Fun things to do in Arlington this weekend
From water parks to art festivals, the city’s got a lot going on.
The Texas Rangers will take on the Boston Red Sox in a three-game weekend home series.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Art festivals are returning, water parks are opening and baseball games are being played.
Here’s a round-up of what’s on tap:
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor will open for the season Saturday. One new attraction is the Banzai Pipeline, a four-story waterslide boasting three body slides that will spin, splash and swirl guests nearly 300 feet. Guests will have to wait a little longer to ride the Banzai Pipeline, though. It opens May 29. The park is open weekends and will begin daily operations May 28.
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Field operations employee Pablo Cortez (left) and registered nurse Becky Dodds prepare to give Kelver Vasquez of Ignacio his first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a Curative pop-up clinic in the parking lot of Hamilton Community Center in Novato on Friday, April 30, 2021.Jessica Christian/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Big Surf water park in Tempe to remain closed for 2021 season
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and last updated 2021-04-28 22:36:07-04
TEMPE, AZ â Big Surf Water Park in Tempe will not open for the 2021 summer season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, marking back-to-back seasons that the water park will remain closed. Due to the uncertainty of where the global health crisis and the associated social distancing that is currently going on, Big Surf Waterpark is announcing that it will remain closed for the 2021 season, said a news release, dated April 21, and posted to the water park s website.
Despite being allowed to reopen as restrictions have been lifted in the state, Big Surf said it was very concerned with how the social distancing guidelines would significantly affect the quality of the Big Surf Experience and limit interaction with many of the attractions, according to the letter.
The other day I was approaching the I-90/E. State Street ramp as I do multiple times a week and it still looks weird. It looks weird without the clock, it looks weird without the hotel, it looks weird without the water park tubes, it looks weird as a deserted field. (Here s the latest Hard Rock Casino Rockford
update, in case you re wondering what s up with that.) But, there was something else strange that I noticed nearby along I-39. Something from many Rockfordian s childhoods is missing.
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In 2018, it was announced that Six Flags would be leasing and operating Magic Waters for 10 years with the option to extend that agreement over a span of decades. You can read the terms of the deal