Golfland

Golfland Entertainment Centers are a chain of family amusement centers, miniature golf courses, and water parks located in California and Arizona. The company was founded in 1953.

The Castle at Golfland Sunsplash in Mesa, AZ

Locations

Former locations

History

The Golfland locations in Stanton and Sunnyvale, California were hotbeds for the burgeoning fighting game community in the 1990s, with many players congregating in Golfland arcade halls to play Street Fighter II. Golfland USA in Sunnyvale was the location of Battle by the Bay in 1996, the first nationwide fighting game tournament.[1][2]

Golfland Sunsplash
The Castle at Golfland Sunsplash

Golfland Sunsplash is a family entertainment center and waterpark located in Mesa, AZ. The location is separated into two parks. Golfland operates as a year-round FEC and features three miniature golf courses, an arcade, a pizza restaurant, a go-cart track, bumper cars, and bumper boats. Sunsplash operates in the summer and features 29 water-based attractions.

The park opened in 1983 and the water park opened in 1986.

In the movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill, Ted, and Napoleon visit a fictional waterpark called Waterloo in San Dimas, CA. The scenes at Waterloo are a cross between establishing shots at San Dimas Raging Waters and shots with the actors at Golfland Sunsplash.

Notable Rides and Attractions
  • Thunder Bay is a 450,000 gallon wave pool.
  • Splashwater Harbor Slides are the original four tube slides. There are two dark slides and two regular slides.
  • Master Blaster (2002) is a water slide that uses jets to propel riders uphill, similar to a roller coaster.
  • Sidewinder (2005) is a half-pipe style water slide.
  • The Cauldron (2008) is a single rider body slide that drops into an open bowl. The first ever bowl slide was built at Golfland Sunsplash in Roseville, CA in 1999.
  • Thunder Falls (2010) is a seven-story family raft ride with three high speed drops.
  • The Stormrider (2011) is a four-person behemoth-bowl slide. At nearly 8 stories tall, it is one of the tallest slides in the southwest. The first ever Behemoth Bowl slide was built at Golfland Sunsplash in Roseville, CA in 2004.
  • The Revolution (2012) is a two-person bowl slide with a high speed drop.
  • Double Dare (2014) consists of two parallel racing body slides that start with ProSlide Technology's SkyBox trap door launch system.

References
  1. Learned, John (2017-07-17). "The Oral History of EVO: The Story of the World's Largest Fighting Game Tournament". USGamer.
  2. Smith, Wynton (2016-07-12). "The evolution of the world's largest fighting game tournament". ESPN.
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