Italpark
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Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Opened | 1960 |
Closed | 1990 |
Owner | Zanon family |
The Italpark was a theme park in Argentina, which was located where currently is the Parque Thays (del Libertador corner Callao avenues) in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. It became a landmark of Buenos Aires in its 30 years of existence.
History
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (December 2017) |
Crisis and demise
On 29 July 1990, one of the wagons of the ride Matter Horn broke, and in the incident a 15-year-old girl named Roxana Celia Alaimo died, and her friend Karina Benítez was severely wounded.
Four months later, the city mayor Carlos Grosso ordered the definitive closure of Italpark. [1]
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