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/ September 24, 2026
Today’s theme park news is joined by a big stadium story: the Detroit Tigers’ Comerica Park is being renamed Fifth Third Park. In live music, Guadalajara’s new Coliseo GNP Seguros has opened its doors with Michael Bublé. On the parks side, this theme park news…
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/ September 24, 2026
Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri, is the home of the Missouri Tigers football team. It opened on October 2, 1926, and is dedicated to the 112 University of Missouri students and alumni who died in World War I. The playing surface has…
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/ September 24, 2026
Razorback Stadium’s official capacity is 76,212, making Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium the home of Arkansas football one of the largest venues in the Southeastern Conference. On a sellout Saturday that number can get even bigger — the stadium’s all-time attendance record is 76,808, set…
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/ September 24, 2026
Andrews Amphitheater, also called Andrews Outdoor Theatre, is an open-air venue on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus in Honolulu. Built of stone in a tiered bowl around a central lawn, it opened on June 20, 1935, and is designed to hold up to…
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/ September 24, 2026
The Wharf Amphitheater is an open-air concert venue in Orange Beach, Alabama, at 23101 Canal Road. It seats about 10,000 people and is one of the largest music venues on the Gulf Coast. It sits inside The Wharf, a waterfront entertainment complex. The venue opened…
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/ September 24, 2026
Blossom Music Center is an outdoor amphitheater in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, roughly 30 miles south of downtown Cleveland. It opened in 1968 and is the summer home of The Cleveland Orchestra. Its covered pavilion and sweeping lawn hold about 23,000 people in total, which makes…
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/ September 24, 2026
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum sits in the foothills of the Tucson Mountains, along Kinney Road just south of the west section of Saguaro National Park. Despite the name, it is part zoo, part botanical garden, part natural history museum, part aquarium and part art gallery.
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/ September 24, 2026
The Aquarium of Niagara sits at 701 Whirlpool Street in Niagara Falls, New York, a short distance from the famous waterfalls. It opened on June 12, 1965, and its official website says it is home to more than 120 species of animals, including California sea…
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/ September 24, 2026
The Abilene Zoo is a city-owned, AZA-accredited zoo at 2070 Zoo Lane in Grover Nelson Park, on the east side of Abilene, Texas. It opened at this site on July 2, 1966, replacing an older zoo elsewhere in the city. The Abilene Zoological Society, a…
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/ September 24, 2026
Dark Knight is an enclosed steel Wild Mouse roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. It opened on May 21, 2008, and was built by Mack Rides at a reported cost of about $7.5 million. It is not a big-drop thrill machine.
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/ September 24, 2026
Wild Mouse is a steel spinning roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It opened on May 6, 2023, as the anchor of the park’s new Boardwalk area, and it was billed as the park’s 18th roller coaster. Zamperla built it, and it was…
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/ September 23, 2026
Height requirements decide which coasters your group can ride, so it pays to measure children before you go. Thorpe Park, in Surrey, England, is known for intense thrill coasters such as Stealth, Hyperia and SAW – The Ride. It also has a gentle first-time coaster…
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/ September 23, 2026
Height requirements decide which coasters your family can ride, so it pays to measure kids before you buy tickets or plan the day. SeaWorld San Antonio pairs marine-life attractions with a lineup of thrill rides, including the new-for-2026 inverted family coaster Barracuda Strike, a wooden…
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/ September 23, 2026
Height requirements decide which coasters your family can ride before you buy tickets or wait in line. California’s Great America in Santa Clara is a Six Flags park with a mix of big steel and wooden coasters and a Planet Snoopy area with family and…
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/ September 23, 2026
Height requirements decide which coasters your family can ride together, so it helps to know them before you arrive. Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri, opened in 1971. In 2026 it was acquired and reopened under the Enchanted Parks family, and on August 27…
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/ September 23, 2026
Height requirements decide which coasters your family can ride together, so it pays to know them before you buy tickets. Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington is the original Six Flags park. It runs a mix of classic wooden and steel coasters, thrill coasters and…
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/ September 23, 2026
Height requirements decide which coasters your family can ride, so it pays to know the numbers before you arrive. Valleyfair, in Shakopee, Minnesota, runs a mix of big thrill coasters, wooden classics and a kids’ coaster in Planet Snoopy. Their minimums range from 42 inches…
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/ September 23, 2026
Height requirements decide which coasters your family can ride together, and a surprise at the ride entrance can spoil a park day. Michigan’s Adventure in Muskegon, Michigan, pairs a well-known wooden coaster lineup with a few gentler family coasters. Its minimums range from 36 inches…
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/ September 23, 2026
Height requirements decide which coasters your family can ride, and a child who misses the cutoff by half an inch can’t ride, whatever the plan was. Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania is home to coasters such as Steel Force, Talon, Possessed and the newer Iron…
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/ September 23, 2026
Height requirements decide which coasters your family can ride, so it pays to measure kids at home before you visit Kansas City’s Worlds of Fun. The park lists a posted minimum height on each coaster’s page, and one coaster also lists a lower height for…
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