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North American Midway Entertainment, LLC (NAME) is an American provider of midway services based in Farmland, Indiana, that describes itself as "the world's largest traveling outdoor amusement park." [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] NAME provides rides, games and food to over 15 million fairgoers every year in 20 states and 4 Canadian provinces. [ 4 ]
A traveling carnival is not set up at a permanent location, like an amusement park or funfair, but is moved from place to place. Its roots are similar to the 19th century circus with both being fitted-up in open fields near or in town and moving to a new location after a period of time. In fact, many carnivals have circuses while others have a ...
Traveling carnivals have long included small walk-through fun houses in addition to their thrill rides. The typical carnival fun house is built entirely in a semi-trailer, usually about 40 feet (12 m) long by 8 feet (2.4 m) wide, allowing limited space for elaborate scenes or effects. Common features are dark corridors, light-up skulls, gravity ...
Great Wolf Lodge: 2003-now. Great Wolf Lodge is located at the Legends Outlets in Kansas City, Kansas, and has been open since 2003.The indoor water park resort is 38,000 square feet and kept at a ...
Conklin Shows was the largest traveling amusement corporation in North America. [1] The 75-year-old company operated traveling carnivals at various summer agricultural shows across North America and is based in Brantford, Ontario, and formerly also in West Palm Beach, Florida. The company has a long history in Canada, providing entertainment ...
Sedlmayr took sole ownership and changed the company name to Royal American Shows in 1923. In 1924 he began running the company in partnership with two brothers, Curtis J. Velare (1880–1970) and Elmer C. Velare (1884–1947), who specialized in operating and running mechanical fairground rides. [4]
The game's story starts off with a message that you won a bid to a "Historic World Fair Site" that's seen better days. From that point, a fortune teller named Ms. Luna does a bit of hand-holding ...
Amusement park City Years of operation Notes Ref. Canyon Land Park Fort Payne: 1970–1973 [2] Lake City Amusement Park Guntersville: 2016–2016 Operated for two months. [3] Southern Adventures: Huntsville: 1998–2018 [4] Space City USA: Huntsville: 1964–1964 Abandoned prior to completion [5] Styx River Water World Loxley: 1945–2020