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Stay away from the rivers. But enjoy these other possible swimming locations for Memorial Day weekend.
The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is a zoo in Roeding Park in Fresno, California covering 39 acres and housing over 190 species. [3] Its attractions include Stingray Bay, Dino Dig, Valley Farm, Sea Lion Cove, African Adventure, and Ross Laird's Winged Wonders Bird Show.
Roeding Park is a 90-acre (360,000 m 2) regional city park in Fresno, California established in 1903 via a gift from the Roeding family. The Fresno Chaffee Zoo occupies approximately one third of the acreage in the middle of the southern half of the park. The southwest corner includes Storyland, Playland and a lake between them. The rest of the ...
Playland was built on the southwest corner of Roeding Park, bordered to the west by California State Route 99. At the time, Fresno Chaffee Zoo was small but popular, and building an amusement park was seen as a good way to capitalize on the zoo's popularity and contribute to the city's culture and raise funds for public projects.
Playland in Roeding Park is promised to be reopening on June 1, according to Davey Helm, whose company Helm and Sons Amusements purchased it and has been furiously updating and sprucing it up.
FRESNO, CA. 11/10/05 LIF EPZ STONES ARMEN TICKET Armen Bacon holds the ticket she saved when she saw The Rolling Stones at Ratcliffe Stadium at the age of 13 in 1965.
Currently, there are two open and two enclosed slides that twist and turn from a height of 40 feet (12 m) above pools and slide-stopping water gates called run-outs. A 700-square-foot (65 m 2 ), 3-foot-deep (0.91 m) lazy river surrounds much of the complex, while a splash zone of water features water jets and sprays.
For Halloween, Playland will be open from 2-10 p.m. with free admission to anyone under 17 dressed in a costume. There will be candy at each of the rides, two haunted mazes and a pumpkin patch ...