Riverside Amusement Park (La Crosse)
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Not to be confused with Riverside Park (La Crosse), which is a municipal park. For other amusement parks of the same name, see Riverside Amusement Park (disambiguation)
Riverside Amusement Park is an amusement park
that has been operating in La Crosse, Wisconsin
, USA, since 1990. Smaller than most parks with the same name, Riverside Amusement Park attracts between 30,000 and 35,000 visitors per year. Its location is an unusual one for an amusement park: near La Crosse Municipal Airport
at the intersection of Interstate 90
and U. S. Route 53/Wisconsin Highway 35.
Attractions include go cart tracks, batting cage
s, a miniature golf
course, an arcade
, activities geared toward pre-teenage children, and a corporate picnic area. The park is open to the public on weekends in April and daily from May 1 to Labor Day
each year.
Dennis Lovold, president of Riverside Amusement Park since its 1990 grand opening
, is also president (and co-owner) of the corporation
that built it (and continues to own it).
Riverside Amusement Park is an amusement park
Amusement park
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that has been operating in La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse is a city in and the county seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. The city lies alongside the Mississippi River.The 2011 Census Bureau estimates the city had a population of 52,485...
, USA, since 1990. Smaller than most parks with the same name, Riverside Amusement Park attracts between 30,000 and 35,000 visitors per year. Its location is an unusual one for an amusement park: near La Crosse Municipal Airport
La Crosse Municipal Airport
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at the intersection of Interstate 90
Interstate 90
Interstate 90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It is the northernmost coast-to-coast interstate, and parallels US 20 for the most part. Its western terminus is in Seattle, at Edgar Martinez Drive S. near Safeco Field and CenturyLink Field, and its eastern terminus is in...
and U. S. Route 53/Wisconsin Highway 35.
Attractions include go cart tracks, batting cage
Batting cage
A batting cage is an enclosed cage for baseball players to practice the skill of batting.It is usually made of netting or a chain-link fence and rectangular in shape. A batter stands at one end of the cage, with a pitching machine at the opposing end...
s, a miniature golf
Miniature golf
Miniature golf, or minigolf, is a miniature version of the sport of golf. While the international sports organization World Minigolf Sport Federation prefers to use the name "minigolf", the general public in different countries has also many other names for the game: miniature golf, mini-golf,...
course, an arcade
Video arcade
An amusement arcade or video arcade is a venue where people play arcade games such as video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers , or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables...
, activities geared toward pre-teenage children, and a corporate picnic area. The park is open to the public on weekends in April and daily from May 1 to Labor Day
Labor Day
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each year.
Dennis Lovold, president of Riverside Amusement Park since its 1990 grand opening
Grand opening
Grand opening is a term used when a business, public office, or private association wishes to announce the official opening of a new location. This differs from just opening the doors on the first day, in that a grand opening is more of a celebration event, not just the first day having the doors...
, is also president (and co-owner) of the corporation
Corporation
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that built it (and continues to own it).