subject: The Historic Galveston Pleasure Pier [print this page] The Galveston Pleasure Pier is a $60 million dollar project by Landry's Inc. owner Tilman Fertita. Having plans to open the pier on Memorial Day, May 28th, Fertita wants the pier may compete with Coney Island's Luna Park, Chicago's Navy Pier, and the Santa Monica Pier. The 1,200 foot pier is based on 25th and Seawall at the original site of Flagship Hotel which had been destroyed by Hurricane Ike in 2008. The pier will include 16 rides and will possess the highest ride in Texas. Of the sixteen rides available several of the outstanding highlights involve a 200 foot high swing tower (the tallest in Texas), a 100 foot high Ferris wheel having programmable LED lights, a 100 foot top to bottom lift steel coaster, and different rides which lead out above the Gulf of Mexico.
The Galveston Pleasure Pier is being revived for the 3 rd time in the gulf region city's historical past. The initial variation was on the foundation from the present-day pier and had been given the name the Electric Park. The Electric Park was publicized as "The Coney Island of the South" and had been opened in 1906. The recreation area was open for 9 years previous to being wrecked by the 1915 Galveston hurricane.
The 2nd iteration of the park started off as a leisure pier for military households at the time of World War II. By the ending of World War II it was turned over to the city which consequently established the pleasure pier. The pier had been stocked with midway games, an aquarium tank, amusement rides, and an arcade. This 2nd rendition of the Galveston Pleasure Pier held up essentially 20 years just before becoming ruined seriously by Hurricane Carla in 1961. In relation to the risk of a natural disaster doing damage to the third version of the park Fertita expresses, "That's why you pay high insurance premiums"
The Galveston Pleasure Pier should be available 270 times a year identical to the Kemah Boardwalk schedule. Landry's Inc. states that the entertainment pier will have 3 million tourists on a yearly basis. The pier will place a retail facility referred to as Shops at Pleasure Pier coupled with the state's very first Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant. A auto parking lot is going to be found towards the western side of Fish Tales, a Landry's managed restaurant. The Historic Galveston Pleasure Pier will certainly appeal numerous age groups and adventure searchers equally.
