Playland Park (Texas)
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| Location | San Antonio, Texas |
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| Owner | Jimmy Johnson |
| Opened | 1940 |
| Closed | 1980 |
| Rides | 16 total
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| Slogan | The Fun Spot of San Antonio |
Playland Park, a defunct amusement park formerly located in San Antonio, Texas, is most notable for being the former home of "The Rocket", a wooden roller coaster which now operates as The Phoenix at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
[edit] The Rocket
Designed and built by Herb Schmeck and the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, the roller coaster operated from 1947 until the park's closure in 1980. Knoebels purchased the ride in 1984 and dismantled it during the winter of 1985. As there were no blueprints to work with, each individual board was numbered and catalogued on site. The restored roller coaster opened at Knoebels on June 15, 1985. It is named after the mythical phoenix bird which rises, reborn from its own ashes.
