{"id":1136773,"date":"2022-06-18T08:53:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T13:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1136773"},"modified":"2022-06-19T13:37:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T18:37:51","slug":"great-texas-balloon-race-flies-into-longview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1136773","title":{"rendered":"Great Texas Balloon Race flies into Longview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/06\/hot-air-balloon-133x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1136774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/06\/hot-air-balloon-133x200.webp 133w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/06\/hot-air-balloon-233x350.webp 233w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/06\/hot-air-balloon.webp 687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/>LONGVIEW &#8211; The Great Texas Balloon Race is this weekend in Longview. This is the second year in a row that the competition will be held in city limits, according to our news partner KETK. The race is happening at the Longview Convention Complex, and it brings together some of the best pilots in the country and around the world. Races are scheduled to happen through Sunday. There are also performers at the event. There will also be a special shapes spectacular, a 5K fun run and a balloon glow this weekend. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In 2021 we had a modified event with only competition and so this is the first time since 2019 to have the full event. The excitement does seem to be great in the city, and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just looking forward to a great event,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Michelle Ford, Chairman of the Great Texas Balloon Race. Gregg County was designated as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Balloon Race Capital of Texas\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by the state legislature in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW &#8211; The Great Texas Balloon Race is this weekend in Longview. This is the second year in a row that the competition will be held in city limits, according to our news partner KETK. The race is happening at the Longview Convention Complex, and it brings together some of the best pilots in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1136773\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Great Texas Balloon Race flies into Longview<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1136777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/06\/hot-air-balloon-133x200.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Great Texas Balloon Race flies into Longview","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1136773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 00:40:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/06\/hot-air-balloon-133x200.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Great Texas Balloon Race flies into Longview","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1136773"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1136834,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136773\/revisions\/1136834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1136777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1136773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1136773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1136773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}