Riverfront Park is a 26-acre park located along the
Willamette River
The Willamette River ( ) is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow. The Willamette's main stem is long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Flowing northward ...
in
Salem, Oregon
Salem ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County, Oregon, Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, w ...
, in the United States.
Features include the Riverfront Carousel (2001),
A. C. Gilbert's Discovery Village, an
amphitheatre
An amphitheatre (American English, U.S. English: amphitheater) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports. The term derives from the ancient Greek ('), from ('), meaning "on both sides" or "around" and ('), meani ...
, a splashpad, a dock housing The
Willamette Queen, and the ''
Eco-Earth Globe'', an outdoor sculpture and community art project completed in 2003.
[ Annual events in Salem are often held at Riverfront, such as the World Beat Festival, outdoor movies, and holiday tree lightings.
A 2018 update to the Riverfront Park plan provided more amenities such as aquiring a 4 acre property at the southeast corner of the park, opening the Peter Courtney Minto Island pedestrian bridge, operation of a winter ice rink, and proposals of a new covered stage and performance area. ]
See also
* List of contemporary amphitheatres
This is a list of amphitheatres in use today with a capacity of at least 1,000.
Amphitheatres by capacity
See also
* List of concert halls
* List of jazz venues
* List of opera houses
* List of Roman amphitheatres
* Lists of stadiums
Ex ...
* '' Tom McCall Memorial'' (2008)
* Tourist sternwheelers of Oregon#Willamette Queen
References
External links
Riverfront Park
City of Salem
Salem's Riverfront Park
Travel Salem
Parks in Salem, Oregon
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