Author Topic: Wild West World News!!! (Read 6925 times)

Swoosh · « **Reply #30 on:** Apr 21, 2008, 07:45 »

Does this sound like Como Park to anyone else?

Jason · « **Reply #31 on:** Jun 3, 2008, 06:53 »

Hold your horses.

http://www.kansas.com/business/retail/story/420444.html

Jason · « **Reply #32 on:** Jun 20, 2008, 07:04 »

New deal!

http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=8525502

Amusement park is still possible.

zztop · « **Reply #33 on:** Aug 14, 2008, 12:10 »

http://www.kansas.com/business/updates/story/492022.html

Bradley Robertson · « **Reply #34 on:** Aug 14, 2008, 12:26 »

I think the whole wizard of oz rebranding might be him being ignorant of the fact that the books are not yet in the Public domain. There is still a Frank L. Baum estate that has active copyrights. The licensee of that trust already has a (seemingly dead) theme park project, and I have a hard time believing they can come up with the money to license the movie from Turner Entertainment Co., Sony Corp., or Warner Bros. Inc.

Ben · « **Reply #35 on:** Aug 14, 2008, 12:43 »

When is it scheduled to go into public domain?

Bradley Robertson · « **Reply #36 on:** Aug 14, 2008, 12:46 »

That's the problem with modern copyright. Now copyrights don't expire until 70 years after your death. However, in this case since it is an estate that holds the copyright I believe that as long as the estate exists, the copyright won't expire.

SuperSteve · « **Reply #37 on:** Aug 14, 2008, 09:02 »

Sounds like Murphy will be supplying the 'amusement park' after all, and even better: they're supplying a roller coaster of some kind to be the park's headliner. I'm going to put my bets on the death trap pinfari (or was it a schwartzkopf?) that almost killed about a dozen people last year at the Tulsa State Fair. They'd prop it up there with some new paint just because they can't keep it in one piece on the fairways anymore.

Even if they go out and buy new rides, their reputation with Big Splash is still preceding them. Unpaid rent, rides that are falling apart, claiming income losses when they're raking in the dough... We'll see what happens.

tonyblackjack · « **Reply #38 on:** Aug 14, 2008, 09:07 »

The Wizard of Oz would be cool though.

xxmagicboxersxx · « **Reply #39 on:** Aug 14, 2008, 09:22 »

It'd terrify me.

Well, only the flying monkeys.

xD

Bradley Robertson · « **Reply #40 on:** Aug 14, 2008, 09:34 »

Sounds like a great name for a coaster to me

xxmagicboxersxx · « **Reply #41 on:** Aug 14, 2008, 09:42 »

NUH UH.

As long as there are no actual flying monkeys, I'm good.

xD

Jason · « **Reply #42 on:** Oct 23, 2008, 09:23 »

Good news and more weirdness.

http://www.kansas.com/business/retail/story/570173.html

Ben · « **Reply #43 on:** Oct 23, 2008, 10:36 »

what a cluster F***. I love the last line of the article

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the park needs significant landscaping work, including "more shade."

Yea no kidding? You mean a park completely exposed to the Kansas Plains isn't a good idea? But even so, currently they have no rides, exposed electrical wiring where rides used to be, decaying poorly built buildings, and they are talking about shade?

200:1 they don't open this thing up anytime in 2009(if at all for that matter)

SuperSteve · « **Reply #44 on:** Oct 23, 2008, 05:38 »

Meh, if they've got the money and/or the credit, they can get this thing open by next summer, but like I said: it's going to be a dump. With Murphy in charge of the rides, this will be little more than a ghetto credit stop. I can only hope his trashy rides don't kill and injure as many people as they do when they're on the fair circuit.

Jason · « **Reply #45 on:** Feb 16, 2009, 09:11 »

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2009/02/09/daily44.html

tonyblackjack · « **Reply #46 on:** Feb 16, 2009, 05:24 »

Sounds like some good new (Knocks on wood)

Bradley Robertson · « **Reply #47 on:** May 3, 2009, 09:25 »

Really well written article regarding the recent arrest of the original founder: http://www.kansas.com/news/story/793458.html

Ben · « **Reply #48 on:** May 5, 2009, 08:01 »

From the article-

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Several investors told the state and The Eagle that Etheredge offered no prospectus or park balance sheets, characterizing the park only as a good investment.

Investors might have also said "We are a bunch of idots that will throw thousands of dollars at anyone who simply tells us they have a "good investment"

These people are just ridiculous.

Swoosh · « **Reply #49 on:** May 5, 2009, 08:44 »

Well without sounding like a "Missouri-fanboy" -- this is kansas we are talking about, and more specifically the Wichita area.

Ben · « **Reply #50 on:** May 5, 2009, 08:53 »

Quote from: Swoosh on May 5, 2009, 08:44

Well without sounding like a "Missouri-fanboy" -- this is kansas we are talking about, and more specifically the Wichita area.

Yea cause nobody in MO would make that mistake...

Facts are there are idiots everywhere, sure in some places they occur in higher frequency. Take your website for instance...

J/K

Swoosh · « **Reply #51 on:** May 5, 2009, 10:08 »

No what I mean it that this is WICHITA. This is the town that started a new interchange near the Eastgate Mall about 3-4 years ago and still haven't finished it. It's the town that has a great old-fashioned trolley park that they are letting rot. This is the town that is dumb enough to think a park in the middle of nowhere near Park City was a good idea.

IDK about you, but I make sure I have all of my ducks in a row before investing in something.

Now in reference to my website, I would expect a comment like that from a ROYALS fan.

Jason · « **Reply #52 on:** Jul 14, 2009, 12:03 »

Is it just me or does this mean that there won't be a theme park in the future?

http://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=10719585&nav=menu486_2_2

CPman · « **Reply #53 on:** Jul 14, 2009, 02:24 »

Sounds like someone may have power and light envy, personally. Does not look like the main intent was for a park.