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/ August 20, 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 Dreamworld to Rebuild Shuttered Coaster
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/ August 20, 2026
Everland is South Korea’s largest theme park, spread across roughly 250 acres in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, about an hour south of Seoul. Owned and operated by Samsung C&T Corporation, the park traces its roots to 1976, when it opened as Yongin Farmland with a nature-park
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/ August 20, 2026
Lotte World is a sprawling entertainment complex in the Jamsil neighborhood of Seoul’s Songpa District, combining a colossal indoor theme park with an outdoor island park, a shopping mall, a luxury hotel, and an observation tower under one destination. Opened by Lotte Corporation on July
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/ August 20, 2026
Nagashima Spa Land is a sprawling amusement park in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan, sitting roughly 30 kilometers west of Nagoya as part of the larger Nagashima Resort complex. Opened in 1966, the park grew from a regional hot-spring resort into one of Japan’s premier coaster
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/ August 20, 2026
Gies Memorial Stadium is the home of Illinois Fighting Illini football on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. Built as a tribute to university students who died in World War I, the stadium opened on November 3, 1923, with a 7-0 Homecoming win over Chicago,
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/ August 20, 2026
Spartan Stadium is the home football venue for Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Opened on October 6, 1923, it has served as the Spartans’ gridiron home for over a century, growing from a modest 14,000-seat bowl into a modern 74,866-capacity facility that ranks
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/ August 20, 2026
Ross–Ade Stadium has served as the home of Purdue Boilermakers football in West Lafayette, Indiana, since it opened on November 22, 1924. The stadium takes its name from Purdue alumni David E. Ross and George Ade, who purchased the 65-acre site and helped fund the
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/ August 20, 2026
Birch Aquarium at Scripps sits on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla, California, serving as the public outreach center for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. The aquarium traces its roots back over a century to Scripps’ early marine
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/ August 20, 2026
The Seattle Aquarium opened on May 20, 1977, on Piers 59 and 60 along the downtown Elliott Bay waterfront. Managed by the nonprofit Seattle Aquarium Society since 2010 and accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums since March 2024, it now draws roughly 850,000
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/ August 19, 2026
Theme park news today is topped by Live Nation’s plan to convert San Diego’s historic Wonder Bread building into a new 4,000-capacity concert venue, while Madonna leads the 2026 MTV Video Music Award nominations ahead of Taylor Swift. Beyond today’s theme park news, this roundup
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/ August 19, 2026
Fuji-Q Highland is an amusement park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, sitting near the base of Mount Fuji. Operated by Fujikyuko Co. and open since March 2, 1968, the park has built a global reputation as one of the most extreme thrill destinations in the
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/ August 19, 2026
Universal Studios Japan opened in Osaka’s Konohana-ku ward on March 31, 2001, becoming Universal’s third theme park worldwide and its first outside the United States. Built at a cost of roughly $1.7 billion, the park drew more than 11 million guests in its opening year
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/ August 19, 2026
Tokyo DisneySea opened on September 4, 2001, next to Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, and remains the only Disney park in the world built around an ocean-exploration theme rather than a fairy-tale castle. Operated by the Oriental Land Company under license from The Walt
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/ August 19, 2026
Amon G. Carter Stadium is the home football venue of the TCU Horned Frogs in Fort Worth, Texas, and has hosted the team since it opened on October 11, 1930. Named for Fort Worth businessman and newspaper publisher Amon G. Carter, the stadium is nicknamed
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/ August 19, 2026
McLane Stadium is the home football venue of the Baylor Bears in Waco, Texas, opening on August 31, 2014 with a 45-0 win over SMU. Built at a cost of about $266 million and designed by the architectural firm Populous, the stadium replaced the aging
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/ August 19, 2026
Rice-Eccles Stadium sits on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, serving as the home field for Utah Utes football since it reopened on September 12, 1998, following a $50 million reconstruction. The stadium traces its roots to Ute Stadium, which opened on
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/ August 19, 2026
Mote Marine Laboratory began in 1955 as a small shark research lab founded by pioneering scientist Eugenie Clark, growing over the decades into one of the most respected independent marine research institutions in the country. For 45 years, its public aquarium welcomed visitors to its
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/ August 19, 2026
Moody Gardens is a non-profit educational destination in Galveston, Texas, established in 1986 by The Moody Foundation on land owned by the City of Galveston. Spread across 242 acres, the campus is anchored by three glass pyramids, each dedicated to a different environment: rainforest, marine
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/ August 18, 2026
Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field sits on the Georgia Tech campus in Midtown Atlanta and has been home to Yellow Jackets football since it opened on September 27, 1913, as Grant Field. That makes it the oldest stadium still in use in the Football
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/ August 18, 2026
Downtown Aquarium is a Landry’s-owned aquarium and entertainment complex at 410 Bagby Street in downtown Houston, opened in 2003 on a 6-acre site built around two redeveloped city landmarks: historic Fire Station No. 1 and the old Central Waterworks Building. The project cost Landry’s roughly
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