Changes: Sesame Place (Texas)

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A Sesame Place theme park opened in Irving, Texas in 1982, but didn't find success, closing in 1984. Midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, the Busch Entertainment park was 7 acres, cost an estimated $10 million, and was targeted to children age 3-13. The park was located at 183 and Esters; its parking lot is now a Walmart, the park itself is a dollar store. It's at 37�14'37.59"N, 115�48'57.95"W.[1]

Like Tokyo Sesame Place, the park's entrance was Big Bird's head. There was a place where you could pose in Ernie's tub.[2] There was also a rope course, flash shadow room, maze.[3]

Stormie Jones, the 6-year-old recipient of the first simultaneous heart and liver transplant, was visited by three walkaround characters from the park. She had wanted to visit a theme park, but wasn't deemed fit to do so. The heart transplant lead to her eventual death in 1990.

External links

United Press International snippet
Extremely brief reference, July 1982
"Greeting by Muppets thrill for Stormie", The Tuscaloosa News, May 15, 1984.

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-A '''Sesame Place''' theme park opened in Irving, Texas in 1982, but didn't find success, closing in 1984. Midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, the Busch Entertainment park was 7 acres, cost an estimated $10 million, and was targeted to children age 3-13.
+A '''[[Sesame Place]]''' theme park opened in Irving, Texas in 1982, but didn't find success, closing in 1984. Midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, the Busch Entertainment park was 7 acres, cost an estimated $10 million, and was targeted to children age 3-13. The park was located at 183 and Esters; its parking lot is now a [[Walmart]], the park itself is a dollar store. It's at 37�14'37.59"N, 115�48'57.95"W.[http://www.promoguy.net/archives/002415.php]
+Like [[Tokyo Sesame Place]], the park's entrance was Big Bird's head. There was a place where you could pose in Ernie's tub.[http://www.dfwareamoms.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-34452.html] There was also a rope course, flash shadow room, maze.[http://www.promoguy.net/archives/002415.php]
 [[wikipedia:Stormie Jones|Stormie Jones]], the 6-year-old recipient of the first simultaneous heart and liver transplant, was visited by three walkaround characters from the park. She had wanted to visit a theme park, but wasn't deemed fit to do so. The heart transplant lead to her eventual death in 1990.