Steamboat Springs, Colorado: Dig This: Heavy Equipment Sand Box (Closed)
If you have the cash, you can rent time on a bulldozer or excavator and play in the dirt.
- Directions:
- Closed at the end of 2010, supposedly reopening in Las Vegas in 2011.
- Admission:
- Varies $200-$750 up to 5 people
- Status:
- Closed
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I haven't been here, but just heard about this. It's the first heavy equipment play area in the USA. It sounds like a blast, especially for those who dreamed about driving big equipment when they were kids or played with Tonka Trucks in the sand box.
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The equipment here includes a Caterpillar D5G bulldozer, two 315 excavators, and a 6-ton skid-steer. A franchise is reportedly in the works for Las Vegas as well.