Cedar Point History - 1880's

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1880

1880: Cedar Point opens for its 11th season.

1881

1881: Cedar Point opens for its 12th season.

1882

1882

Cedar Point opens for its 13th season.

Benjamin Dwelle and William Slackford lease Cedar Point and add picnic tables, walkways, and other improvements.

Theodore Moore builds the first dancehall.

1883

1883: Cedar Point opens for its 14th season.

1884

1884: Cedar Point opens for its 15th season.

1885

1885: Cedar Point opens for its 16th season.

1886

1886: Cedar Point opens for its 17th season.

1887

1887: Cedar Point opens for its 18th season.

1888

1888

Cedar Point opens for its 19th season.

The Grand Pavilion opens.

Attendance for the 1888 season is 50,361.

1889

1889

Attendance for the 1889 season is 72,213

Cedar Point opens for its 20th season.

The Ladies Pavilion opens.

Wednesday, 03 July 1889

The Cedar Point Pleasure Co. hosts firework show in front of the pavilion. The display was interspersed with music by the Great Western Band.