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/ September 12, 2026
The Joker’s Jinx was a steel launched roller coaster in the Gotham City section of Six Flags America in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Built by Premier Rides and designed by Werner Stengel, it opened on May 8, 1999, using linear induction motor (LIM) technology to…
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/ September 12, 2026
Head Spin was a steel shuttle boomerang roller coaster that operated at Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, one of several thrill rides that defined the park’s later years before its 2007 closure. Built by the Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, the ride launched riders backward and forward…
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/ September 12, 2026
Theme park news today is led by Six Flags Magic Mountain’s announcement of Thrill Glider, a new Vekoma-built coaster set to open in 2027 as a world-first ride category combining flying, motorbike, and suspended-coaster technology. Beyond today’s theme park news, the roundup also covers stadiums…
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/ September 12, 2026
The Dragon Coaster is a wooden roller coaster at Playland amusement park in Rye, New York, that has been sending riders through the open mouth of a dragon since it opened in 1929. Designed and built by amusement ride pioneer Frederick Church, co-inventor of the…
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/ September 12, 2026
Monster is a steel roller coaster at Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa, that opened on June 4, 2016, as the first Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster to operate in the United States. Built to replace the park’s aging River Rapids Log Flume, the $9 million ride quickly became…
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/ September 12, 2026
A Superman: Ultimate Flight train arcs through the loop with riders flying prone at Six Flags Great America, August 10, 2005. Inkwell-style black-and-white edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Superman: Ultimate Flight at Six Flags Great America.
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/ September 11, 2026
Cape Town Stadium rose in the Green Point district between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, opening on December 14, 2009, just months before it welcomed the world for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Built by Murray & Roberts and WBHO over roughly 33 months…
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/ September 11, 2026
The Shrine Auditorium has stood near the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles since 1926, its Moorish Revival domes and arches making it one of the city’s most recognizable performance landmarks. Designed by theater architect G. Albert Lansburgh, the building was constructed for…
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/ September 11, 2026
Few 250-capacity rooms on the planet carry as much myth as the Viper Room. Tucked into a nondescript storefront on the Sunset Strip, it has hosted surprise sets from some of the biggest names in music while also becoming forever linked to one of Hollywood’s…
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/ September 11, 2026
The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium is a historic 8,500-capacity concert hall at 99 Grove Street in San Francisco’s Civic Center neighborhood. Built in 1915 as the San Francisco Exposition Auditorium for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the building has spent over a century adapting to the…
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/ September 11, 2026
Royal Burgers’ Zoo is a 45-hectare (110-acre) zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands, founded in 1913 by Johan Burgers. It’s one of the largest zoos in the country, home to more than 10,000 animals representing over 500 species, and draws roughly 1.4 million visitors a year from…
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/ September 11, 2026
Fota Wildlife Park sits on Fota Island near Carrigtwohill in County Cork, Ireland, where it has welcomed visitors since opening in June 1983. Run as an independently funded, not-for-profit charity through a joint project between the Zoological Society of Ireland and University College Cork, the…
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/ September 11, 2026
Paignton Zoo sits on 80 acres of parkland in Paignton, Devon, and has been caring for animals on the site since 1923, when it began as Primley Zoological Gardens, the private collection of naturalist Herbert Whitley. After his death in 1955, the collection passed to…
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/ September 11, 2026
Here are today’s 7 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 Six Flags Magic Mountain Announces…
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/ September 11, 2026
Defiance is a steel Eurofighter roller coaster at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, built into the side of Iron Mountain roughly 7,132 feet above sea level. Opened on July 9, 2022 after a soft opening on July 1, riders climb a 75-foot…
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/ September 11, 2026
Tremors is a roller coaster at Silverwood Theme Park in Athol, Idaho, that opened on May 15, 1999. Built by Custom Coasters International as a wooden twister, it became famous for a first drop that plunges into an underground tunnel before crashing back above ground…
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/ September 10, 2026
Primordial is a one-of-a-kind steel coaster at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah, blending a traditional outdoor roller coaster layout with an elaborate interactive dark ride built into an artificial mountain. After roughly eight years of development and construction, the ride opened to the public…
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/ September 10, 2026
The first drop of Batman Knight Flight from the front row, looking out over the lake and the park at Geauga Lake (then Six Flags Ohio), May 7, 2000. Juno-style edit. Original ThrillZing photo of Dominator at Geauga Lake.
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/ September 10, 2026
A Batman Knight Flight train on the yellow track against the clouds at Geauga Lake (then Six Flags Ohio), May 7, 2000. Original ThrillZing photo of Dominator at Geauga Lake.
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/ September 10, 2026
Here are today’s 5 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 Fun Spot America to Auction…
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