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The Pike
The Pike has closed (last season: 1979). This page covers its history and the rides it had.
- Location
- Long Beach, California
- Opened
- 1902
- Closed
- 1979
- Rides listed
- 0
Rides it had
No rides listed for The Pike yet.
The Pike was a seaside amusement zone in Long Beach that opened in 1902. It was later renamed Nu Pike and then Queen's Park, and closed in 1979 when the city declined to renew its land leases; its remaining structures were demolished by 1980. Its best-known ride, the Cyclone Racer, ran from 1930 to 1968. The Pike Outlets shopping center, opened in 2003, only borrows the name.
Sources
- rcdb.com/5266.htm (RCDB: Queens Park, Long Beach, California; defunct, operated 1902 to 1979; former names Long Beach Pike (1902-1949) and Nu Pike (1949-1971); nine removed coasters including Jack Rabbit Racer (1915-1930), Cyclone Racer (1930-1968) and Wild Maus (1961-1979))
- rcdb.com/1945.htm (RCDB: Cyclone Racer, Queens Park, Long Beach; wooden twin racing coaster, operated May 30, 1930 to September 15, 1968; designed by Frederick Church, built by Harry G. Traver)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pike (The Pike founded in 1902 on the Long Beach shoreline south of Ocean Boulevard; renamed Nu-Pike and later Queen's Park; Cyclone Racer 1930-1968; city refused to renew land leases in 1979 and demolished structures into 1980; The Pike at Rainbow Harbor opened in 2003, later The Pike Outlets, a nod to the original amusement zone)