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Throughout Sunday, El Pasoans flocked to the collection of rides in the heart of Ascarate Park before Western Playland closed its doors for the season. Western Playland owner Pat Thomson plans to move the operation to a 60-acre site in Sunland Park next year, and about 3,000 people spent a final time at the amusement park, where crushes were born, appetites were lost and memories still linger.
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