Iztapasauria (also branded as IztapaSauria) is a free-entry dinosaur theme park in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. It opened on 4 December 2021 inside the Deportivo Utopía Santa Cruz Meyehualco sports center. The theme park has several green areas decorated as a Mesozoic jungle in which there are thirteen animatronic dinosaurs.[1]
 Entrance, 2022 | |
| Coordinates | 19°20′39″N 99°02′53″W / 19.34417°N 99.04806°W |
|---|---|
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | 4 December 2021 |
| Owner | Government of Iztapalapa |
| Theme | Dinosaurs |
History and construction
editExperts from UNAM's Institute of Geology contributed to the planning of the park.[2] The complete rehabilitation of the sports center, which included the installation of the theme park, cost 100 million pesos.[3] The rehabilitation and installation was requested by Clara Brugada, the head of the borough's office, and was inaugurated on 4 December 2021.[4] Among the animatronics are species of Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Omeisaurus, Irritator, Carnotaurus and Brontosaurus.[5]
References
edit- ^ "'De Iztapalapa para el mundo': 'IztapaSauria' abre sus puertas para los amantes de los dinosaurios". El Financiero (in Spanish). 12 December 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Dinosaurios 'invaden' CDMX: así es Iztapasauria, el nuevo parque jurásico en Iztapalapa". Infobae (in Spanish). 5 December 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ Navarro, Carlos (4 December 2021). "Inauguran Iztapasauria con más de 20 réplicas de dinosaurios". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "¡Rawwwr! 🦖 Abre IztapaSauria; estas son todas las atracciones 🦕". Chilango (in Spanish). 4 December 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Iztapasauria. ¿Cómo llegar al parque de dinosaurios?". El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
External links
edit- Iztapasauria on Facebook
Media related to Iztapasauria at Wikimedia Commons- IztapaSauria at the Secretariat of Culture of Mexico City website (in Spanish)
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