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The Buffalo Chip Campground is an event venue in Buffalo Chip, South Dakota, USA. It is a gathering place for motorcycle enthusiasts and music festival visitors each year, and has been since being founded in 1981. Host to a 10-day Concert Series and thousands of motorcyclists each August during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, the Buffalo Chip provides a music festival, various other forms of entertainment, and full service tent, RV and cabin camping on almost 600 acres in rural Meade County. The motorcycle and music festival also features entertainment such as beauty pageants, dance performances, bike shows and stunts, roller derby, midget bowling, military tributes and more. The Buffalo Chip has been featured on multiple television specials on the Travel Channel, Discovery and the Fox Sports Network. ==History== The Sturgis Buffalo Chip Campground, located outside of Sturgis, SD, began in 1981 as a campground for bikers attending the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. In the early years motorcyclists roughed it in tents in little more than a pasture, however over the years the Buffalo Chip Campground installed electricity, drilled wells, installed flush toilets, shower houses, RV sites, Cabins, turned a pond into a swimming hole called the “Bikini Beach”, added 3 more stages, numerous bars, multiple food services, a convenience store, laid asphalt, erected the iron “Welcome Home Biker” entrance gates and an 8-ton buffalo sculpture with the letters “CHIP” cut out of its center 30’ above Hwy 34 at the corner of the Sturgis Buffalo Chip’s property. The Sturgis Buffalo Chip featured Susan Nelson as the first artist to perform at its inaugural event, followed by Johnny Paycheck. The Buffalo Chip made notable national television news coverage in 2008 when John McCain visited the Buffalo Chip Campground on his 2008 campaign trail. McCain joked that he wanted his wife to enter the Miss Buffalo Chip beauty contest held at the Buffalo Chip campground. In 2009 the Buffalo Chip made additional notable national news coverage when Aerosmith lead singer, Steven Tyler, fell off the stage. The Sturgis Buffalo Chip built a 7,000 sq. ft. exhibition hall in 2009 to house its annual Motorcycles as Art Exhibit. This annual revolving exhibit has been curated by Michael Lichter. Exhibits have featured the works of multiple builders of custom motorcycles, the works of photographer Michael Lichter, himself, and sculptor Jeff Decker. South Dakota Governor, Dennis Daugaard proclaimed Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, as the official Buffalo Chip Campground Day in South Dakota.〔http://sdsos.gov/content/html/adminservices/adminpdfs/gubernatorial Proc/08_05_2011 Buffalo Chip Campground Day.pdf〕 The proclamation was read from the Wolfman Jack Stage by ABC TV news anchorman, Bob Woodruff, present to participate in the Buffalo Chip’s Military Tribute Day and raise awareness for the Bob Woodruff Foundation’s mission to put action into the saying “Support Our Troops.” Robbie Knievel made motorcycle jumps at the Buffalo Chip. Other entertainment that has occurred at the Buffalo Chip includes fire dancers, Ziplines Roller Derby, machine gun shooting, midget bowling, comedians, and more. The Sturgis Buffalo Chip has been featured in multiple television specials on the Discovery and Travel Channels and the Fox Sports Network. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buffalo Chip Campground」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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