The Boardwalk's Cocoanut Grove conference center includes banquet rooms and a performing arts venue. The park then re-opened select rides to California residents on April 1, 2021. The park then subsequently shut down on November 10, 2020, due to Santa Cruz County re-entering the Substantial tier of the California Blueprint for a Safer Economy. ĭue to the COVID-19 pandemic, the park shut down in mid-March 2020. Season or day passes can be purchased or tickets for $1 each ride costs between 3 and 7 tickets. Although there is no admission and the beach is public, parking is charged a fee when the rides are open. It has won the Best Seaside Amusement Park Award from Amusement Today every year since 2007 except for 2015. Īs of 2011, the park is headed by Charles Canfield, the son of Laurence Canfield, the president of the park from the 1950s until the early 1980s. The Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway stops in front of the park. A short passenger service to Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park was restored in 1985. From 1927 to 1959, Southern Pacific Railroad ran Suntan Special excursion trains to the beach from San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose every summer Sunday and holiday. The beach was a destination for railroads and trolleys from 1875.
On 14 June 1904, the Neptune Casino opened with an arcade, grill and dining room, and a theater. Swanton formed the Santa Cruz Beach, Cottage, and Tent City Corporation in 1903 and the following year, the City of Santa Cruz granted permission for commercial buildings to be built. Santa Cruz Swimming Baths at the Boardwalk, Pacific Novelty Company Postcards, circa 1910.įred W.
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