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/ October 14, 2026
Sahara Las Vegas sits at the northern tip of the Strip at Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, on a site that has hosted a casino resort since 1952. Owned and operated by the Meruelo Group, today’s Sahara is the product of a multi-year renovation…
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/ October 14, 2026
Theme park news today is dominated by the fallout from a fatal incident on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia, which pushed Six Flags to close nine roller coasters across six of its parks as investigators work to determine what caused the ejection. Beyond that…
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/ October 14, 2026
Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses has been spooking visitors on a 65-acre farm in Ulster Park, New York, since September 20, 1992, when founders Michael and Nancy Jubie opened the attraction just a month after buying the property. Michael Jubie, a former undercover NYPD…
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/ October 14, 2026
DATCU Stadium is the home football venue for the University of North Texas Mean Green, sitting at the junction of Interstate 35E and 35W in Denton, Texas. Opened on September 10, 2011 as Apogee Stadium, the $78 million facility replaced the aging Fouts Field, which…
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/ October 14, 2026
UB Stadium has been the home of Buffalo Bulls football, soccer, and track and field since it opened in the summer of 1993, with the first football game played on September 4, 1993, against Maine, on the University at Buffalo’s North Campus in Amherst, New…
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/ October 14, 2026
Cajun Field has served as the home of Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns football in Lafayette, Louisiana, since it opened on September 25, 1971. Officially known today as Cajun Field at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium, the venue sits on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus…
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/ October 14, 2026
The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher sits on the Cape Fear coast in Kure Beach, one of three sites in the state’s aquarium system that trace back to a trio of marine resources centers opened on September 17, 1976. Renamed in 1986 and rebuilt…
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/ October 14, 2026
The National Aviary sits inside Allegheny Commons Park on Pittsburgh’s North Side, and it holds a distinction no other American zoo or aquarium can claim: in 1993, the U.S. Congress granted it honorary “National” status, making it the only zoological facility in the country with…
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/ October 14, 2026
Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens sits on 43 acres in Naples, Florida, blending a working zoo with a botanical garden whose roots stretch back over a century. The land was first planted in 1919 by botanist Henry Nehrling, who relocated part of his personal plant…
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/ October 14, 2026
The Mini Mine Train is a kiddie roller coaster tucked into the Boomtown section of Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. Built by Arrow Development and opened in 1969, three years after its much larger sibling the Runaway Mine Train, it was designed to…
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/ October 14, 2026
Batman: The Ride opened at Six Flags Over Texas on May 26, 1999, bringing the dark, suspended thrills of Gotham City to Arlington. The ride is a clone of the original Batman: The Ride that debuted at Six Flags Great America in 1992, which is…
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/ October 13, 2026
CuriOdyssey is a combined science museum and wildlife rescue center perched on Coyote Point in San Mateo, California, overlooking the San Francisco Bay. What began in 1954 as the San Mateo County Junior Museum has grown into a hands-on destination where kids experiment with scientific…
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/ October 13, 2026
Belle Isle Aquarium sits inside Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan, in a Beaux-Arts building designed by architects George D. Mason and Albert Kahn. It opened on August 18, 1904. The Detroit Historical Society says it was the third-largest aquarium in the world at the…
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/ October 13, 2026
The real question most parents have isn’t “what’s the biggest coaster here” — it’s “will my three-year-old actually have anything to do.” Canada’s Wonderland is built around towering coasters like Leviathan and Yukon Striker that a small child won’t come near for years, but tucked…
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/ October 13, 2026
Here are today’s 4 verified theme park & live event stories, covering Theme Parks & Roller Coasters and Live Music & Venues. Every item below links to its original source. The TLDR Theme Parks & Roller Coasters Beijing’s Massive New Aquarium Takes Shape, Targets 2027…
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/ October 13, 2026
The Great Plains Zoo has welcomed visitors to Sioux Falls, South Dakota since opening on June 30, 1963. Spread across 45 acres, the zoo grew out of the Zoological Society of Sioux Falls, a nonprofit founded in 1957 to bring a permanent wildlife park to…
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/ October 13, 2026
Cocoa Cruiser is a steel kiddie roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, designed as a gentle introduction to coasters for young riders and the families who join them. It opened on May 10, 2014, taking the place of the old Tiny Timbers log flume…
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/ October 12, 2026
Gerald J. Ford Stadium sits on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, Texas, serving as the home field for the SMU Mustangs football program since it opened on September 2, 2000. The venue replaced the aging Ownby Stadium on the same site and was…
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/ October 12, 2026
Martin Stadium sits on the Washington State University campus in Pullman, Washington, and has been the home field of the Washington State Cougars football team since it opened on September 30, 1972. It replaced the fire-damaged Rogers Field on the same site and takes its…
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/ October 12, 2026
Mohegan Sun Arena opened in October 2001 on the grounds of the Mohegan Sun casino resort in Uncasville, part of Montville, Connecticut. Built by the Perini Building Company, the arena debuted with an NBA preseason exhibition between the Boston Celtics and the Washington Wizards, and…
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