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/ September 17, 2026
Shockwave was a steel looping roller coaster that towered over the Orleans Place section of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Built by Arrow Dynamics and designed by legendary coaster engineer Ron Toomer, it opened on June 3, 1988, as a showcase of the…
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/ September 17, 2026
Demon is a steel looping roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, built by Arrow Dynamics and designed by Ron Toomer. The ride first opened on May 29, 1976, as Turn of the Century, a milder coaster with airtime hills and a…
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/ September 17, 2026
Déjà Vu was a Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang shuttle coaster that opened at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois on October 7, 2001. Riders sat in dangling, ski-lift-style chairs suspended below the track, launched out of the station by a catch-car vertical lift, sent…
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/ September 17, 2026
Iron Wolf opened on April 28, 1990, in the County Fair section of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, and holds a special place in coaster history: it was the very first roller coaster ever built by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), the Swiss firm…
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/ September 17, 2026
Here are today’s 9 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 Universal Studios Hollywood Opens Fast…
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/ September 17, 2026
Commonwealth Stadium opened in 1978, built to host the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta. What began as a purpose-built athletics venue quickly became a year-round home for professional football, growing into Canada’s second-largest stadium by seating capacity and the largest open-air stadium in the country.
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/ September 17, 2026
BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium on the north shore of False Creek in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. It opened on June 19, 1983, originally topped by what was then the world’s largest air-supported inflatable roof, and has served ever since as the home field…
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/ September 17, 2026
Olympic Stadium rises over Montreal’s Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district as one of the most distinctive sports venues in North America. Built for the 1976 Summer Olympics and opened on July 17 of that year, the stadium was designed by French architect Roger Taillibert in a swooping, organic-modern…
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/ September 17, 2026
The Horseshoe Tavern is a concert venue at 370 Queen Street West in downtown Toronto, Ontario, occupying a building that dates back to 1861. Jack Starr opened it as an 87-seat tavern in December 1947, and it built its early reputation as a country and…
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/ September 17, 2026
The Commodore Ballroom has anchored downtown Vancouver’s live music scene since 1930, and two questions come up more than any other: how many people actually fit inside, and who’s running the room today. Here’s the direct answer to both, plus everything else worth knowing before…
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/ September 17, 2026
The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts opened on November 6, 2014, in downtown Orlando, Florida, becoming the city’s premier home for touring Broadway shows, orchestral music, ballet, and opera. Built across two city blocks, the campus was funded through a mix of public…
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/ September 17, 2026
Twister at Knoebels, July 31, 2003. Willow-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Twister at Knoebels.
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/ September 17, 2026
Zach’s Zoomer is a wooden roller coaster at Michigan’s Adventure in Muskegon, Michigan, built specifically to bridge the gap between kiddie rides and the park’s larger wooden coasters. It opened on July 22, 1994, designed by Custom Coasters International with trains built by Philadelphia Toboggan…
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/ September 16, 2026
X-Flight at twilight, Six Flags Worlds of Adventure, May 4, 2002. Juno-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of X-Flight at Geauga Lake.
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/ September 16, 2026
Viper from above Six Flags Great America, August 10, 2005. Juno-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Viper at Six Flags Great America.
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/ September 16, 2026
Viper is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, that opened to the public on April 29, 1995. Designed by Dennis Starkey and built at an estimated cost of $4 million, the ride was constructed as a near mirror image…
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/ September 16, 2026
Viper was a steel looping roller coaster that operated at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, from 1995 to 2004. Built by Japanese manufacturer TOGO at a cost of about $4 million, it replaced the short-lived Ultra Twister and featured a compact…
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/ September 16, 2026
Runaway Mine Train opened on July 4, 1974, as one of the founding attractions at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, making it the park’s very first steel roller coaster. Built by Arrow Development, the pioneering firm behind the mine train genre, the…
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/ September 16, 2026
Theme park news today centers on two big items: Six Flags Great Adventure’s Fright Fest haunt season kicks off this Friday with four new mazes, and ABC’s US Open men’s final broadcast set a record for the most-watched final since ESPN began airing the tournament.
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/ September 16, 2026
Principality Stadium rises above the River Taff in the heart of Cardiff, its retractable roof and steel arches forming one of the most recognizable skylines in British sport. Built on the site of the historic National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park, it opened on 26…
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