The history behind San Diego’s 100-year-old roller coaster, the Giant Dipper

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Since Belmont Park first opened to the public in 1925, the historic Mission Beach amusement park and ...
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Belmont Park's Giant Dipper coaster turns 100

S1: Hey , there's San Diego. I'm Andrew Bracken in for Jade Hindman. San Diego's Belmont Park is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. We hear all about its history and why it remains a top local ...
Times of San Diego

Mission Beach resident alleges safety violations, wrongdoing at Belmont Park

MISSION BEACH – Belmont Park’s iconic Giant Big Dipper Roller Coaster is unsafe, one Mission Beach resident says. Kevin Payne, a water-damage technician living near Belmont Park, made the claims at ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Photos: Belmont Park at 100

Businessman John D. Spreckels funded and developed Belmont Park in 1925, during the so-called golden age of roller coasters, though it was originally called the Mission Beach Amusement Center. In the ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Belmont Park is celebrating 100 years of thrills and fun

Minh Tra still recalls the vivid memories associated with Belmont Park’s reopening in 1990. Tra and his childhood friends got a parent to give them a ride to the park. Tra said he remembers seeing all ...
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Belmont Park's Giant Dipper Roller Coaster in 1982

The Save the Coaster Committee had high hopes to get San Diego's iconic roller coaster up and running again in June 1982. Dave Cohen report. Kennedy Center board votes to rename it 'Trump-Kennedy ...