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Despite a devastating electrical fire in 2021 that destroyed Castaway’s arcade and toppled its signature pirate ship, this ...
The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court has upheld a ruling against the City of Rye regarding ...
Everybody's going down to Playland Park — as an old commercial jingle goes — on Saturday, May 18 for the opening day of its 96th season. Here's what you need to know. Playland will open the ...
Western Playland amusement park opened with eight rides on 15 acres at Ascarate Park. May 28, Labor Day weekend, 1960.
Fresno’s Playland park is days away from closing it gates — again. The nearly 70-year-old children’s theme park announced earlier this month that its current operator, Helm and Sons ...
The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Commission on Wednesday settled on a final name for the new park that recently replaced the Upper Great Highway.
Two minors were the last victims of a game set in Playland Park. Someone's mother told her that the amusement park was trying to hide the place where the victim had an accident. Norma Aguilar ...
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Western Playland amusement park opened on May 28, 1960, at Ascarate Park in El Paso, Texas. Western Playland moved to Sunland Park, New Mexico in 2006 after facing difficulties expanding at its ...