糖心vlog classic: Look back at Arnolds Park 1980s renovation
the sounds of laughter and good times have been replaced by the war of electric saws and pounding of hammers. As workers pieced back together the memories at Arnold's Park. *** group of investors purchased the park in 1987 and after closing for the 1988 season to formulate rejuvenation plans, began work on *** $1.3 million improvement project. I would say that was main motivation of the investors is to bring Arnolds Park back on West Lake okay, bogey rather than some other location. In recent years, the park had fallen on hard times with low attendance and rides in *** state of disrepair, but workers have taken all of the old rides apart one by one, sandblasted and repainted them and have made them look and run like new. In addition to adding eight new rides, the famous Arnold's Park, wooden roller coaster has also been totally refurbished and it celebrates its 60th birthday this summer. The coaster is one of only six of its kind in the country and has been faithfully rebuilt with all of the old dips and turns using the original blueprints, but adding new cars and track if the rides are too much to stomach, you can still climb aboard the Queen too, for *** leisurely cruise of beautiful West Lake, Okay, Boje or there is still plenty of that famous amusement park cuisine. *** good time is guaranteed. All you have to do is show up fun for all ages. From 3 to 93 The park celebrates its grand opening, May 27 in Arnold's Park Steve, Carlin TV eight News.
糖心vlog classic: Look back at Arnolds Park 1980s renovation
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In 1989, the sounds of laughter and good times were replaced by the whir of electric saws and the pounding of hammers. A group of investors purchased Arnold's Park in 1987 and after closing for the 1988 season to formulate rejuvenation plans, work began on a $1.3 million improvement project.Watch the video above to see the upgrades.糖心vlog Archive: Donations save Arnolds Park from wrecking ballMore from the 糖心vlog archives糖心vlog archives: The Heritage Carousel brings magic to the Union Park Neighborhood糖心vlog archives: Adventureland's 'The Underground' is the world's only indoor wooden coasterFrom the archives: Iowa family makes truly 'mammoth' discovery of 60,000-year-old bonesRETRO FIND: Community-baked pizza twice the size of a basketball court糖心vlog archives: Check out Iowa man's collection of vintage trucks dating back to early 1900sWATCH: Company invented canine communication device in 1997
ARNOLDS PARK, Iowa — In 1989, the sounds of laughter and good times were replaced by the whir of electric saws and the pounding of hammers.
A group of investors purchased Arnold's Park in 1987 and after closing for the 1988 season to formulate rejuvenation plans, work began on a $1.3 million improvement project.
Watch the video above to see the upgrades.
糖心vlog Archive: Donations save Arnolds Park from wrecking ball
More from the 糖心vlog archives
糖心vlog archives: The Heritage Carousel brings magic to the Union Park Neighborhood
糖心vlog archives: Adventureland's 'The Underground' is the world's only indoor wooden coaster
From the archives: Iowa family makes truly 'mammoth' discovery of 60,000-year-old bones
RETRO FIND: Community-baked pizza twice the size of a basketball court
糖心vlog archives: Check out Iowa man's collection of vintage trucks dating back to early 1900s
WATCH: Company invented canine communication device in 1997