Photos & Fun Facts About Abandoned California Theme Parks
With the closure of the Los Angeles Anheuser-Busch promotional facility and bird sanctuary in 1979, the era of the original Busch Gardens tourist attractions officially came to an end on the West Coast. But traces of these once-popular California theme parks remain today.
Busch Gardens - Wikipedia
Busch Gardens is the name of two amusement parks in the United States, owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts. The original park is in Tampa, Florida, and the second park is in Williamsburg, Virginia. There were also previously Busch Gardens parks in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California (1964–1979) [1] and Houston, Texas (1971–1973). [2]
LA’s strange and wonderful lost amusement parks, mapped
Jul 16, 2018 · Busch Gardens Van Nuys. The original Busch Gardens opened in 1906 in Pasadena, on land surrounding the Busch family’s mansion, but it was actually just gardens.
Busch Gardens - The Historical Marker Database
Aug 5, 2018 · Busch Gardens, Van Nuys, opened in 1966 at a construction cost of $4 milion dollars. In 1979, the park closed to make way for a major brewery expansion. (A historical marker located in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California.)
Pasadena's Busch Gardens - Atlas Obscura
Aug 19, 2012 · The Los Angeles area is well known for its theme parks, and one of the earliest in the area was Pasadena’s Busch Gardens, opened in 1906. The gardens were built by flamboyant brewer...
LAistory: Busch Gardens in Van Nuys | LAist
Jul 17, 2009 · Busch Gardens soon featured a monorail, boat rides, bumper cars, lagoons, waterfalls, 2,000 birds representing 25 rare species from all over the world, live entertainment-and, once again, free...
The Extinct Busch Gardens California - A Theme Park ... - YouTube
Join us for a look at the former Busch Gardens’ of California. Find out how these parks came to be, their claims to fame and why they went extinct. ...more. For those who like Beer, Birds, and...
Busch Gardens Van Nuys - YouTube
May 12, 2020 · The history of the beloved Busch Gardens in Van Nuys. This is a segment from our episode "Themes, Schemes and Oceanside Dreams."
La La Landscapes: Busch Gardens, Pasadena, 1923 and 1925
Jun 26, 2017 · The latest of the “La La Landscapes” series of posts about gardens and landscaping in greater Los Angeles looks at Busch Gardens, which was a highly popular public park in Pasadena visited by over a million people from 1906 to 1938.
A Look Back at Vintage Los Angeles: Busch's Gardens--Orange …
Mar 28, 2011 · After a monorail tour of the factory, you were dropped off at the back in a huge garden set up. With beautiful greenery everywhere, it was inviting to taste the various Busch products at no charge (at the time Michelob, Budweiser, and …