Ontario Place

Aerial view of the park.

43.628993 - 79.415048Koordinaten: 43 ° 37 ' 44.4 "N, 79 ° 24' 54.2 " W

The Ontario Place is an amusement park in Toronto, Canada. The park is located on three man-made islands in Lake Ontario, about 4 km west of Downtown and south of Exhibition Place. In addition to water slides and water rides, the park offers a housed in a geodesic dome 70 mm IMAX theater ( Cinesphere ) for 800 spectators. On the site was opened in May 1995, a large open- air stage ( Molson Amphitheatre ), on the many international artists have already occurred. At Ontario Place, a marina is for about 240 boats.

The construction of the Ontario Place goes back to the province of Ontario that would like the Waterfront Toronto's upgrade in the 1960s and wanted to create a structural counterpart to the buildings of the Expo 67 in Montreal. Construction began on March 17, 1969; the former costs amounted to 29 million dollars. Architects Eberhard Zeidler, and Craig Strong. On May 22, 1971 the official opening with an original area of ​​360,000 m². Through land reclamation, the area was expanded to around 566,000 m² later.

Modernization

1 February 2012 gave the provincial government of Ontario, known as the operator of a farm modernization or renovation of the park, since the number of visitors declined. It is planned to modernize the entire park into sections and offer new attractions.

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