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/ August 13, 2026
Th13teen at Alton Towers built its reputation on a single moment: a pitch-black crypt where the track itself seems to vanish beneath the train and riders genuinely freefall for a few heart-stopping metres before the ride catches them again. It’s the reason the UK’s original
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/ August 10, 2026
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom opened on March 29, 2014, on Hengqin Island in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China, as the marine-life centerpiece of the sprawling Chimelong Ocean Kingdom Resort. Designed by PGAV Destinations and built for its first phase, the park set five Guinness World Records on
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/ August 9, 2026
Nationwide Arena is the downtown Columbus, Ohio home of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, and one of the few U.S. major-league arenas built with its own attached practice rink. Since opening in 2000, it has anchored the surrounding Arena District and hosted everything from an
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/ August 9, 2026
Isleta Amphitheater is the name most Albuquerque concertgoers still use for the city’s largest outdoor concert venue, even though the sign out front now reads something else. Set in the Mesa del Sol development on the south side of town, it has hosted everyone from
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/ August 8, 2026
Prudential Center, nicknamed “The Rock” after its naming sponsor’s corporate logo, opened in downtown Newark, New Jersey on October 25, 2007. It was the first major league sports venue built in the New York metropolitan area since 1981, and it has served as the home
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/ August 8, 2026
UBS Arena is the New York Islanders’ purpose-built home in Elmont, New York, sitting on the grounds of the historic Belmont Park racetrack just past the Queens border. Since opening in November 2021, it has become a go-to stop for hockey, concerts, and major touring
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/ August 7, 2026
Kia Center is the downtown Orlando arena that has served as the home court of the NBA’s Orlando Magic since it opened in October 2010. Built as part of a broader effort to revitalize downtown Orlando, the venue replaced the aging Orlando Arena and quickly
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/ August 3, 2026
Autzen Stadium is the home football venue of the Oregon Ducks, sitting along the Willamette River just north of the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. Opened in 1967, it has grown from a modest 41,000-seat bowl into a roughly 54,000-seat facility renowned as one
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/ July 31, 2026
Dollywood confirmed on July 29, 2026 that NightFlight Expedition, its most expensive attraction ever, will officially open to the public on August 19. Season pass holders get early access during previews from August 15-18. Billed as the world’s first indoor family hybrid coaster and whitewater
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/ July 31, 2026
Parc des Princes is the football stadium in Paris’s 16th arrondissement that Paris Saint-Germain has called home since 1974, a tight, steeply-raked bowl that has hosted everything from Tour de France finishes to the 1938 World Cup’s opening match and a European Championship final. Whether
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/ July 26, 2026
Target Center is the downtown Minneapolis arena that’s been home to the Minnesota Timberwolves since 1990 and the Minnesota Lynx since the WNBA franchise launched in 1999. Beyond its status as the NBA’s second-oldest active arena, it’s known for a pioneering green roof, a modernized
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/ July 26, 2026
Gainbridge Fieldhouse is the downtown Indianapolis arena that has served as home to the Indiana Pacers of the NBA since it opened in November 1999, replacing the aging Market Square Arena. Designed by Ellerbe Becket and Blackburn Architects, the venue’s brick-and-glass facade was deliberately modeled
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/ July 25, 2026
Bank of America and the Carolina Panthers announced on July 23, 2026, a long-term extension of their naming-rights partnership for Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Neither the length nor the financial value of the new agreement was disclosed, but it keeps one
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/ July 25, 2026
Rocket Arena is the downtown Cleveland arena that has been home to the Cleveland Cavaliers since it opened as Gund Arena on October 17, 1994. Known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse from 2019 to 2025, the venue took its current name in February 2025, when naming-rights
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/ July 25, 2026
Zoo Miami is Florida’s largest zoo, spread across roughly 750 acres in South Miami-Dade County. Its roots trace back to 1948, when a small collection of animals from a stranded road show — three monkeys, a goat, and two black bears — was housed at
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/ July 25, 2026
Mamba is the steel hypercoaster that has defined the skyline of Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri since 1998. Built by D.H. Morgan Manufacturing and designed by Steve Okamoto, it towers 205 feet over the park’s Africa section and remains Missouri’s fastest coaster and
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/ July 23, 2026
FedExForum is a downtown Memphis, Tennessee arena that opened on September 6, 2004, replacing the Memphis Pyramid as the city’s premier basketball venue. Built on Beale Street in the heart of Memphis’s entertainment district, the arena has served as the home of the NBA’s Memphis
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/ July 23, 2026
Toyota Center is the downtown Houston arena that has served as the home of the NBA’s Houston Rockets since it opened in October 2003. Built 32 feet below street level at the request of then-owner Leslie Alexander, the arena required what was reportedly the largest
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/ July 23, 2026
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere is Middle Tennessee’s most-visited wildlife attraction, drawing over a million guests a year to a 188-acre property where modern animal habitats sit alongside a preserved 1810 farmhouse. Before you go, the questions that matter most are practical: what does it cost,
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/ July 22, 2026
The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium sits on 202 acres inside Swope Park in Kansas City, Missouri, and has welcomed visitors since it first opened on December 13, 1909. What began as a single building housing the zoo’s entire animal collection for $32,000 has grown
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