Topeka ThrillZone

Topeka ThrillZone (formerly known as Hunt's Grove and NFL All-Stars Park) is an amusement park located in Topeka, Kansas. It first opened in 1975.

History
The park opened in 1975 as "Hunt's Grove", run by Mid-America Enterprises, as a sister park to Worlds of Fun in nearby Kansas City. Unlike it's sister park, this park mostly focused on having a sports theme to it, due to the company founder owning an NFL team. In 1996, Vista Parks bought the park for $45 million and toned down the sports theming due to not having any sports licenses at the time. However, in 2002, when Vista Parks acquired the NFL license it gave the park an almost complete rehaul and renamed it to "NFL All-Stars Park". In 2018, after Vista Parks lost the NFL license to Carwardine, the park was converted back into a generic theme park - although they still have NBA and NHL-themed rides in it - and renamed "Topeka ThrillZone".

Trivia

 * The park's initial name, Hunt's Grove, was a reference to Lamar Hunt, the founder of Mid-America Enterprises.
 * Lord Stanley was originally going to have a Windcatcher Element (ala Cheetah Hunt), but was replaced with a Top Hat (along the lines of iSpeed at Mirabilandia) during the planning phase.
 * The park uses one train operations on all their coasters except Florida Panther, Lord Stanley and Patriot.