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List of amusement parks in the Americas The following is a list of amusement parks in the Americas sorted by region.
According to the National Amusement Park Historical Association, there are approximately 1,000 defunct amusement parks in North America, with a significant number being in the United States. [1] The primary reasons for amusement park closures in the early-20th century included the advent of the Great Depression, destruction by fire, incidents, and construction of highways and other forms of ...
Knott's Berry Farm is a 57-acre (2,500,000 sq ft) theme park located in Buena Park, California, owned and operated by Six Flags. In March 2015, it was ranked as the twelfth-most-visited theme park in North America, while averaging approximately 4 million visitors per year. The park features over 40 rides, including roller coasters, family rides, dark rides, and water rides .
Heritage USA was an American Christian-themed water park, theme park and residential complex in Fort Mill, South Carolina, built by televangelist Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy Faye Bakker, founders of The PTL Club .
Times theme park critic Todd Martens was handed a wild assignment: Rank every theme park ride in Southern California. The mission was dizzying, literally, as he spent months fastening his seatbelt ...
Paramount Parks. Paramount Parks was a subsidiary of National Amusements -owned Viacom, headquartered at its Paramount's Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina. At the time of its acquisition, the company owned and operated five amusement park/ water parks, which annually attracted 13 million patrons.
Subcategories. This category has the following 48 subcategories, out of 48 total. Defunct amusement parks in the United States by state or territory (16 C) Amusement rides in the United States by state or territory (41 C) Water parks in the United States by state or territory (37 C)
Busch Gardens is the name of two amusement parks in the United States, owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts. The original park is in Tampa, Florida, and the second park is in Williamsburg, Virginia. There were also previously Busch Gardens parks in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California (1964–1979) [1] and Houston, Texas (1971–1973). [2] The "Busch Gardens" name was earlier used to ...