T-Shirt: Legend City

Description

Tri-blend soft t-shirt in bright orange-red made for the Legend City exhibit. Rides that were at the entertainment venue are listed on the back.

Original design created by Chanda Miller for Tempe History Museum.

Legend City was conceived by Tempe’s Louis Crandall in the late 1950s as an Old West-themed amusement park. It opened in 1963 as Arizona’s answer to Disneyland. During its twenty years in operation, Legend City was an entertainment destination – a unique and fun place for a magical afternoon or evening out. Entertainment was a major part of the Legend City experience, and certain entertainers were especially important to that experience and helped to endear the park to young visitors, including Wallace & Ladmo and Mike Condello and The Spiders (Alice Cooper). Legend City’s Compton Terrace featured the best of the best in live music, including Stevie Nicks, AC/DC, The Grateful Dead, REO Speedwagon, Elton John, Moody Blues, The Police and many more. Since Legend City’s closure, no one has been willing to attempt a theme park in Arizona of the scale, vision and boldness that the creators of Legend City built over a half-century ago.