Luna Park

Luna Park

Luna Park is originally the name of the second major amusement park at Coney Island, named for the spaceship in the Pan-American Exposition ride "A Trip to the Moon".

Luna Park is the name of several amusement parks:

* Lunapark, Berlin (1909-1933) was in its time the largest amusement park in Europe [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunapark_%28Berlin%29]
* Luna Park, Budapest
* Luna Park, Buenos Aires, the site of a sports arena
* Luna Park, Cleveland (1905-1929), former site of Luna Bowl stadium for American football and Negro League baseball games
* Luna Park, Coney Island
* Luna Park, Melbourne
* Luna Park, Moscow
* Luna Park, Obala
* Luna Park, Pittsburgh
* Luna Park (Luneur), Rome
* Luna Park, Seattle
* Luna Park Sydney
* Luna Park, Tehran - now known as Shahr-e Bazi
* Luna Park, Tel-Aviv

Other usages of the name Luna Park include:

* Luna Park, visited by the characters in the anime series "Tsukihime, Lunar Legend"
* Luna Park, theme park located on the Moon featured in season one of Futurama. It is known as the "happiest place orbiting earth"
* "Luna Park", a play by Caridad Svich
* Luna Park, one of the buildings at the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, it was demolished May 9, 2006

* "Luna Park", a play by Donald Margulies
* "Luna Park", a song on the Pet Shop Boys album "Fundamental"
* "Luna Park", a song by 1970s Italian progressive rock cult group Semiramis
* "Lunapark", an album by the band Luna
* "Luna Park Gaming", a popular Internet gaming center in Bloomington, Il.
* "Luna Park", an album by the Irish Gaelic band Kíla
* "Luna Park", a hidden bonus track on the 2006 album Kick by English band White Rose Movement

See also

* "Lunar Park", a novel by Bret Easton Ellis


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