Abandoned But Not Forgotten

If the murders occurred in '83, that can't be the reason it shut down. I went there as a kid at least as late as '87 or '88(and I don't remember there being mini golf or batting cages at that location at that time). They also have a Dale Earnhardt Jr. car and he didn't start racing Winston Cup until 2000.

 

What about this old abandoned building?

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All kidding aside, those pics of Malibu Grand Prix are surreal. I remember having birthday parties there all the time when I was a kid. I thought it was the greatest place ever.

Is Game's People Play on 1960 still there?

 

Dude, that place was off of 610 and I-10 exchange. I don't recall it being anywhere near 59.

 

There were (at least) 2 Houston locations. My dad always took me to the one on 59 whenever I stayed with him in Houston.

 

That's the one I visited as well.

I know that one was open as of about 5 years ago, because a kid I was mentoring invited me to his b-day party there.

 

There was one (without the castle and golf course) on 59. Maybe the guy got them mixed up.

But the pics are from the one on 610.

 

That's kind of what I was thinking because I don't even remember seeing any of that stuff at the now overgrown lot on 59.

 

Nope, it shut down...mid-'90's, I guess? I worked there summers during college ('87-'88). This thread has inspired me to go take a look at the space when I'm down in February. I'm pretty sure it's still vacant.

That batting cage brings back some memories from the one at "Games". Got my wrist caught in a pitching machine and I'm pretty sure that had the timer not run out almost immediately, it'd have torn my arm off. Also, I was a "lifeguard" on the waterslides...no training...no certification...no nothing. Thank God no kids drowned.

 

Yeah, I recall that place on 59 now. It was just a go cart place. I hated that you had to get a license to drive the damn cars. I refused to do it, which made the one on 59 worthless to me.

One of my favorite childhood memories was at this little go cart place called Speedy's. Back in 91, we found out that they would do lock-ins there from midnight to 5 inthe morning for groups of 10 or more. It was $10 bucks/head, and you would get free go karts until 2:00 a.m., and they unlocked all the video games, air hockey and pool tables until 5:00 a.m. And you could bring your own keg.

So about 20 of us went. They kicked us off of the go-karts after about 30 minutes, because we were all drunk and slamming into each other, but we played around with everything else the rest of the night. I think I played SF 2 about 60 times that night. Got pretty good at it.

Good times...

 

Man I remember this place.....it was awesome.....would anyone have any photos of it?

 

I damn near fell off that waterslide.

 

I do, too. If you haven't ssen this site already, you'll enjoy it.

Defunct Amusement Parks

The entries for Idora Park and Chippewa Lake Park in Ohio have lots of pics.

The site hasn't been updated for a few years so no Astroworld entry.

 

Last time I was in that area, it looked like the photos of the Castle on 610. It's been a while now and you can't see anything from the street except the top of that old water-slide.

Yeah, that always pissed me off too. The way I figured, by the time I got my drivers license, I would be too old to drive those little cars anyway. Of course, I was like 8 at the time.

 

Anybody remember what was on that site before "Games People Play"?

 

we used to go to speedy's in high school sometimes after parties. They would let us slam in to each other for a few rounds and then would kick us out.

 

I so want to go there and get a bunch of that crap and restore it. Go-kart? No problem. Tekken 3 cabinet would make an awesome MAME project.

 

I'm surprised how much stuff is still left on the properties. Especially that go kart place.

The Norman's Clay Island series of the drug dealer is awesome!