Playland (often called Rye Playland) is an amusement park located in Rye, New York. Run by Westchester County, it is the only government owned-and-operated amusement park in the United States. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 593 pixel Image in higher resolution (1148 × 851 pixel, file size: 462 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Title: Gondola Wheel ride at Playland Author: (Self) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Rye, New York is the name of two places in Westchester County, New York. ... “NY” redirects here. ... New Rochelle City Hall New Roc City New Rochelle (French: Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of New York in Westchester County, 16 miles (26 km) from Grand Central Terminal in New York City and 2 miles north of the border with... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Westchester County is a primarily suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Rye, NY City Seal. ... Westchester County is a primarily suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ...

History

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the waterfront area of Westchester County, New York along the Long Island Sound was the site of a growing collection of recreational developments, including hotels, resorts, and "amusement areas." Local residents concerned about what a County report described as "unsavory crowds" induced the Westchester County Park Association to purchase two existing theme parks, Rye Beach and Paradise Park, and planned a local-government-sponsored amusement park in their stead. Westchester County is a primarily suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ... New York City waterways: 1. ...

Frank Darling, a veteran park manager with experience at Coney Island and the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, was hired to design and run the new park, called Playland. Construction commenced in September 1927 and was completed in six months. A design firm was commissioned to decorate the entire park in the Art Deco style. For other uses, see Coney Island (disambiguation). ... The British Empire Exhibition was held at Wembley, London in 1924. ... Asheville City Hall. ...

The park began operation on May 26, 1928. The original design included a boardwalk, ice-skating rinks, a swimming pool, and two beaches, as well as amusement park rides, some of which are still in use. is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Photograph of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ, USA, taken August 2003. ...

Built in 1929, the Dragon Coaster serves as the park's mascot and appears in the Playland logo. The Dragon Coaster is one of roughly 100 wooden roller coasters still in operation in the United States. Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... The Texas Giant, a large wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, TX Thunderbird in the PowerPark amusement park A wooden roller coaster or woodie is most often classified as a roller coaster with laminated steel running rails overlayed upon a wooden track. ...

Historic status and modern use

Playland logo

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There is no charge for admission, and "fun cards" or wristbands may be purchased to go on rides. There is a charge for parking during the summer season. According to its website, "Playland also offers free entertainment and has a great beach, swimming pool, boardwalk and pier on scenic Long Island Sound, lake boating, picnic area, mini golf and indoor ice skating." This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Photograph of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ, USA, taken August 2003. ... New York City waterways: 1. ... Miniature golf Minigolf is a mostly played by gay dicks that have nothing better to do version of the sport of golf. ... Outdoor ice skating in Austria Ice skating is travelling on ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade-like devices moulded into special boots (or, more primitively, without boots, tied to regular footwear). ...

The "Ice Casino" originally contained a main ice rink as well as a full dance floor on the second floor that functioned as a dance hall through the 1940's and 1950's. It also had a full service fine dining restaurant. A renovation in the 1970s added a kiddy rink as well as a mid-sized ice rink.

Playland is home to a "Grand Carousel". The Grand Carousel contains designs including those on the horses that are all hand-carved and painted. Playland is also home to one of only three "Derby Racers" still in existence. The Derby Racer is not a carousel for the faint of heart as it rotates at 25 miles per hour (40 km/h) - three times the speed of a normal carousel. The horses move back and forth as well as up and down, simulating a true gallop as it races around the track. The other "Derby Racers" are located at Cedar Point[1], in Sandusky, Ohio; and Blackpool Pleasure Beach [2], in Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Cedar Point is a 364 acre (1. ... Pleasure Beach, Blackpool (formerly Blackpool Pleasure Beach) is an amusement park in the town of Blackpool in Lancashire, England. ...

The latest coaster to be installed is "Super Flight," in which you lie down on your stomach in a caged car with three other people in a single row. Cars are released one at a time, allowing multiple cars to be at different spots on the coaster at the same time. The coaster contains two 360 degree turns giving the riders a zero gravity experience.

Playland also features entertainment performances on its main stage in the center of the park. 2006 included the dance show Oh-Zone as well as Magic and Spice featuring magician Brendon Yancey. In 2007 it had New York Nights and Shakin' at the High School Hop a grease style performance.

In 2007, Plain White T's performed on July 31, Bowling for Soup on August 9, and Teddy Geiger on August 23. All of the concerts were part of Rye Playland's free concert series. The Plain White T's attracted the largest crowd ever for a free concert at Playland with over 14,000 people.

Until the beginning of the 2002-2003 NHL season, the New York Rangers hockey team practiced at the Playland Ice Casino. Currently, the hockey team from Manhattanville College, located in nearby Purchase, New York, plays its home games at Playland. NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ... The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The architectural and administrative centerpiece of the Manhattanville campus, Reid Hall (1864), is named after Whitelaw Reid owner of the New York Tribune. ... Purchase, New York is part of the town of Harrison, in Westchester County. ...

Playland Beach

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Film appearances

The 1984 film The Muppets Take Manhattan features a scene filmed in Playland, although the scene is set in Michigan. Playland was the amusement park featured in the 1988 movie Big starring Tom Hanks, where "Zoltar the Magnificent" fortune teller machine induces Hanks to become younger. It also appears in a scene in the film Fatal Attraction with Glenn Close, and is featured in the Woody Allen film Sweet and Lowdown (1999) starring Sean Penn. In 2006, the Playland beach was used for the film Tenderness with Russell Crowe, it is set for release November 30, 2007. There was also scenes for My Sassy Girl, a movie in post production set for release in Q4 of 2007. In 1995, Rye Playland (and particularly the boardwalk, Dragon Coaster, and parking lot entrance) were featured in the Mariah Carey video for her song "Fantasy." Playland is a popular filming location for independent filmakers from SUNY Purchase and others in the tri-state area. This article is about the year. ... The Muppets Take Manhattan DVD cover The Muppets Take Manhattan is the third of a series of live-action musical feature films starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Largest metro area Metro Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... Big is a 1988 comedy film which tells the story of a teenaged boy who is aged to adulthood by a magical fortune telling machine. ... Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, Emmy-winning director, voice-over artist and movie producer. ... Fatal Attraction is a 1987 thriller about a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman who refuses to allow it to end and who becomes obsessed with him. ... Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actress. ... Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian, and playwright. ... Sweet and Lowdown is a 1999 film written and directed by Woody Allen which tells the story of a (fictional) arrogant, obnoxious, alcoholic jazz guitarist named Emmett Ray (played by Sean Penn) who may be the best guitarist in the world. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is a New Zealand-Australian[1] actor. ... Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, and actress. ... Fantasy is a song co-written and co-produced by American singer Mariah Carey and Dave Hall for Careys sixth album, Daydream. ... Purchase College, also known as SUNY Purchase or State University of New York College at Purchase, is a public liberal, visual, and performing arts college in Purchase, New York and is a part of the State University of New York system. ... There are a number of places in the United States known as tri-state areas where three states meet at one point or in close proximity to each other. ...

TV appearances

The second episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark The Tale of Laughing in the Dark takes place in an amusement park called Playland, however, it was not filmed at the actual park. Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a Nickelodeon television series, but counted as two distinct series in the Internet Movie Database. ... After the clown Zeebo stole the entire payroll from the circus, he ran from authorities and hid in a funhouse. ...

The Naked Brothers Band made a live free appearance at Playland on Friday, August 24th at 6pm on the Music Tower Stage. They were taping an episode for their second season of their Nickelodeon show. The Naked Brothers Band may refer to: The Naked Brothers Band (film) - an independent mockumentary film (2005) The Naked Brothers Band (TV series) - a Nickelodeon television series (2007) anthony anthony is gay Category: ... Nickelodeon may refer to: Nickelodeon movie theater, an early 20th century form of small, neighborhood movie theaters Nickelodeon (film), a 1976 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich Nickelodeon (TV channel), a cable TV network whose demographic is primarily children and pre-teens in the United States. ...

Deaths

There have been four deaths from 2004 to 2007 at Playland. See Incidents at independent parks for more information. // This is a summary of notable incidents that have taken place at various independently-owned U.S. amusement parks. ...

See also

• Incidents at independent parks
• Playland Parkway

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External link

• Playland