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Kings Dominion is an amusement park in Doswell, Virginia, just north of
Richmond on Interstate 95. The park has been through a number of incarnations
and owners over the decades, but is currently owned and operated by Cedar Fair
Entertainment Company of Sandusky, Ohio. Cedar Fair owns and operates 11
amusement parks and a number of other indoor and outdoor entertainment venues
across the US and into Canada.
The name of the Kings Dominion amusement
park is a combination of part of the name of its sister park, Kings Island in
Ohio, and Virginia's nickname as the "Old Dominion." Kings Dominion first opened
in May 1975, and is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. As part of the
celebration, the park has introduced a new 40th Anniversary flag to its array of
flagpoles at the main entrance. There are four flagpoles that adorn the main
entrance to the park, flying (from the viewer's left to right) the American
flag, the Virginia flag, the flag of Henrico County (where
Doswell is located), and the Kings Dominion flag.
The Kings Dominion
corporate flag that usually graces the flagpole at the park entrance features
the park's logo on a white field. The logo itself consists of the park's name in
gold letters, with dark blue waving triangular banners replacing the dots atop
the lowercase "i"s in the name. Toward the hoist is the Cedar Fair corporate
symbol - a tall, dark blue rectangle with a white wavy line symbolizing a roller
coaster. Below the name of the park are the small, dark blue words "Cedar Fair
Entertainment Company."
Randy Young, 10 May 2015
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The Kings Dominion 40th Anniversary flag features the celebratory park logo
centered on a white field. The celebratory logo is rather complicated. It
includes the original park logo from 1975, with the stylized name of the park
showing a crown in place of the dot of the lowercase "i" in "Kings." Behind the
1975 logo toward the fly is a pale blue outline of the Eiffel Tower. One of the
park's primary attractions since opening in 1975 is a one-third scale replica of
the real Eiffel Tower in Paris. Toward the hoist and behind the 1975 logo is the
number "40" in gold numerals, with the word "CELEBRATION" in gold letters
beneath the 1975 logo. Gold stars and sparkles form an aura around the
celebratory logo, which is outlined in pale blue. I said it was complicated.
Randy Young, 10 May 2015
