Carowinds draws over a million visitors in first months
Charlotte industrialist E Pat Hall opened Carowinds on the state line 10 miles south of Charlotte. In its first weeks the 73 acre family park drew more than one million people since March 31. It marks Southeast development alongside Disney World Opryland and Six Flags Over Georgia amid initial rough spots.
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World Almanac Notes Glider Records And Carowinds Growth
World Almanac cites altitude and distance records in gliding while Carowinds amusement park near Charlotte, North Carolina rapidly expands. Hall touts picnic areas, bathrooms, and 20 000 daily crowds, with regional job boosts, tax impacts, and planned hotel and industrial park developments. Firsts Norton AFB: Gayle Hall, 21, becomes West Coast quarantine inspector and first woman preventive medicine specialist in base history.
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