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/ October 14, 2026
DATCU Stadium is the home football venue for the University of North Texas Mean Green, sitting at the junction of Interstate 35E and 35W in Denton, Texas. Opened on September 10, 2011 as Apogee Stadium, the $78 million facility replaced the aging Fouts Field, which…
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/ October 14, 2026
UB Stadium has been the home of Buffalo Bulls football, soccer, and track and field since it opened in the summer of 1993, with the first football game played on September 4, 1993, against Maine, on the University at Buffalo’s North Campus in Amherst, New…
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/ October 14, 2026
Cajun Field has served as the home of Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns football in Lafayette, Louisiana, since it opened on September 25, 1971. Officially known today as Cajun Field at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium, the venue sits on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus…
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/ October 14, 2026
The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher sits on the Cape Fear coast in Kure Beach, one of three sites in the state’s aquarium system that trace back to a trio of marine resources centers opened on September 17, 1976. Renamed in 1986 and rebuilt…
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/ October 14, 2026
The National Aviary sits inside Allegheny Commons Park on Pittsburgh’s North Side, and it holds a distinction no other American zoo or aquarium can claim: in 1993, the U.S. Congress granted it honorary “National” status, making it the only zoological facility in the country with…
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/ October 14, 2026
Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens sits on 43 acres in Naples, Florida, blending a working zoo with a botanical garden whose roots stretch back over a century. The land was first planted in 1919 by botanist Henry Nehrling, who relocated part of his personal plant…
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/ October 14, 2026
The Mini Mine Train is a kiddie roller coaster tucked into the Boomtown section of Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. Built by Arrow Development and opened in 1969, three years after its much larger sibling the Runaway Mine Train, it was designed to…
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/ October 14, 2026
Batman: The Ride opened at Six Flags Over Texas on May 26, 1999, bringing the dark, suspended thrills of Gotham City to Arlington. The ride is a clone of the original Batman: The Ride that debuted at Six Flags Great America in 1992, which is…
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/ October 12, 2026
Gerald J. Ford Stadium sits on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, Texas, serving as the home field for the SMU Mustangs football program since it opened on September 2, 2000. The venue replaced the aging Ownby Stadium on the same site and was…
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/ October 12, 2026
Martin Stadium sits on the Washington State University campus in Pullman, Washington, and has been the home field of the Washington State Cougars football team since it opened on September 30, 1972. It replaced the fire-damaged Rogers Field on the same site and takes its…
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/ October 12, 2026
Mohegan Sun Arena opened in October 2001 on the grounds of the Mohegan Sun casino resort in Uncasville, part of Montville, Connecticut. Built by the Perini Building Company, the arena debuted with an NBA preseason exhibition between the Boston Celtics and the Washington Wizards, and…
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/ October 12, 2026
Birdland is one of the most storied names in jazz, a New York City club that first opened its doors on December 15, 1949, on Broadway near 52nd Street. The venue took its name from alto saxophonist Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, and its opening night lineup…
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/ October 12, 2026
Miller Park Zoo sits inside Miller Park in Bloomington, Illinois, and traces its roots back to 1891, when the city first spent public money caring for animals kept in the park. Local lore holds that the collection got its real start around 1900, after a…
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/ October 12, 2026
Marineland of Florida opened on June 23, 1938, south of St. Augustine as “Marine Studios,” a seaside complex built by Douglas Burden, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, and Ilya Tolstoy. The founders designed its tanks with glass portholes so Hollywood film crews could shoot underwater footage, and…
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/ October 12, 2026
The Little Rock Zoo traces its roots to 1924, when its first two residents, a timber wolf and a circus-trained brown bear, arrived in what is now Little Rock, Arkansas. Nearly a century later, it has grown into the state’s only zoo accredited by the…
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/ October 12, 2026
Aquaman: Power Wave is a launched water coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, that opened to the public on March 11, 2023. Built by Mack Rides, it holds the distinction of being the first PowerSplash model installed in North America, a design…
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/ October 11, 2026
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium sits just off the campus of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where it has served as the home field of Navy Midshipmen football since opening in 1959. The stadium replaced the much smaller Thompson Stadium, which held only…
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/ October 11, 2026
Le Poisson Rouge opened in 2008 at 158 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, New York City, on the former site of the legendary Village Gate, which had hosted acts for 38 years before closing. Founded by Justin Kantor and David Handler, both graduates of the…
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/ October 11, 2026
Echostage opened in 2012 in the Langdon neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., transforming a former warehouse into a hybrid nightclub and concert hall. Built on the site once occupied by earlier venues DC Tunnel and DC Star, the club was launched by GLOW, the city’s…
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/ October 11, 2026
The Crocodile opened as the Crocodile Cafe on April 30, 1991, when Seattle attorney Stephanie Dorgan launched a club at 2200 2nd Avenue in the Belltown neighborhood. Within a year, the room became a proving ground for the city’s exploding music scene, hosting Nirvana as…
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