{{Infobox amusement park | name = Italpark | image = 200px | caption = '''Italpark''' Logo. | resort = Buenos Aires, Argentina | location = | location2 = | location3 = | coordinates = {{coord|34|35|8|S|58|23|10|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | theme = | homepage = | owner = Zanon family | general_manager = | operator = | opening_date = {{Start date|df=y|1960}} | closing_date = {{Start date|df=y|1990}} | previous_names = | season = | visitors = | area = | rides = | coasters = | water_rides = | slogan = | status = | footnotes = }} thumb|right|View of the Italpark entrance, ticket office and marquee. thumb|'''Italpark''' attraction, year 1979. The '''Italpark''' was a theme park in Argentina, which was located at where currently is the Parque Thays (at del Libertador and Callao), in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. It became a landmark of Buenos Aires in its 30 years of existence up until its closure in 1990.
== History == {{expand section|date=December 2017}}
Italpark was opened in 1960 to accommodate the festivities of the 150th anniversary of the May Revolution.
[[File:Parque Thays.jpg|thumb|View of Parque Thays, where the '''Italpark''' used to be]]
== Crisis and demise ==
On 29 July 1990, one of the wagons of the Matter Horn ride broke, killing 15-year-old Roxana Celia Alaimo, and severely wounding her friend Karina Benítez.
Four months later, the city mayor Carlos Grosso ordered the definitive closure of Italpark as consequence of the tragedy. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030311043134/http://www.clarin.com/diario/1997/02/11/e-03303d.htm ''Condena por una muerte en el Italpark'' 11/02/1997 Diario Clarín]</ref>
== See also == * Parque de la Ciudad * Parque Thays * Shopping Sur * Parque de la Costa
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130110092343/http://www.ital-park.com.ar/] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130512075850/http://italparkbuenosaires.com.ar/]
Category:Amusement parks in Argentina Category:Defunct amusement parks Category:1960 establishments in Argentina Category:Amusement parks opened in 1960 Category:Amusement parks closed in 1990 Category:1990 disestablishments in Argentina