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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Iztapasauria

Iztapasauria (also branded as IztapaSauria) is a free-entry dinosaur theme park in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. It opened on 4 December 2021 inside the Deportivo Utopía Santa Cruz Meyehualco sports center. The theme park has several green areas decorated as a Mesozoic jungle in which there are thirteen animatronic dinosaurs.

History and construction

An Ankylosaurus animatronic

Experts from UNAM's Institute of Geology contributed to the planning of the park. The complete rehabilitation of the sports center, which included the installation of the theme park, cost 100 million pesos. The rehabilitation and installation was requested by Clara Brugada, the head of the borough's office, and was inaugurated on 4 December 2021. Among the animatronics are species of Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Omeisaurus, Irritator, Carnotaurus and Brontosaurus.

References

  1. ^ "'De Iztapalapa para el mundo': 'IztapaSauria' abre sus puertas para los amantes de los dinosaurios". El Financiero (in Spanish). 12 December 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Dinosaurios 'invaden' CDMX: así es Iztapasauria, el nuevo parque jurásico en Iztapalapa". Infobae (in Spanish). 5 December 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ^ Navarro, Carlos (4 December 2021). "Inauguran Iztapasauria con más de 20 réplicas de dinosaurios". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. ^ "¡Rawwwr! 🦖 Abre IztapaSauria; estas son todas las atracciones 🦕". Chilango (in Spanish). 4 December 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Iztapasauria. ¿Cómo llegar al parque de dinosaurios?". El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.