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  2. California's Great America - Wikipedia

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    California's Great America is an 112-acre (45 ha) amusement park [1] located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation , it originally opened in 1976 as one of two parks built by the Marriott Corporation .

  3. Great America was the Bay Area's Disneyland. Now it's a ... - AOL

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    The park, located between Highway 101 and State Route 237 near Levi's Stadium, opened in 1976 under the Marriott Corp. and has become a local landmark for thrill-seeking Bay Area residents and ...

  4. List of defunct amusement parks in the United States

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    The park was renamed to Great Adventure Amusement Park. In the 1970s New York's Public Development Corp (PDC) took the land via eminent domain for the purpose of an industrial development. The property remained vacant and abandoned for years until being occupied by a movie complex, Toys R Us (closed in 2018) and office buildings. [54]

  5. Six Flags (1961–2024) - Wikipedia

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    Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, formerly Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., was an American amusement park corporation, headquartered in Arlington, Texas.At its height, Six Flags owned more theme parks and waterparks than any other company: [6] 42 properties in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, including theme parks, amusement parks, water parks, and a family entertainment center.

  6. 20 Abandoned Theme Parks Across America That Have Been Left ...

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    J's Amusement Park. Guerneville, California. Open from 1969 to 2003, the park had such fun items as a roller coaster, a mini race track, and a wild mouse roller coaster.

  7. List of amusement parks in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    California's Great America – Santa Clara; Children's Fairyland – Oakland; Fairytale Town – Sacramento; Funderland Amusement Park – Sacramento; Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park – Gilroy; Golfland – Castro Valley, Fairfield, Milpitas, Roseville, San Jose, and Sunnyvale; Happy Hollow Park and Zoo – San Jose; Historic Hawes Farms ...

  8. Great America - Wikipedia

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    1 Amusement parks. 2 Transportation. 3 Other uses. ... California's Great America, Santa ... Marriott's Great America (Maryland–Virginia), a proposed park from the ...

  9. 28 Historic Beachside Amusement Parks Across America - AOL

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    Considered the nation’s oldest amusement park (1846) — some “175 years of history” — Lake Compounce grew from a simple picnic place to the theme park it is today. Visitors rave it's a ...