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/ August 20, 2026
Ross–Ade Stadium has served as the home of Purdue Boilermakers football in West Lafayette, Indiana, since it opened on November 22, 1924. The stadium takes its name from Purdue alumni David E. Ross and George Ade, who purchased the 65-acre site and helped fund the…
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/ August 20, 2026
Birch Aquarium at Scripps sits on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla, California, serving as the public outreach center for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. The aquarium traces its roots back over a century to Scripps’ early marine…
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/ August 20, 2026
The Seattle Aquarium opened on May 20, 1977, on Piers 59 and 60 along the downtown Elliott Bay waterfront. Managed by the nonprofit Seattle Aquarium Society since 2010 and accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums since March 2024, it now draws roughly 850,000…
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/ August 19, 2026
Theme park news today is topped by Live Nation’s plan to convert San Diego’s historic Wonder Bread building into a new 4,000-capacity concert venue, while Madonna leads the 2026 MTV Video Music Award nominations ahead of Taylor Swift. Beyond today’s theme park news, this roundup…
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/ August 19, 2026
Fuji-Q Highland is an amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, sitting near the base of Mount Fuji. Operated by Fujikyuko Co. and open since March 2, 1968, the park has built a global reputation as one of the most extreme thrill destinations in the…
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/ August 19, 2026
Universal Studios Japan opened in Osaka’s Konohana-ku ward on March 31, 2001, becoming Universal’s third theme park worldwide and its first outside the United States. Built at a cost of roughly $1.7 billion, the park drew more than 11 million guests in its opening year…
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/ August 19, 2026
Tokyo DisneySea opened on September 4, 2001, next to Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, and remains the only Disney park in the world built around an ocean-exploration theme rather than a fairy-tale castle. Operated by the Oriental Land Company under license from The Walt…
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/ August 19, 2026
Amon G. Carter Stadium is the home football venue of the TCU Horned Frogs in Fort Worth, Texas, and has hosted the team since it opened on October 11, 1930. Named for Fort Worth businessman and newspaper publisher Amon G. Carter, the stadium is nicknamed…
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/ August 19, 2026
McLane Stadium is where the Baylor Bears play football, and it’s one of the only major college stadiums you can reach by boat. It sits on the north bank of the Brazos River, right on the Baylor University campus in Waco, Texas — a location…
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/ August 19, 2026
Rice-Eccles Stadium sits on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, serving as the home field for Utah Utes football since it reopened on September 12, 1998, following a near-total rebuild of the site. Beyond college football, it earned a permanent place in…
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/ August 19, 2026
Mote Marine Laboratory began in 1955 as a small shark research lab founded by pioneering scientist Eugenie Clark, growing over the decades into one of the most respected independent marine research institutions in the country. For 45 years, its public aquarium welcomed visitors to its…
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/ August 19, 2026
Moody Gardens is a non-profit educational destination in Galveston, Texas, established in 1986 by The Moody Foundation on land owned by the City of Galveston. Spread across 242 acres, the campus is anchored by three glass pyramids, each dedicated to a different environment: rainforest, marine…
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/ August 18, 2026
Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field sits on the Georgia Tech campus in Midtown Atlanta and has been home to Yellow Jackets football since it opened on September 27, 1913, as Grant Field. That makes it the oldest stadium still in use in the Football…
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/ August 18, 2026
Downtown Aquarium is a Landry’s-owned aquarium and entertainment complex at 410 Bagby Street in downtown Houston, opened in 2003 on a 6-acre site built around two redeveloped city landmarks: historic Fire Station No. 1 and the old Central Waterworks Building. The project cost Landry’s roughly…
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/ August 18, 2026
Here are today’s 11 verified theme park & live event stories, covering Theme Parks & Roller Coasters, Stadiums & Arenas and Live Music & Venues. Every item below links to its original source. The TLDR Theme Parks & Roller Coasters Disneyland Paris to Restore Space…
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/ August 18, 2026
Tokyo Disneyland opened on April 15, 1983, in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, becoming the first Disney theme park built outside the United States. Owned and operated by the Oriental Land Company under license from The Walt Disney Company, it remains one of only two Disney parks…
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/ August 18, 2026
California Memorial Stadium has been the home of the California Golden Bears football team since it opened on November 24, 1923, on the UC Berkeley campus. Built as a memorial to Californians who died in World War I, the neoclassical bowl was designed by a…
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/ August 18, 2026
Folsom Field is the home stadium of the Colorado Buffaloes football team on the University of Colorado Boulder campus. Opened in 1924 as Colorado Stadium, it was renamed in 1944 to honor former head coach Fred Folsom, and it remains one of the sport’s most…
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/ August 18, 2026
Downtown Aquarium Denver opened its doors on June 21, 1999, as Colorado’s Ocean Journey, a nonprofit aquarium built by Bill Fleming and Judy Petersen Fleming at a cost of about $93 million. Sited on 17 acres beside the South Platte River near the I-25 and…
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/ August 18, 2026
OdySea Aquarium sits in the Arizona desert on land within the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Scottsdale, an unlikely home for the largest aquarium in the Southwest United States. It opened on September 3, 2016, after roughly 18 months of construction, and quickly became…
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