Let’s take a little look at some of the big and not so big news happening in and around amusement park-dom this week!
-Six Flags unveils their 2008 financial report showing that they’ve tripled their operating income, netting …
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Stubby News: 3/11
March 11th, 2009 · No Comments · coney island, joe sitt, news, six flags
Jimmy’s Truth 2 Power Package
March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · news, six flags
So I came home today only to find a small package in the mailbox. Now I wasn’t expecting any packages, so this seemed a bit fishy; was it junk mail? Was …
Hard Rock Park 2.0
February 24th, 2009 · No Comments · hard rock park, news
While it was expected, it’s now become official; Hard Rock Park has been sold to FPI MB Entertainment. Just some updates as to what’s going on with HRP, or whatever the new name will be.
First off, they’ve …
Jimmy Want’s the Truth!
February 16th, 2009 · No Comments · news, six flags
I’m a little late to this one but it looks like a website named Jimmy’s Truth 2 Power was launched back in January by proprietor Jimmy Olson (pictured), photographer for the Daily Planet newspaper. Wait, what? Daily …
Hard Rock Park Finds Buyer
February 11th, 2009 · No Comments · hard rock park, news
Am I joking? Did Myrtle Beach’s own Hard Rock Park actually find someone to buy the park? No folks, I kid you not, FPI MB Entertainment is offering to pay $25 million for the whole …
Golden Nugget Farewell Photos
February 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · news, wildwood
On Saturday I headed down to the Golden Nugget farewell ceremony in Wildwood, NJ. For the exception of the people attending, Wildwood was basically dead being a shore town and all. The temperature was in the upper 20s and …
Golden Nugget Bought by Knoebels
January 26th, 2009 · No Comments · news, wildwood
2/1 Edit: Added photos of the Golden Nugget Farewell Ceremony.
Since the anouncement of the Golden Nugget removal, rumors have swirled that a mystery buyer has been looking into purchasing the 1960s Wildwood boardwalk icon. Well it’s true folks, …
Stubby News: 1/26
January 26th, 2009 · No Comments · news
-Busch Gardens Africa in Tampa Bay, FL, is officially the state’s safest park reporting no ‘significant injuries’ in the 2008 season. This is compared to 30 reported injuries at Walt Disney World and 6 at Universal Studios. Of course, maybe BGA defines a ‘significant injury’ as an amputation …
Total Liquidation: Hard Rock Park is Dead
January 4th, 2009 · No Comments · hard rock park, news
Hard Rock Park…the park that was in the designing/building phases for some six years; the park that cost an exorbitant $400 million to construct, and the park that lasted a grand total of one (count that 1) season in operation before …
