Western Playland amusement park opened with eight rides on 15 acres at Ascarate Park. May 28, Labor Day weekend, 1960.

Fresno’s Playland park is days away from closing it gates — again. The nearly 70-year-old children’s theme park announced earlier this month that its current operator, Helm and Sons ...

Western Playland amusement park opened on May 28, 1960, at Ascarate Park in El Paso, Texas. Western Playland moved to Sunland Park, New Mexico in 2006 after facing difficulties expanding at its ...

Commissioners dwindled down the five names to three: Fog Line, Playland Park, and Sunset Dunes. Playland Parkway was modified to Playland Park in the final vote. Commissioner Larry Mazzola and ...

Changes are in the works at the last remaining family-friendly amusement park along one of the Jersey Shore’s busiest boardwalks as it gears up to accommodate more people this summer, after its ...

Playland's Castaway Cove now holds the distinction of being the only amusement park on Ocean City’s boardwalk, after Gillian’s Wonderland Pier closed this fall. “I've actually worked at both ...

Following a recent shooting and undefined future threats, the Panama City Beach Police Department is implementing heightened security measures at Pier Park. From Friday, April 4 to Monday ...

Daddy’s Little Park “Daddy loves his parks.” Playland Park by the Beach “Obviously, nothing is left to really remind of these times in the city’s history, yet Playland must have been an ...