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Galloping Ghost Arcade is a video arcade located in Brookfield, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago).It opened on August 13, 2010, and as of December 2024, it contains over 1,019 arcade games, up from 130 at the time of opening, across 7,500+ square feet, making it the largest classic video arcade in the United States.
The Galloping Ghost was a highly modified former fighter plane that had come out of retirement the previous year after undergoing major modifications, including removal of the underbelly radiator and installation of a "boil-off" cooling system, as well as other modifications that the owner described as designed to make the plane more efficient.
Harold Edward "Red" Grange (June 13, 1903 – January 28, 1991), nicknamed "the Galloping Ghost" and "the Wheaton Iceman", was an American professional football halfback who played for the Chicago Bears and the short-lived New York Yankees. His signing with the Bears helped legitimize the National Football League (NFL). [1]
The Galloping Ghost Arcade is the largest video arcade in the United States, with over 976 video (retro and modern), pinball, and ticket redemption games. North Kiwanis Park is a major area for many annual events such as German Fest, Fall Fest, Battle of the Bands, and the Brookfield Fourth of July Parade.
The Galloping Ghost is a 1931 American pre-Code Mascot serial film co-directed by B. Reeves Eason and Benjamin H. Kline.The title is the nickname of the star, real life American football player Red Grange.
The Galloping Ghost, a destroyed P-51 Mustang air racer; Buford and the Galloping Ghost, a 1978 cartoon; The Galloping Ghost, a 1931 movie serial; USS Enterprise, a 1936 American aircraft carrier during World War II; Galloping Ghost Arcade, a video arcade in Brookfield, Illinois
The Galloping Ghost was built by North American Aviation as a P-51D-15-NA, Army Air Force serial number 44-15651, [3] at the NAA's Inglewood, California, plant [4] for military use during World War II. Once the aircraft was delivered, it was transferred to Walnut Ridge Army Air Field in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. It was later classified as surplus ...
Modified North American P-51D-15-NA "The Galloping Ghost" ("Race 177"), N79111 (ex-44-15651), [8] piloted by James K. "Jimmy" Leeward, crashed into spectators at the Reno Air Races, killing Leeward and six people on the ground, and injuring 73 more (four of which later died in the hospital).