Bell's Amusing Park???

[OwenParkPhil]

Just read in the Sunday, September 25th Tulsa World, an article that says Bell's Amusing Park is re-opening in latter October 2011 at the Saturday Flea Market at West 51st Street where it meets 57th West Avenue.

It will only be open Saturdays, and will initially open with three or four kiddie rides that will be refurbished after the "park" has re-opened. They are already talking about expansion before they are open.

Comments anyone?

[swake]

Can we see the business plan?

[RecycleMichael]

Are they going to make home made parts again?

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20081022_16_A5_Former614189

[Townsend]

It's national news apparently.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44669430/ns/travel-news/

[Conan71]

Can we see the business plan?

Oh, you mean this gem:



Actually, I believe it's more like this now:

dear farebord glinpooll wagnar barryhil

[DolfanBob]

I'm sorry but there is just something about Robbie that rubs me the wrong way.
You know, the old Dad had a great idea, vision and direction. hands it off to the wayward son who has no plan or direction other than to sit back and collect money off a business that was built by someone that knew what they were doing and never paid attention to what it took to keep it going.
Daddy started with three kiddie rides but that was back in the day when he was hungry for success and not riding the coattails of another mans idea. Pfff children !

Update: Just read that it was his Grandfather that started the business.

[sgrizzle]

"a couple of kiddie rides" != "amusement park"

[Gaspar]

"a couple of kiddie rides" != "amusement park"

Come on Grizz, you have kids, throw them a cardboard box and some stuffed animals, and you have an amusement park!

[AquaMan]

I wish him well anyway. Especially if he can get all that stuff out of Gunboat. If he simply stays true to serving young kids, young families and maintaining his equipment I think he will grow it back again. Locations will come looking for him. In the grandson's defense, the Fairgrounds, and the County, was much different when his grandpa started it.

Now that guy with the Admiral Twin? Not so much.

[carltonplace]

I wish him well anyway. Especially if he can get all that stuff out of Gunboat.

Right?! Get that junk out of gunboat. I don't think I would ever let a child I cared very much about ride on that rusty junk, not even a bumper car.

[AquaMan]

The kids stuff, little coasters, helicopter rides, trucks on tracks, dodgem cars would be okay. Even the Log flume could work. The metal may rust a little but nothing that can't be refurbished and the fiberglass doesn't age badly. However, I heard him say that he intends to re-assemble the Zingo. That would be his Waterloo.

[swake]

I wish him well anyway. Especially if he can get all that stuff out of Gunboat. If he simply stays true to serving young kids, young families and maintaining his equipment I think he will grow it back again. Locations will come looking for him. In the grandson's defense, the Fairgrounds, and the County, was much different when his grandpa started it.

Now that guy with the Admiral Twin? Not so much.

What did the Admiral Twin guy do?

[rdj]

He kicks puppies.

[Hoss]

He kicks puppies.

He tries to steal girlfriends also.  Although that was back when I was 19.

[AquaMan]

What did the Admiral Twin guy do?

You mean besides kicking puppies and chasing other guys' women?

I don't like the guy. He politicked from his ticket booth at the drive-in telling me to be sure and vote against Clinton cause he was going to raise the minimum wage and he would have to close down the theatre. Clinton won, the minimum wage went up and he did well enough to open another theatre in Jenks.  I'm sure he hates Obama too.

Then his constantly raising the bar for donations to rebuild his uninsured, burnt down drive-in hit me wrong. Every good businessman knows the value of insurance. He skated. A kids playground was at the base of a wooden, 50 year old, uninsured, fire hazard. It burned down and he now can only re-build it with the help of well meaning former customers. Well, at least its not a government freebie.

Other than that?