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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
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 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 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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/ July 22, 2026
The Detroit Zoo opened in its current form on August 1, 1928, spanning the border of Royal Oak and Huntington Woods, Michigan, just north of the city of Detroit. It made history as one of the first zoos in the United States to move away…
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/ July 21, 2026
Elland Road is the football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, that has served as the home of Leeds United since 1919. The ground dates back even further, to 1897, when it first hosted Holbeck Rugby League Club before Leeds City F.C. and later Leeds…
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/ July 21, 2026
Molineux Stadium has sat on Waterloo Road in Wolverhampton since 1889, making it one of the oldest continuously used grounds in English top-flight football. Home to Wolverhampton Wanderers, it grew from a Victorian pleasure park into a modern all-seater arena that has hosted a European…
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/ July 20, 2026
Central Park Zoo sits on the southeast corner of Central Park at East 64th Street and Fifth Avenue, a compact 6.5-acre wildlife park run by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Its roots trace back to an informal 1864 menagerie, making it one of the oldest…
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/ July 19, 2026
West Coast Racers is Six Flags Magic Mountain‘s launched, side-by-side dueling coaster, where two 12-passenger trains race through the same layout at once, crossing paths more than a dozen times before either one crosses the finish line first. Built by Premier Rides and opened on…
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/ July 19, 2026
St James’ Park sits on a hill above Newcastle city centre, its towering black-and-white stands visible from miles around and from trains pulling into the city. Home to Newcastle United since 1892, it is one of English football’s oldest and most storied grounds, having hosted…
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/ July 19, 2026
Scream! is the floorless coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain where your legs dangle free through seven inversions, and it’s one of the park’s most-searched rides for a reason: riders want to know the height cutoff, what the seats actually feel like, and how it…
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/ July 18, 2026
The Minnesota Zoo opened on May 22, 1978, in Apple Valley, as one of only two state-supported zoos in the country (the other is the North Carolina Zoo). Spread across 485 acres, it was among the first American zoos to organize exhibits by habitat rather…
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/ July 18, 2026
Xcelerator is the hydraulic launch roller coaster at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, and it’s the ride that started an entire category: when it opened on June 22, 2002, it was Intamin’s very first hydraulically launched coaster, a technology later scaled up for…
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/ July 16, 2026
Planning a trip to the Memphis Zoo? Here’s the full picture: current hours, ticket prices, parking, the must-see exhibits like Zambezi River Hippo Camp and Teton Trek, and the complete story behind the zoo’s famous former panda exhibit. Tucked inside Overton Park in Midtown Memphis…
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/ July 15, 2026
The Oregon Zoo sits in Portland’s Washington Park, just two miles southwest of downtown, and holds the distinction of being the oldest zoo west of the Mississippi River, tracing its roots back to 1888. Owned and operated by the regional government Metro since 1976, the…
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/ July 15, 2026
Denver Zoo has been a City Park fixture since a single donated black bear cub arrived in 1896 — and in 2026 the zoo is marking its 130th anniversary. Today it’s an 80-acre campus, home to more than 2,500 animals across roughly 450 species, and…
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/ July 14, 2026
The Fort Worth Zoo opened in 1909 with a lion, some bear cubs, an alligator, a coyote, a peacock, and a few rabbits housed at Trinity Park. More than a century later, it has grown into one of the most acclaimed zoological facilities in the…
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/ July 14, 2026
The Houston Zoo sits inside Hermann Park near downtown Houston, Texas, and has welcomed visitors since it first opened in 1922 with a single deer pen donated to the city. Over the following century it grew into one of the most visited zoos in the…
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/ July 14, 2026
Great Bear is Hersheypark’s original inverted thrill machine, the coaster that dangles your feet in midair and throws you through four inversions at speeds pushing 60 mph. More than 25 years after it opened in 1998, it’s still one of the fastest, most re-rideable coasters…
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