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/ September 9, 2026
Stade Vélodrome has stood in the Sainte-Marguerite neighborhood of Marseille since June 13, 1937, growing from a cycling and football venue into one of France’s largest and loudest stadiums. Designed by architect Henri Ploquin, it has served as the permanent home of Olympique de Marseille
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/ September 9, 2026
The Showbox is a concert venue at 1426 1st Avenue in downtown Seattle, tucked beside the Pike Place Market. It opened on July 24, 1939, as a dine-and-dance hall built by tavern and theater operator Michael Lyons, and it has cycled through several identities since,
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/ September 9, 2026
Moody Center is a multi-purpose arena on the University of Texas at Austin campus that opened on April 20, 2022, after groundbreaking in December 2019. Built at a cost of about $375 million and designed by architecture firm Gensler, the 2001 Robert Dedman Drive venue
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/ September 9, 2026
Theme park news for Wednesday, September 9, 2026 is led by Six Flags’ acquisition of ArieForce One, the Rocky Mountain Construction steel coaster from the now-closed Fun Spot America Atlanta, which the chain plans to bring back at an undisclosed park for the 2028-2029 seasons.
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/ September 9, 2026
A full train of riders throws their hands up as Raging Bull sweeps through the valley at Six Flags Great America, August 10, 2005. Clarendon-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Raging Bull at Six Flags Great America.
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/ September 9, 2026
Yorkshire Wildlife Park opened in 2009 on the site of Brockholes Farm, a former riding school and petting zoo near Branton, southeast of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. What began as a modest attraction with just 66,000 visitors in its first year has grown into one
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/ September 9, 2026
Marwell Zoo sits on 140 acres of Hampshire parkland in Colden Common, just outside Winchester, England. Founded in 1972 by Dr John Knowles, it was established as a registered charity with conservation as its founding purpose rather than simple animal display, making it one of
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/ September 9, 2026
Renegade is a wooden roller coaster at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota, that opened to riders on May 12, 2007. Built by Great Coasters International, it blends an out-and-back layout with twisting turns through the park’s tree line, giving it a different rhythm than a typical
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/ September 9, 2026
Lightning Run is the signature steel roller coaster at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened on May 24, 2014, built by Chance Rides as part of a roughly $7 million investment tied to the park’s revival after Six Flags shuttered the property in February
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/ September 8, 2026
A Raptor train comes down the drop under a heavy September sky at Cedar Point, September 29, 2006. Juno-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Raptor at Cedar Point.
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/ September 8, 2026
The twisted rear spike of Superman: Ultimate Escape, later Steel Venom, curling into the clouds at Geauga Lake, May 7, 2000. Amaro-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Steel Venom at Geauga Lake.
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/ September 8, 2026
Apollo's Chariot's turnaround with a train heading out along the track at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, July 12, 2001. Moon-style black-and-white edit; the parking lot along the bottom edge has been cropped out and the sky extended. Original ThrillZing photo of Apollo's Chariot at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.
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/ September 8, 2026
Raging Wolf Bobs was a classic wooden roller coaster that thundered through Geauga Lake amusement park in Aurora, Ohio, for nearly two decades. Built to mark the park’s centennial celebration, it was the park’s first new coaster in ten years when it opened on May
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/ September 8, 2026
Anaconda was a steel looping roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, built by Arrow Dynamics and designed by legendary engineer Ron Toomer. Opening on March 23, 1991, it replaced the park’s earlier King Kobra shuttle loop and cost around $5 million to build,
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/ September 8, 2026
Big Bad Wolf was a steel suspended roller coaster that operated at Busch Gardens Williamsburg from 1984 to 2009. Built by Arrow Dynamics and designed by Ron Toomer, the ride carried swinging, individually hinged cars through the park’s Bavarian-themed Oktoberfest section, giving riders a pendulum-like
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/ September 8, 2026
Wolverine Wildcat is a wooden roller coaster at Michigan’s Adventure in Muskegon, Michigan, that opened on May 18, 1988. Built by the Dinn Corporation and designed by Curtis D. Summers, it was the first collaboration between the two, who would go on to build nine
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/ September 8, 2026
Superman: Ride of Steel was a steel hypercoaster that towered over Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, from its opening on May 13, 2000. Built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin and designed by engineer Werner Stengel, it was a mirror-image twin of the Ride of
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/ September 8, 2026
Superman: Ultimate Flight is a steel flying roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. It opened on May 3, 2003, in the park’s Orleans Place section, replacing the Arrow Dynamics looper Shockwave. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, it was the
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/ September 8, 2026
Batman & Robin: The Chiller was a dual-tracked, launched shuttle coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, designed by Premier Rides with layout engineering from Werner Stengel’s firm, Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH. Branded around the 1997 film Batman & Robin, the ride used
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/ September 8, 2026
Double Loop was a steel roller coaster at Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, that made history in 1977 as the first coaster in the world to feature two consecutive vertical loops. Built by Arrow Dynamics at a cost of $1.35 million, the ride quickly became
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