Louis Slusky opened Playland Park in 1940 at 9200 South Main.

[2][3][4][5] Playland Park, Houston should not be confused with the Playland Park located in San Antonio, Texas which opened around the same time and had a wooden roller coaster similarly named The Rocket.

Giant Skyrocket was a wooden roller coaster relocated to Playland Park and opened in September 1941.

The roller coaster, which claimed to be the largest in the South, appeared to have been operational until some time between 1962 and 1964.

In 1959, a race car crashed through a fence, killing three people, including Playland Park co-owner Sam Slusky.