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On proximity alone, Playland seems inextricably linked to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo.
The historic children’s theme park sits just across the road from the zoo’s main entrance off Highway 99, and shares space inside the city’s 90-acre Roeding Park. That closeness — as well as a rendering of potential zoo expansion — has led some to wonder about the future of the park and its ties to the zoo…