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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 on the north end will close at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13 and public access will be restored on 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16. During the festival, the Boardwalk on the north end will not be ...
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.
The city's largest festival, the Neptune Festival, attracts 500,000 visitors to the oceanfront and 350,000 visitors to the air show at NAS Oceana. [122] [123] Celebrating the city's heritage link with Norway, events are held in September in the oceanfront and Town Center areas.
The Kemah Boardwalk is a hotel and restaurant destination in Kemah, Texas, USA, which also features a small selection of amusement rides. The main attractions of the 35-acre (140,000 m 2 ) complex, which opened in 2001, are its many restaurants overlooking Galveston Bay , recreational sailing, and rides.
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 ...
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 ...