page_title: Bay Beach Amusement Park
section_title: Upgrades
hierarchical_section_title: Bay Beach Amusement Park / History / Upgrades
caption_attribution_description: English: Sunrise on the Zippin Pippin right before the seaon opening.
context_page_description: Bay Beach is a municipal amusement park in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Situated near the mouth of the Fox River, on the east bank as it flows into Green Bay, the park contains rides, concessions, a roller coaster, and a food pavilion. Dances, movies, and other events are held in a pavilion. The park is adjacent to the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary.
context_section_description: In 2006, 46 acres (190,000 m²) of land west of the Bay Beach boundary was purchased to upgrade and expand the park. Plans include tearing down and replacing the original Ferris wheel, replacing the Scat with a new ride, and expanding the train tracks to circle the enlarged acreage. On March 2, 2010, the city of Green Bay approved the purchase of the nearly century-old Zippin Pippin wooden roller coaster from Memphis, Tennessee, where it had sat derelict for five years. A groundbreaking took place on August 25, 2010, and construction on the Zippin Pippin began in September 2010. Construction was completed in April 2011 and the Zippin Pippin is now open.
  In early 2013, a Bay Beach Master Plan was proposed. Phase 1 of the plan is broken into five two-year segments. The first is the addition of the Sea Dragon ride and expanding the train track to loop under the Zippin Pippin by 2015. 
  Narrow gauged trains and 3 cars modeled after those at the Milwaukee zoo were donated 2014, with +3000 feet of track operating for the 2015 season.
  For phase 2, in 2017 and 2018, two more rides are scheduled to arrive at the park. In 2017 the Falling Star Ride was introduced. In 2019 a 100 foot tall Ferris wheel opened.
caption: Zippin Pippin 2013 opening morning
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