Giant Inflatable Water Slide Makes Huge Splash In Downtown Akron

Think of it as a Slip and Slide on steroids.Slide the City, a giant traveling water slide attraction, made quite a splash during its debut in downtown Akron on Sunday under hot, sunny skies.Thousands of people from throughout Northeast Ohio jumped on inflatable tubes and took turns racing down the three-lane, 780-foot-long water slide set up along University Avenue.“I want to go again!” Rose Aultman, 12, of Dallas exclaimed after her turn.Her father, Dr.