I never even knew this existed. Playland, a “permanent” amusement park installation opened 5/11/1947 on West Central. It was relocated to the the fairgrounds (in the area the flea market was later hosted) in 1954. This photo is from 1955.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/kQFsaZ2llT6Cq7JxuCPORuye3MtA70cwDVsCWQjF8d9s4MGREMajD8SC7-ARW_w)
The game room was a retired C-97 Stratofreighter fuselage.
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/2lRHU5G8M-fFt2H_KFb67z26QP5i7WAoCYLgYrDKRAM2NRNlIWcngUaaxZ5Ne9s)
Here are other photos I was able to track down.