subject: Galveston Set To Open New Pier [print this page] The Galveston Pleasure Pier is a $60 million dollar venture by Landry's Inc. owner Tilman Fertita. Having plans to open the pier on Memorial Day, May 28th, Fertita wants the pier can take on Coney Island's Luna Park, Chicago's Navy Pier, and the Santa Monica Pier. The 1,200 foot pier is situated on 25th and Seawall at the previous site of Flagship Hotel that had been damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008. The pier is going to include 16 rides and will contain the tallest ride in Texas. Of the 16 rides offered some of the remarkable features include things like a 200 foot high swing system (the tallest in Texas), a 100 foot high Ferris wheel utilizing programmable LED lights, a 100 foot vertical lift up metal coaster, and a variety of rides that head out over the Gulf of Mexico.
The Galveston Pleasure Pier is getting enhanced for the third time in the gulf region city's historical past. The earliest variation was at the base of the present-day pier and was initially referred to as the Electric Park. The Electric Park was developed as "The Coney Island of the South" and was launched in 1906. The park was open for 9 years prior to getting wrecked by the 1915 Galveston hurricane.
The second iteration of the park started as a recreational pier for military households throughout World War II. At the result of World War II it was switched over to the city whom then designed the pleasure pier. The pier had been stocked with midway games, an aquarium tank, amusement rides, and an arcade. This subsequent version of the Galveston Pleasure Pier held up very nearly 20 years before getting damaged badly by Hurricane Carla in 1961. In relation to the chance of a natural disaster obliterating the next edition of the park Fertita advises, "That's why you pay high insurance premiums"
The Galveston Pleasure Pier should be open 270 days a year equivalent to the Kemah Boardwalk schedule. Landry's Inc. estimates that the amusement pier will have 3 million tourists each and every year. The pier will house a retail facility dubbed Shops at Pleasure Pier combined with the state's first Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant. A parking lot will be found towards the west of Fish Tales, a Landry's owned restaurant. The Historic Galveston Pleasure Pier will certainly appeal different age groups and joy seekers alike.
