Black Diamond (roller coaster)
Black Diamond is a steel tracked on wooden frame rollercoaster, located at Knoebels' Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. The tracks (and trains) originally operated as the Golden Nugget in Hunt's Pier (till 1985), then The New Hunt's Pier (till 1989), SBNO (1990), then Conko's Party Pier (1991 - 1992), then Ocean Pier from 1993 - 1994, then Atlantic Pier (1995), then Dinosaur Beach (1996 - 1998), then defunct in 1999, then being purchased by Morey's Piers (2000 to present) in Wildwood, New Jersey. History. The Golden Nugget Mine Ride opened in July 1960 at Hunt 's Pier on the newly constructed ocean side portion. The Golden Nugget was built three stories high with the top floor giving riders a mine car ride through the “desert.” The coaster was specially designed for Hunt's Pier by the Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters and was engineered by John C. Allen. The owners of the Pier constructed the frame, track supports, and facade in the 1959 off season. Bill Tracy designed the ride’s western theme pieces through his Amusement Display company. On December 11, 2008, Morey's Piers announced that the Golden Nugget would be demolished and that they  would have a ceremony for the Golden Nugget on Saturday, January 31. On January 26, 2009 it was publicly announced that Knoebels' Amusement Resort had purchased the Golden Nugget track and trains from Morey's Piers. The Coaster was modified and rebuilt on the location where the park's former bald eagle habitat resided. The eagle's habitat has been relocated. The Black Diamond opened on October 8, 2011.