[SoothingDave]

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[martin_fierro]

What is different this time is assurances of maintaining the amusement park's image.

Just had a vision of Kennywood's future.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Picante to go w/the Potato Patch fries? Sigh.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Kennywood está abierto.

[Ditto]

There are not many businesses that have been 100% family owned and operated for over 100 years.

[napscoordinator]

I used to go to Kennywood as a kid. Fun times. I hope that the company does not change it too much.

[MarineBrat]

When I was a kid we always went to Westwiew Park. I had only been to Kennywood 5 or 6 times. Sad to see an icon like that change hands. Not as sad as seeing Westview Park close its doors though.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

I lived just up the hill from Kennywood when I was growing up - we used to ride our bikes down “Kennywood Hill” into the back of the parking lot, then go in and hang (until they instituted an entrance charge to keep riffraff like us out). Walking our bikes back up the hill was a bear.

Used to swim at the pool when I was real small, too - they closed it down to make room for the Thunderbolt, IIRC. I worked one summer there during college, but was fired because they always fired a percentage of their help before the year was out to avoid paying bonuses - had to be there 6 days a week, open to close, so I was heartily sick of the place, anyway.

I’m not an amusement park fan, but Kennywood is still one of the best - beats Six Flags parks by a mile. Hope they don’t ruin it.

[infidel29]

The companies expect to close on the deal in March, which will include all of the Kennywood Entertainment holdings: Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, Idlewild Park & SoakZone in Ligonier, Sandcastle Waterpark in West Homestead, Lake Compounce theme park in Bristol, Conn., and Story Land in Glen, N.H.

Holy cow they unloaded the whole shebang! I hope they're getting more than the $200mil suggested in the article.

Never been to the Sandcastle Waterpark, but the "Sandbar" was a summer staple all through the 90s. I still have my "get in free for life" pass card somewhere.

[dfwgator]

Oh my God, they’ve killed Kennywood.

[toldyou]

I remember...

The Racer
Jack Rabbit
Pippin
Noah’s Ark
the Rotor
Carousel with its Wurlitzer band organ
School picnics
Church picnics
Penny Arcade

Fond memories!