US 2001/0018370 A1 · Amusement park having an elevated racetrack and associated methods

Abstract

The invention discloses an amusement park comprising an elevated wooden racetrack built in combination with another park activity. The combination comprises a wooden racetrack surface extending along at least one portion elevated above ground level, and a support frame comprising a plurality of vertical supports connected to support the elevated portion above ground level, and another park facility constructed at least partially below the elevated portion of the racetrack to thereby conserve space in the amusement park. The combination includes a go-kart as the motorized amusement vehicle. The park facility constructed below the racetrack is selected from an amusement ride, a building, and a parking lot, the amusement ride being particularly a boat ride having bumper boats. An amusement ride includes a second racetrack operated at least partially below an elevated portion of the first racetrack, and sharing a pit area therewith. A method of generating revenue from the combination is also included in the invention.

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Dependent claims

An amusement park comprising an elevated wooden racetrack built in combination with another park activity, the combination comprising:

a) a wooden racetrack surface extending along at least one portion elevated above ground level, and a support frame comprising a plurality of vertical supports connected to support the at least one portion elevated above ground level;
and
b) another park facility constructed at least partially below the at least one elevated portion of the racetrack to thereby conserve space in the amusement park.

A method for generating revenue by operating a motorized amusement vehicle track in an airspace over a parcel of land used for another purpose different from the operation of the motorized amusement vehicle track, the method comprising:

installing a plurality of vertical support posts about at least a peripheral portion of the parcel of land, the support posts extending into the airspace a sufficient vertical distance to support a plurality of tiers of a racetrack;
fixing a racetrack for the motorized amusement vehicles to the vertical support posts along a plurality of tiers into the airspace above the level of the parcel of land;
constructing the plurality of tiers of the racetrack in the airspace above the parcel of land with multiple levels of generally concentric circles defined by banked racetrack curves, each circle having a predetermined center with an axis of all the centers extending through the parcel of land;
and
allowing paying customers to operate motorized amusement vehicles over the racetrack to thereby generate revenue.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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