Old Chicago Today
Straight ahead is where Old Chicago used to be. After the demolition the site was purchased by a car auction and you can't tell that an amusement park used to be there.
All that's left on the site is a street sign. The rides were all sold to other parks and the Chicago Loop ended up at the Georgia State Fair for a few years before finding a more permanent residence at Canobie Lake Park. I really wish that Old Chicago had succeeded but with competition form Great America, with no anchor stores to draw people to the mall, and a management company that openly stated that they did not want to run a park it was pretty much doomed. For one thing if Old Chicago was still open today the winter off season wouldn't be that bad because I could always drive up to Bolingbrook and get my fix on the Chicago Loop.
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