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King Neptune is a large bronze statue located in Virginia Beach, Virginia designed by Paul DiPasquale. It stands at the entrance of Neptune Park on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk at 31st Street, and depicts the mythological god Neptune. [1] The sculpture weighs 12.5 tons [2] and is 34 feet (10 m) [1] [2] tall.
The statue was dedicated on September 30, 2005 during the Neptune Festival Boardwalk weekend. [3] The Boardwalk Weekend includes the International Sandsculpting Championship, [4] Art & Craft Show, [5] food, and live music. It also includes a surfing contest, a foot race, a volleyball tournament, and a parade. [6]
The boardwalk extends along the coast of the Monterey Bay, from just east of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf to the mouth of the San Lorenzo River.At the western edge of the park lies a large building originally known as The Plunge, now Neptune's Kingdom, a pirate-themed recreation center which contains a video arcade and an indoor miniature golf course.
More than 35,000 are expected to attend the Sea Hear Now fest each day on Sept. 14 and 15 on the Asbury Park oceanfront. Asbury Park road, beach, boardwalk closures for Bruce Springsteen and Sea ...
The Boardwalk at Lady Bird Lake is a boardwalk along Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, United States. Construction on the $28 million project was completed during October 2012 – June 2014. Artist Ken Little's art installation Belting It Out was commissioned for the boardwalk and features 36 cast bronze belts displaying lyrics by Texas singers ...
The Kemah Boardwalk is a 60-acre Texas Gulf Coast theme park in Kemah, Texas, approximately 30 miles southeast of Downtown Houston, Texas. The Boardwalk is built entirely along the shores of Galveston Bay and Clear Lake. The complex is owned and operated by Landry's, Inc., and has restaurants, rides, midway games, a boutique hotel, a charter ...
Six Flags Fiesta Texas had to rename and retheme seven rides as well as the kids theme area from Wiggles World to Kidzopolis, all in time for the 2011 season. [12] [13] In 2019, the park for the first time in its history, operated at a year-round schedule. Before 2019, Fiesta Texas ran their operating seasons from March to the end of the year.
Lauren Hallgring, an 8th grade social studies teacher who received the American Civic Education Teacher Award for 2024, talks about the award and her class curriculum at Neptune Middle School in ...