Westerndome

Westerndome is a both and an indoor  that originally opened as Tucsondome in 1979. It is the second indoor amusement park after opened in 1975.

Tucsondome era (1979 - 1994)
In 1975, A young Arizona businessman named Rich Scott flew to to see  with his family on an opening day. Scott was thrilled that the indoor amusement park will be the future of amusement parks. He felt that it would work perfectly for Arizona. He told the owner of the Old Chicago, Robert Brindle, about Scott's vision of bringing an Old Chicago-inspired park to Tucson. Brindle really likes that idea but he can't build that park himself, so he told and gives him good advice is hired the builders and engineers who will be interested in Scott's idea to build it themselves.

In late 1977, after searching for a new location for the new shopping mall/amusement park Scott was hoping for, They found the empty land located that was perfectly fit for that. After that, the construction began. During construction in June 1978, Tucson's heatwave was on the rise. So they added air conditioning on the roof. After the year of construction, the mall/park finally opened to the public in 1979.

When it opened in 1979, It featured three roller coasters:

Inside the shopping mall features a movie theater named Tucsondome Cinema, a concert stage, a bunch of restaurants, and a bunch of stores.
 * The Sidewinder, an Arrow Dynamics Loop & Corkscrew coaster,
 * The Wildcat, an Schwarzkopf Wildcat 65m coaster, and
 * The Wild Kitty, a Zierer Small Tivoli coaster.

Tucsondome was Scott's huge success after it opened, He hopes for the continued success of this new shopping mall/amusement park.

In 1980, Flying Bobs opened.

In 1981, Golden Lasso opened.

In 1982, Pirat opened.

In 1983, Freefall opened.

In 1984, Wildcat closed and was later removed in 1985.

In 1986, Zyklon opened.

But in the late 80s, the amusement park's attendance numbers slowly declined, because of their competition, Tucson's Wonderland which was opened in 1977 2 years before Tucsondome opened, have bigger and better coasters.

Finally, in 1988, Tucsondome closed at the end of the season after attendance declined. It was left abandoned for many years.

All of the rides were auditioned off except Tuscon Flume.

Westerndome era (1994-present)
In early 1994, The mall was purchased by Triple Five Group. The mall was renamed Westerndome and reopened in the 1995 season.

When it reopened in 1995, it included three new roller coasters:


 * The Mad Dog, an Edwards & Robinson Hi-Miler coaster,
 * The Lasso Loop, a SED-Hopkins Drier Looping II coaster, and
 * Mad Dog Junior, an Edwards & Robinson Kiddie coaster.

In 1996, Giant Loop opened.

In 1997, Swinging Lasso opened.

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