Ƙarshen Era
Libertyland wani wurin shakatawa ne a Memphis, Tennessee wanda ya bude daga 1976 zuwa 2005. An gina filin wasa a kan Memphis Fairgrounds wanda ya hada da manyan rudun da ke gudana, ciki har da Grand Carousel da Zippin Pippin. An san wannan karshen a duniya kamar yadda Elvis ya fi kyauta, kuma an ce ya haya duk filin don kansa da iyalinsa da abokai a wani lokaci.
A shekarar 2005, lokacin da masu barazanar barazana ga farashi daga shahararren shahararrun - Carousel da Zippin Pippin - wani dan kungiya mai suna Denise Parkinson ya kafa kungiyar Save Libertyland.
Ajiye Libertyland ya yi tir da cewa ta hanyar lalata Libertyland, birnin na, a gaskiya, yana lalata ɓangare na tarihi. Zippin Pippin da Grand Carousel sun kasance a kan National Register of Places.
Ajiye Libertyland ta shirya zanga-zangar kuma sun sanya hannu don takarda kai don ajiye filin. Har ila yau, sun janyo hankalin masu zuba jarurruka, wanda ke so su sake farfado da filin wasa, ciki har da T-Rex Entertainment wanda ya ba da izinin sayar da filin don $ 10,000 a wata. Da farko dai an ba da iznin ne daga wani jami'in gari da kuma mambobin kwamitin kula da kudancin Kudu. Yanzu, duk da haka, birnin yana son yin la'akari da irin wannan tayin.
Ƙungiyar ta biyu ta babbar nasara ta zo ne lokacin da suka sa garin ya dubi 'yancinta ga rudun. Bayan bincike mai zurfi, lauya na gari ya gabatar da takardun shaida cewa birnin yana da Zippin Pippin da kuma Grand Carousel, ya tilasta wa hukumar Fair Board ta dauki nauyin biyu daga cikin asusun.
Duk da wannan kokari, a ranar 29 ga Oktoba, 2005 Libertyland ta rufe kofofin har abada saboda dalilan kudi. An sayar da Zippin Pippin zuwa birnin Green Bay, na Wisconsin, a 2010. A wannan lokacin, yawancin hawan da kuma wuraren da aka rushe, sun rushe kuma sun rushe, kuma an bar ƙasar. An tsare Carousel ne a ajiya har zuwa shekara ta 2015, lokacin da ɗakin yara na Memphis ya saya tarihi na tarihi kuma ya sake gyara.
Babban Carousel ya sake buɗewa ranar 2 ga watan Disamba, 2017, a cikin wani sabon gidan koli da abubuwan da ke faruwa a ɗakin yara na Memphis, ba da nisa ba daga gidan Memphis na farko a Fairgrounds. Za a bude Carousel ga jama'a yau da kullum daga karfe 9 na safe zuwa karfe 5 na yamma kuma mahaukaci na dalar Amurka 3.
A yau a kan shafin yanar gizo na tsohon Libertyland yanzu akwai filin wasan golf, kuma sabon wuri mai fadi a gaban Liberty Bowl da ake kira "Tiger Lane". Makomar Cibiyar Tsakiyar Tsakiya ta Tsakiya da kuma Kasuwanci a sararin samaniya ba za a ƙayyade ba.
Holly Whitfield ya wallafa a watan Nuwamba 2017