The closure follows another recent loss in the community, the Alief Family YMCA, which shut down in May due to financial challenges and the need to restructure operations for long-term stability. In ...
One of the last remaining vestiges of many Houstonians' childhoods has closed down. FunPlex, the iconic West Houston indoor amusement park that Beyoncé immortalized in a music video, officially shut ...
When Frank Fellows was a kid growing up in Alief, Fame City was the place to be. He recalls a charity event where former Rockets forward Robert Reid showed up, letting kids join in stunts like sliding ...
From the outside, Houston's FunPlex looks shuttered: the parking lot sits empty, windows are boarded up and the iconic sign on Beechnut still insists the park is "closed for renovations." But inside, ...
As of Tuesday afternoon, the former Houston Funplex Ferris wheel had a top bid of $1,150, less than 24 hours before the auction was set to end. The auction of hundreds of pieces of equipment from the ...
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The iconic indoor park in southwest Houston closed after nearly 40 years in business. The auction for Funplex items and equipment ends this week. From the article: Houston Funplex auction: Ferris ...