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Waterslides returning to Manteca after 16 years
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It’s been 14 years since the Manteca Waterslides was shuttered, yet people still identify the city with the outdoor water park created when farmer Budge Brown had a big hole to fill after selling dirt for the construction of nearby Interstate 5.If all goes well, Manteca will be back on the map as a waterslides hot spot when 2020 rolls around ending what will have been a 16-year drought without water flowing down slides luring people to frolic in the Family City.Like the Great Wolf Lodge being built in Manteca, it too was accessible by taking the Airport Way exit. But instead of heading north it was a right turn south on Airport Way and then a right turn on Woodward Avenue. Less than two miles separate where the indoor waterpark will be built in Daniels Street and the former Manteca Waterslides site.Brown, who has since passed away, was more than just a water park operator.