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According to the National Park Service, Alcatraz draws roughly 1.6 million visitors each year and generates about $60 million in tourism revenue annually.
The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.
Democrats and Republicans alike scoff at the idea of reopening the island prison that has served as a tourist attraction for decades.
A day after President Trump said he wants to reopen Alcatraz as a symbol of law and order, tourists at the decayed historic ...
As it goes for so many real estate developers here, President Donald Trump’s dreams of building in California could get derailed by regulations.
EXCLUSIVE - ALCATRAZ ISLAND, California — Bill Baker was only 23 when he was handcuffed, shackled, and thrown on the back of ...
A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks would serve as a deterrence for even the worst criminals. Trump called for the ...
Trump, ever in search of sadistic pleasures, wants his own CECOT-like prison to intern what he calls America’s “most vicious ...
birdwatch and more this summer Trump says US will not pay for California high-speed rail. Here's what to know Alcatraz became the site of a massive and historic demonstration for Native American ...
The federal Bureau of Prisons says that the exact meaning is still debated, but "Alcatraz is usually defined as 'pelican' or 'strange bird.'" In the early 1850s, following the California Gold Rush ...
California has a lot of underutilized resources, so let’s open our minds to the possibilities. Less than an hour south of Alcatraz, in Santa Clara, an amusement park called Great America has ...
As it goes for so many real estate developers here, President Donald Trump’s dreams of building in California could ... and the FBI to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz to “house America’s most ...