Rotary Playland's 60-year anniversary looks like it's last.
Christian Parley
According to local news outlets The Fresno Bee, KMPH 26, ABC30, Fresno Business Journal, Fresno's historic amusement park Rotary StoryLand and Playland, appears to have given it's last smiles to children in the San Joaquin Valley.
From the Storyland Playland's website: Rotary Playland was founded by members of the North Fresno Rotary Club in 1955 as a low cost alternative to Disneyland. For the past 60 years, Playland has brought smiles, laughter and lasting memories to hundreds of thousands of Valley families and children.
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I was given access on March 1st, 2015, to photograph the Playland grounds and here is a spherical panorama virtual tour of the grounds that show it's current state...