Belmont Park

Belmont Park

San Diego, California, USA

Status

Operating

Opened

July 4, 1925

Owner

Tom Lochtefeld

Website

https://belmontpark.com

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Belmont Park is a historic oceanfront amusement park located in the Mission Bay area of San Diego, California, USA. The park was developed by sugar magnate John D. Spreckels and opened on July 4, 1925 as the Mission Beach Amusement Center. In addition to providing recreation and amusement, it also was intended as a way to help Spreckels sell land in Mission Beach. Located on the beach, it attracts millions of people each year.

History

In 2002, businessman/surfer Tom Lochtefeld bought the master lease for the property and started development of the Wave House. In Spring 2006, the Wave House hosted MTV's 'Total Request Live.

On November 3, 2010, Wave House Belmont Park LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in United States Bankruptcy Court citing a 700% increase in rent owed to the City of San Diego as the reason. Tom Lochtefeld, Belmont Park Manager Member, alleges the city has breached its lease agreement.

Roller coasters

Present

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Giant Dipper	Frank Prior, Frederick Church	Wooden	1925	Operating

Past

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Kiddie Coaster	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc.	Wooden	1955	Unknown	Scrapped
Wild Mouse	Unknown	Wooden	1974	1976	Relocated to J's Amusement Park

Attractions

Present

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Beach Blaster	Chance Rides	Frisbee	2004
Flip Out	Moser's Rides	Gyro Loop	2010
Dip & Dive	Zamperla	Junior Flying Carpet	Unknown
Liberty Carousel	Chance Rides	Carousel	1989
Mic Drop	Moser's Rides	Junior Drop Tower	2002 or earlier
Overdrive Bumper Cars	Majestic Manufacturing	Dodgems	2004
Shipwreck Cove	Sunkid Heege	Tower	2024
Speedway	Woods Amusement Rides B.V.	Junior Whip	2000
Tiki Typhoon	Dartron	Round Up	2025
Tilt-A-Whirl	Sellner Manufacturing	Tilt-A-Whirl	1995
Wave Jumper	Zamperla	Jump Around	2022
Zero Gravity	Moser's Rides	Junior Drop Tower	2019

Closed

This list is incomplete, please expand it if you can.

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Chaos	Chance Rides	Chaos	2003	2010	Part-exchange with Chance Rides
Octotron	Chance Rides	Looper/Rock 'n' Roll	2011	2023	Unknown
Bumps	Majestic Manufacturing	Dodgems	1991	Unknown	Sold to Majestic Manufacturing

External links

• 

  Belmont Park on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
• "S.D. businessman betting on the beach," March 2, 2007 - Union Tribune