Fans ofThe Flintstoneshave allege their final auf wiedersehen to Bamm - Bamm , Fred , Pebbles , and other longtime resident of South Dakota ’s Bedrock City . As the localNewsCenter1station reports , the way-out wayside attracter in the city of Custer — which closed down in 2015 — has now been bulldozed .
Located about 40 miles from Rapid City in South Dakota ’s Black Hills , the drawing card was the firstFlintstones - theme park to open , in1966 . It feature a " Mt. Rockmore " construction , a 20 - human foot Dino statue , Fred ’s Flintmobile car , and other replicas of the house and case made notable by the cartoon . Now , all that remain are the retention share by the many family who visited the roadside attractiveness over the years .
There ’s some good intelligence , though . Visitors will have one last chance to claver Bedrock City’ssister locationin Arizona , located along Route 64 near the Grand Canyon . " We have been pee-pee require repairs and will give the campground soon , " a representative of Raptor Ranch , a new attraction slated to take over the Bedrock City site , enjoin Mental Floss . " We are fold now , but will open up soon . This will likely be the last class to see the Bedrock buildings before the remodel . "
The Arizona Bedrock Cityshut downin January after 47 years of operation . The fresh owner , Troy Morris , annunciate programme to convert the holding into a car park where visitors can learn about birds of prey and watch flight of stairs demonstrations . The upcoming attraction ’s Facebook Thomas Nelson Page shared photo of the progress , while also assay to find succeeding homes for theFlintstonescrew .
The date of the Bedrock City campground ’s reopening is yet to be annunciate , but keep watch the Raptor Ranch Facebook page for updates .
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