Hogle Zoo unveils new Creekside play area

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Kids laugh as "Bo" a Blue-Gold Macaw squawks away at opening of Creekside, a new playgouund attraction that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek.
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The Discovery Amphitheater, pathways and restrooms are all ADA accessible and the play area has features that allow wheelchair access. The play area also features a sensory wall for children on the autism spectrum.

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Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake Mayor Jackie Biskupski, left, applauds with James Hogle, Jr, Hogle Zoo Chairman, Karen Hale, Associate Chief Administrative Officer of Salt Lake County Mayor McAdams office, and Hogle Zoo Director Craig Dinsmore watching an unusual ribbon cutting Thursday May 12. Bo" a Blue-Gold Macaw picks apart a ribbon to open Creekside, a new playgound attraction that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Hogle Zoo Director Craig Dinsmore makes remarks to public at opening of Creekside, a new playgouund attraction that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Kids explore Creekside, a new playgound attraction that opened Thursday May 12 at Hogle Zoo that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Girls make it to the top first at Creekside, a new playgound attraction that opened Thursday May 12 at Hogle Zoo that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Parents and children sit in shade of Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close views with small animals like this toad. It's a part of Creekside, a new playgound attraction that opened Thursday May 12 at Hogle Zoo that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also includes Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Kids run past the ribbon that opened Creekside, a new playgound attraction that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune
Kids run across swing bridge at Creekside boardwalk through shady trees above Emmigration Creek. The boardwalk is part of Creekside, a new playgound attraction that opened Thursday May 12 at Hogle Zoo that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, and Lighthouse Point Splash Zone.

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Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Kids laugh as "Bo" a Blue-Gold Macaw squawks away at opening of Creekside, a new playgouund attraction that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek. embankment. The Discovery Amphitheater, pathways and restrooms are all ADA accessible and the play area has features that allow wheelchair access. The play area also features a sensory wall for children on the autism spectrum. INFORMATION-> This is for a C&C Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Mayor Jackie Biskupski, left, applauds with James Hogle, Jr, Hogle Zoo Chairman, Karen Hale, Associate Chief Administrative Officer of Salt Lake County Mayor McAdams office, and Hogle Zoo Director Craig Dinsmore watching an unusual ribbon cutting Thursday May 12. Bo" a Blue-Gold Macaw picks apart a ribbon to open Creekside, a new playgound attraction that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Hogle Zoo Director Craig Dinsmore makes remarks to public at opening of Creekside, a new playgouund attraction that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Kids explore Creekside, a new playgound attraction that opened Thursday May 12 at Hogle Zoo that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Kids explore Creekside, a new playgound attraction that opened Thursday May 12 at Hogle Zoo that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Mayor Jackie Biskupski, left, applauds with James Hogle, Jr, Hogle Zoo Chairman, Karen Hale, Associate Chief Administrative Officer of Salt Lake County Mayor McAdams office, and Hogle Zoo Director Craig Dinsmore watching an unusual ribbon cutting Thursday May 12. Bo" a Blue-Gold Macaw picks apart a ribbon to open Creekside, a new playgound attraction that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Kids explore Creekside, a new playgound attraction that opened Thursday May 12 at Hogle Zoo that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Girls make it to the top first at Creekside, a new playgound attraction that opened Thursday May 12 at Hogle Zoo that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Kids explore Creekside, a new playgound attraction that opened Thursday May 12 at Hogle Zoo that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Parents and children sit in shade of Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close views with small animals like this toad. It's a part of Creekside, a new playgound attraction that opened Thursday May 12 at Hogle Zoo that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also includes Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Kids run past the ribbon that opened Creekside, a new playgound attraction that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Kids explore Creekside, a new playgound attraction that opened Thursday May 12 at Hogle Zoo that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Kids explore Creekside, a new playgound attraction that opened Thursday May 12 at Hogle Zoo that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, Lighthouse Point Splash Zone, and Creekside boardwalk for a shady pathway walk above Emmigration Creek. Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Kids run across swing bridge at Creekside boardwalk through shady trees above Emmigration Creek. The boardwalk is part of Creekside, a new playgound attraction that opened Thursday May 12 at Hogle Zoo that includes tree house elements, slides, spider web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. The new space also features Wyatt Fricks Discovery Theater, where children get up close with small animals, and Lighthouse Point Splash Zone.

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· May 13, 2016 10:48 am

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Utah's Hogle Zoo unveiled a new play area for children on Thursday. Called "Creekside," the playground adjacent to the Lighthouse Point splash zone has elements of a treehouse, slides, spider-web netting, swinging vines and rickety bridges. It also has a boardwalk that crosses Emigration Creek, leading visitors to a shady pathway where they can "look for native wildlife along the embankment," said zoo spokeswoman Erica Hansen after a ribbon cutting ceremony involving Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski and Salt Lake County associate chief administrative officer Karen Hale. Creekside also features the Discovery Amphitheater and the Wyatt Fricks Discovery Center, named for a boy who loved the zoo before dying at a young age.