the typical visitor stays at least two hours at the unique storelocated on the Highway 120 Bypass andUnion Road.

A little over a mile away at the Highway120 Bypass and Airport Way some 400,000out-of-town visitors played ball and watchedtheir friends and family play at the BigLeague Dreams sports complex. It features

six replica Major League Baseball fieldscomplete with stadium-style seating, tworestaurants, an indoor soccer arena, and bat-ting cages plus a playground for the kids.

Just off the western end of the Highway120 Bypass at Interstate 5 and MantheyRoad nearly 130,000 people visit the Pump-kin Maze each year that is open throughoutOctober complete with three corn mazes,a zip line, pumpkin blasters, train rides,and much more. Then from Thanksgivingweek until Jan. 1 it turns into Christmas onthe Farm. At the same time a 30-foot highcovered snow hill is open and stays openuntil the end of February allowing young

and old alike to snow tube and play in artifi-cial snow. Altogether 50,000 people visitedDell’Osso Christmas on the Farm and snowhill in its first season in 2009-10.

This visitors’ guide offers you a glimpseof the fun things you can do in Manteca andthe nearby area. For more information go towww.visitmanteca.org, call (209) 823-7229or drop by the only visitors center betweenMerced and Sacramento in The PromenadeShops at Orchard Valley anchored by BassPro Shops.

Give Manteca a try, be careful, though, asyou might just end up falling for it Hook,

Wine & Sneakers!

MantecaVisitorsGuide Page 3

Manteca

Snow tubing at Dell’Osso Farms.

An indoor fish tank and waterfall at Bass Pro Shops.

Swinging away at Big League Dreams sports complex.

You can visit the Manteca Pumpkin Fair aswell as the Pumpkin Maze.

The Manteca Street Fair in April drawsmore than 40,000 visitors.

INSIDE YOUR MANTECA VISTORS GUIDE

About the Convention & Visitors Bureau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 4

Hook: Plenty of outdoor sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PAGE 6