La Ronde (amusement park)
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Montreal ( Canada )
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| opening | April 1967 | |||
| surface | 59 hectares | |||
| Website | www.laronde.com | |||
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Coordinates: 45 ° 31 ′ 21 ″ N , 73 ° 32 ′ 6 ″ W.
La Ronde is an amusement park in Montreal, Canada . The 591,000 square meter amusement park is located on Île Sainte-Hélène , is operated by the theme park chain Six Flags and is the second largest in Canada after Canada's Wonderland in Ontario . It is open from May to October.
La Ronde amusement park opened in April 1967 as part of the Expo 67 world exhibition . Almost nothing of the attractions of that time has survived, apart from smaller rides for children. The park currently (2011) offers 40 rides, including eleven roller coasters and three white water rides . In addition, the 100-meter-high La Spirale observation tower and the Minirail monorail built by Willy Habegger have been preserved from this period. The observation tower, which was built by the Swiss company Von Roll on the principle of the gyro tower , can carry up to 64 people to a height of 73 meters.
The facility was owned by the City of Montreal until it was sold to Six Flags on May 4, 2001. The purchase price was 20 million US dollars , and a special lease agreement ( emphyteutic lease ) secures the property rights for the chain until 2065. The ninth roller coaster Goliath opened on May 13, 2006 , making it Canada's second fastest and second highest roller coaster after Behemoth . In 2007 the number of visitors was 1,915,000.
Every summer, the park hosts the international fireworks competition L'International des Feux Loto-Québec .
roller coaster
- Bateau pirate
- boomerang
- Cobra
- Ednör - L'Attaque
- Goliath
- Manitou
- Monstrous
- Orbite
- Super manège
- Vampires
- Vertigo
Web links
- Official Website of La Ronde (Engl.)
- La Ronde on Guide-O-Parc
- List of roller coasters in La Ronde
- The historic Expo buildings of La Ronde
Individual evidence
- ↑ spiral
- ↑ Florian Psoch: La Ronde closes the overhead roller coaster “Super Manege” in 2019 after almost 40 years. In: Parkerlebnis.de. August 7, 2019, accessed August 7, 2019 .