In 1965, Julia Argyros signed up for a trip to Sun Valley on the historic “Snowball Express” train from Los Angeles to Sun Valley. Often referred to as one of the biggest parties on rails—a 1,100-mile train ride from Los Angeles to Sun Valley—it was the beginning of what would be one of Sun Valley’s most charitable relationships. “It was 19 hours sitting up because my host was too cheap to get a regular sleeper room, and every time a fast train came by we had to get off the track,” recalls Argyros. “But when we arrived in Sun Valley, it was so nice. It was tiny back then, but we all fell in love with it, and we came back in the summer. It has been interesting to watch it grow.” Since that first trip, Julia and her husband George have not only made Sun Valley one of their homes, they have placed Sun Valley on the map with their gift and the opening of the Argyros Performing Arts Center, a 25,000-square-foot, state-of the-art performing arts complex and community center in downtown Ketchum.
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