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Kings Dominion is an amusement park in Doswell, Virginia, United States, twenty miles (30 km) north of Richmond and 75 miles (120 km) south of Washington, D.C. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the 280-acre (1.1 km 2) park opened to the public on May 3, 1975, [1] and features more than 60 rides, shows and attractions including 13 roller coasters and a 20-acre (8.1 ha) water park.
Paramount Communications, previously known as Gulf+Western, in turn had acquired the parks from Nelson Schwab and his management group.Schwab and his KECO Entertainment acquired the group in a management-led LBO from the Taft Broadcasting Company, which had built Kings Island in Cincinnati using rides that were moved from the Coney Island amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio Taft had just closed.
Pantherian was considered by amusement-park enthusiasts to be one of the most anticipated new roller coasters of 2010. [16] A media preview event was held on April 1, 2010, [17] and the ride opened the following day, when Kings Dominion opened for the season.
The Eiffel Tower at Kings Dominion was built by Bristol Steel. [1] It was modeled and built at Kings Island three years prior to construction. It is the centerpiece of the park, located in the International Street section of the park, just beyond the fountains at the main entrance.
The year prior, Family Entertainment Centers was dissolved, making Taft the sole owner of Kings Dominion. [citation needed] By 1984, a grouping of senior executives from Taft's Amusement Park Group and some park managers purchased Taft's theme park division. The group named the resulting company Kings Entertainment Company (KECO). Taft gave ...
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Carowinds is a 407-acre (165 ha) amusement park primarily located in Charlotte, ... King's Dominion, Kings Island, Great America, and Canada's Wonderland.
In 1999, Kings Dominion closed Nickelodeon Splat City in preparation for the opening of its 2000 attraction, Nickelodeon Central. Nickelodeon Central brought a retheme of many of the park's children's rides as well as the addition of new ones. Kings Island followed suit, closing its Splat City in 2000 and opening Nickelodeon Central in 2001.