The first Sesame Street theme park on the USA’s West Coast is set to open next month, offering a boost to San Diego’s tourism market as it bounces back from the pandemic’s hit to the industry and restrictions are eased.
Featuring Big Bird’s Beach, Oscar’s Rotten Rafts and Cookie-Monster towers, the year-round, 17-acre (6.5-hectare) Sesame Place San Diego theme park – in Chula Vista, just south of the city of San Diego – will open on March 26 to season pass holders. The first Sesame Place theme park opened more than 40 years ago outside Philadelphia.
Sesame Place San Diego is the first theme park in nine years opened by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, which has a longstanding relationship with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind the popular, educational show, which airs in more than 150 countries.
