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/ July 6, 2026
Kings Dominion opened on May 3, 1975, in Doswell, Virginia, about 20 miles north of Richmond, quickly establishing itself as one of the mid-Atlantic’s premier amusement destinations. The 280-acre park is anchored by a 1/3-scale, 315-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower, a landmark visible for
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/ July 6, 2026
Canada’s Wonderland has been the country’s biggest theme park for more than four decades, but two questions come up more than any other: exactly when did it open, and who owns it today? Both have simple, well-documented answers. The park opened in May 1981 north
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/ July 6, 2026
Tropicana Field is a domed stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida, that has served as the home ballpark of the Tampa Bay Rays since the franchise’s 1998 debut. Opened on March 3, 1990 as the Florida Suncoast Dome, it briefly carried the name ThunderDome before Tropicana
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/ July 6, 2026
The Big One is Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s signature roller coaster – a towering, seafront-hugging Arrow Dynamics hypercoaster that’s been delivering a stomach-dropping first plunge since 1994. If you’re trying to pin down exactly how fast it goes, how tall it really is, or how it
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/ July 6, 2026
Superman: Ultimate Flight is a steel flying roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. It opened to the public on April 17, 2003, becoming the second of three nearly identical B&M flying coasters to
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/ July 5, 2026
Balder opened at Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden, on April 12, 2003, and quickly became one of the most celebrated wooden roller coasters in the world. Named after the Norse god of light and justice, the ride was manufactured by Intamin and designed by
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/ July 5, 2026
Sports venue fans witnessed a historic week as the Buffalo Bills’ $2.1 billion Highmark Stadium held its official ribbon-cutting, sports venues across North America hosted the most dramatic knockout stage the World Cup has ever seen, England squared off against Mexico under Azteca’s punishing altitude,
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/ July 5, 2026
Live music lit up the Fourth of July holiday weekend with outdoor spectacles, first-ever arena launches, and milestone industry developments that make the first weekend of July 2026 one of the most eventful weeks of the touring year so far. Tours & Festival Announcements One
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/ July 5, 2026
Theme park news this week was as packed as a holiday weekend queue — a brand-new universal resort for young kids opened in Texas, a record-shattering giga dive coaster entered passholder previews in Arlington, Disney flipped a beloved flying-theater film into a patriotic Fourth of
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/ July 5, 2026
Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark just landed at No. 2 in USA Today’s 2026 10Best Readers’ Choice ranking of the nation’s indoor water parks, its third straight year in the top three. A retractable roof lets the Grand Prairie, Texas attraction run wide open on hot
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/ July 5, 2026
Aquatica San Antonio is the tropical-themed water park next door to SeaWorld San Antonio, home to the tallest drop slide in Texas and the only underwater stingray raft ride in the world. It’s a separate, standalone attraction with its own gates, ticket prices, and operating
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/ July 5, 2026
Carowinds opened on March 31, 1973, as a joint venture meant to give the Carolinas their own home-grown amusement park, built at a cost of about $70 million after four years of planning led by businessman Earl Patterson Hall. Its most distinctive feature is geographic:
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/ July 5, 2026
Nationals Park sits along the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood, serving as the home ballpark of the Washington Nationals since it opened on March 30, 2008. Built at a construction cost of about $693 million, it replaced RFK Stadium as the team’s
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/ July 5, 2026
Angel Stadium opened in Anaheim, California on April 19, 1966, as the home of the Los Angeles Angels. Nicknamed “The Big A” after its towering 230-foot landmark sign, the ballpark is now the fourth-oldest active stadium in Major League Baseball still hosting its original tenant.
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/ July 5, 2026
SpeedMonster is a launched roller coaster at TusenFryd, a theme park near Oslo, Norway. Built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin and designed by Stengel Engineering, the ride opened on April 23, 2006, and was described at the time as the biggest single investment in the park’s
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/ July 5, 2026
Katun is the Mayan-ruins-themed inverted roller coaster at Mirabilandia amusement park near Ravenna, Italy — a Bolliger & Mabillard machine designed by Werner Stengel that has been sending riders through two ‘Stargate’ tunnels since April 1, 2000. It’s sometimes typed or misheard as ‘Katoon’ or
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/ July 4, 2026
If you’re searching for the Six Flags water park in New Jersey, you’re looking for Six Flags Hurricane Harbor New Jersey, a 22-acre water park in Jackson Township that sits right next door to Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Wild Safari. It’s the
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/ July 4, 2026
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Chicago is a 20-acre water park in Gurnee, Illinois, sitting right next to Six Flags Great America, with 25 water slides, two pools, and an 86-foot water coaster as its centerpiece. Whether you’re checking hours before a trip, comparing ticket and
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/ July 4, 2026
Six Flags America opened its gates in 1974 as a wildlife park east of Washington, D.C., and by the time it closed 51 years later it had grown into one of the mid-Atlantic’s larger theme parks, home to a 108-year-old wooden coaster and seven other
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/ July 4, 2026
Narendra Modi Stadium in the Motera district of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, is the world’s largest cricket stadium, and by most counts the largest stadium of any kind, with a maximum capacity of around 132,000 spectators. It sits on the same riverside site as the old Sardar
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