<P> Magnum XL - 200 , colloquially known as simply Magnum , is a steel roller coaster built by Arrow Dynamics at Cedar Point in Sandusky , Ohio . When built in 1989 , it was the tallest , fastest , and steepest complete - circuit roller coaster in the world as well as the first hypercoaster -- a roller coaster that exceeds 200 feet ( 61 m ) in height . Some have credited Magnum with starting a period in the industry known as the roller coaster wars , in which amusement parks competed with one another at a rapid pace to build the next tallest and fastest roller coaster . More than 40 million people had ridden Magnum as of 2009 . </P>
<P> Magnum XL - 200 , colloquially known as simply Magnum , is a steel roller coaster built by Arrow Dynamics at Cedar Point in Sandusky , Ohio . When built in 1989 , it was the tallest , fastest , and steepest complete - circuit roller coaster in the world as well as the first hypercoaster -- a roller coaster that exceeds 200 feet ( 61 m ) in height . Some have credited Magnum with starting a period in the industry known as the roller coaster wars , in which amusement parks competed with one another at a rapid pace to build the next tallest and fastest roller coaster . More than 40 million people had ridden Magnum as of 2009 . </P>
when was the magnum built at cedar point
when was the magnum built at cedar point
1989
1989