La Ronde (amusement park)

La Ronde

Location	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates	45°31′21″N 73°32′06″W / 45.52250°N 73.53500°W / 45.52250; -73.53500
Status	Operating
Public transit	Jean-Drapeau 767 Jean-Drapeau/ La Ronde, 769 La Ronde/Papineau
Opened	April 1967; 57 years ago (1967-04)
Owner	City of Montreal
Operated by	Six Flags
Operating season	May–October
Area	59 hectares (146 acres)
Attractions
Total	37
Roller coasters	8
Website	La Ronde

La Ronde (lit. 'The Round') is an amusement park located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was originally built as the entertainment complex for Expo 67, the 1967 world's fair. Today, it is operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, under an emphyteutic lease with the City of Montreal until 2065. In-addition to being the Six Flags chain's northernmost location, La Ronde is the largest amusement park in Quebec and the second-largest in Canada (behind Canada's Wonderland, owned by Six Flags).^[1]

La Ronde occupies 59 hectares (146 acres) of the northern tip of Saint Helen's Island, situated on a man-made extension to the landmass; the park is in the vicinity of where the smaller, adjacent Ronde Island had once been (the origin of the park's name). The park hosts the annual Montreal Fireworks Festival, an international fireworks competition. Prior to Cedar Fair's acquisition by Six Flags, La Ronde was one of only two Six Flags properties, along with Frontier City in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that were not officially branded as Six Flags parks.