The Playland Arcade extends its sincere gratitude to the Santa Monica community for awarding them the prestigious title of Most Loved Business in Santa Monica in the legacy category. As the iconic ...

HAMPTON — Jack Kennedy has been the man behind the fun at Playland Arcade for half a century. At 83, he still has no plans to leave. Kennedy, who bought Playland Arcade with his brother Frank in 1972, ...

Seventy-one years after opening its doors, Playland Arcade continues to light up the Santa Monica Pier as one of Southern California's last authentic boardwalk arcades and the pier's longest-running ...

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OCEAN CITY, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Playland's Castaway Cove on the Ocean City Boardwalk will take the next step toward rebuilding after a massive fire in January. The building that held the arcade and ...

"We had the carousel, we had archery next door, then the beach comber," Marlene Gordon, one of the arcade's owners, said. "We had kiddie rids in the middle between that open space." Eventually, ...

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The village entered phase 4 of New York’s COVID-19 reopening plan on July 1. Arcades at the time were hoping to reopen then, along with other tourist attractions midway ...

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More than 32 rides, including a Ferris wheel, make Playland's Castaway Cove stand out on the Ocean City Boardwalk. The amusement park has been operating for more than 60 years and has developed a ...

Mural in Playland by Larry Millard (all images courtesy the Coney Island History Project) When Larry Millard showed up in Coney Island in 1957, he was looking for work as a sign painter. His work was ...