{"id":209948,"date":"2026-06-03T22:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/209948\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T22:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:27:10","slug":"erie-zoo-visitors-to-see-heavy-equipment-up-close-at-equipment-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/209948\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie Zoo visitors to see heavy equipment up-close at \u2018Equipment Day\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:WJET\/WFXP;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WJET\/WFXP&quot;}\" class=\"link \">WJET\/WFXP<\/a>) \u2014 If you\u2019ve ever wanted to see heavy machinery up close, the Erie Zoo is providing the chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Erie Zoo is hosting Equipment Day on Saturday, June 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zoo attendees of all ages can get up close and interact with 10 pieces of heavy-duty machinery that would be seen on a construction site, farm or emergency response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event is included with paid admission to the zoo or free with an Erie Zoo membership. Current zoo admission is $13 for adults, $11 for seniors, $9 for children ages 2-12 and free for infants under age 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/parade-of-sail-to-honor-eries-maritime-history\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Parade of Sail to honor Erie\u2019s maritime history;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Parade of Sail to honor Erie\u2019s maritime history&quot;}\"> Parade of Sail to honor Erie\u2019s maritime history <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The first 1,000 children to attend will receive a plastic construction hat provided by Chick-fil-A Erie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Equipment Day will take place rain or shine. More information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eriezoo.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:here;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WJET\/WFXP) \u2014 If you\u2019ve ever wanted to see heavy machinery up close, the Erie Zoo is providing the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[26030,136,138,137,3466,92084,92085],"class_list":["post-209948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-emergency-response","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-erie-zoo","tag-heavy-machinery","tag-heavy-duty-machinery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}