The Illinois State Fair’s iconic giant slide, which dates to 1968, is under new ownership–and with a new twist!
Doug Knight, co-owner of Knight’s Action Park, recently bought the attraction and will keep it open for select occasions, including Saturdays in the summer, starting in May of next year.
Ahead of the 100th anniversary of another Illinois icon, Route 66, Ace Sign Company has hand painted a Route 66 shield on the popular amusement.
According to Knight, the giant slide is one of no more than sixty ever built and might have been either relocated or sold for scrap had he not bought it.
A similar slide was recently bought from the Ohio State Fair and moved to Minnesota.