It was a thriving business that showed signs of its demise in the latter of Becerra's five years of working there. It's sad to see it go away, because it had so much potential.
It was a mixture of people that went there and that I got to know. The community right there is very diverse. They would hire anybody, all nationalities. Working there for five years, I got to meet a lot of people from different places. Every weekend, they flocked to the seven-acre site and stayed put until they shut the doors.īecerra remembered buying an all-day go-cart pass and riding to his heart's content as a child before getting his first job there at 16 years old. It was a haven for the kids of Gulfton, many of whom were able to make the trek on foot from their neighborhood, Becerra said. Inside, the amusement park had an arcade where you could break a sweat. "On the weekends, it was jam-packed," Becerra said. He started working at the park in 2004 when it was Celebration Station and witnessed its transformation into Zuma Fun Center years later. "That was the spot where everybody would go," Victor Becerra said. In its last days, here's what it looked like:Ĭome enjoy your day at #ZumaFunCenter #MiniGolf #GoKarty #BumperBoats and MUCH MORE for all ages! 👨👩👧👦 /61hQ8476ZJ- Zuma Fun Centers May 14, 2017 That's how the site stood, rotting, since it shuttered in 2017. Robert Seale/Houston ChronicleĪnd gone, too, are the days of driving by the derelict amusement park at 6767 Southwest Freeway and drumming up memories through the spray paint and unkept greenery. Teenagers from all over flocked to Celebration Station for its intense go-cart track. Long gone are the days of riding go-carts, splashing your friends with mini-boat water guns and whacking golf balls onto car windshields.
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