Bass Pro Complex

Bass Pro Complex
The Wave Swinger in the Amusement Park when it was in the Crystal Palace Complex
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LocationDieppe, New Brunswick, Canada
Coordinates46°05′56″N 64°45′47″W / 46.098814°N 64.763095°W / 46.098814; -64.763095
Address1 Bass Pro Drive Dieppe
Opening dateFebruary 15, 1990
OwnerCadillac Fairview
No. of stores and services5
No. of anchor tenants1
Total retail floor area160,000 sq ft (14,864.5 m2) [1]
No. of floors2
Websitehttp://www.basspro.com/

Bass Pro is a shopping complex adjacent to the Champlain Place shopping mall in the city of Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada near Moncton.

Crystal Palace in 2014

History

Photo from the roller coaster

The Complex was opened on February 15, 1990 under the name Crystal Palace by Cadillac Fairview as mainly an indoor amusement park with McGinnis Landing and a hotel.[2] On July 31, 2014 Cadillac Fairview announced that Crystal Palace would permanently close on September 1, 2014 to make way for New Brunswick's first Bass Pro Shops store.[3] As of September 1, 2014, the indoor amusement park, which included 14 rides (Carousel, Sky Flyer, Pirate's Cove Mini Golf, Wave Swinger, Convoy, Jumping' Star, Tree House, Crazy Submarine, Climbing wall, Rio Grande, Red Baron, Crazy Kars, Bullet, and Lazer Runner), a video game arcade, and smaller snack locations including Pretzelmaker and Wazzoos (Canteen) closed for good to make way for Bass Pro Shop.[4] As of October 31, 2014, The Ramada hotel, McGinnis Landing Restaurant, and Convention Centre all have closed.[3] Crystal Palace has since been taken over and made into a Bass Pro Shops location.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crystal Palace (Dieppe, New Brunswick).

References

  1. ^ "Champlain Place - Property Profile". Cadillac Fairview. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  2. ^ "Information". Crystal Palace. Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Champlain Place to welcome New Brunswick's first Bass Pro Shops store". Cadillac Fairview. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Rides". Crystal Palace. Archived from the original on 2013-06-03. Retrieved 20 June 2013.