Business man wants to build successor to Idora, has no money

I have two problems with this article.

Carl Severino had dozens of volunteers to help him at the Halloween Fright Fest this past October/November, so what did he do with the profits? He also runs a website that sells t-shirts and such. Many folks helped out for nothing is what he is now saying?!?!

Also, I have a bigger problem with people that have comments like Snap43 " it will be just a small park in Youngstown, Ohio, which is a dump", which is the most untrue garbage and the constant lies of outsiders who don't live in the Youngstown area, nor visit. As in every other city in America, the suburbs and outlying areas are where all the developing is. Snap43, I invite you to Rt.224 in Boardman Township 1/2 mile outside of Youngstown, and tell me what you see? I see 15-20 miles of non-stop shoppers delight, and concerts in more intimate settings, and more value for your money than anywhere in the USA. The problem we have in this area is there is too much of the same thing, and having a new Idora Park would be great to break the monotony.

I'm tired of hearing of people saying horrible things about the neighborhood you live and work in, yet they have the same thing in their back yard all across the USA. Youngstowns' bad personna is all media hype, cause they think we are a 'steel town' and that is an ancient myth. Small Business is the key to the Mahoning Valley, and that will bring more great things. We have minor league baseball affiliate of the Cleveland Indians for the 6th year, and have junior hockey, as well as a new arena coming with Arena Football 2 football and Philadelphia Phillies minor league affiliate EHL hockey coming. This is a great area, with problems that were resolved years ago, yet the 'outsider' national media doesn't publish the good news.

BTW, all those steel mills are now recycling centers for automobiles across the entire East Coast! Brings in more money than you'll ever dream of :)*** This post was edited by midwave 2/3/2004 1:28:55 AM ***

I dread having to go to Youngstown. I had a client once there, and then had volleyball tournaments at Youngstown State a couple of years in a row. Aside from that big park with all of the gardens, I just assume not spend time in that town.

Hawaii isn't a good market for a park. Not only is the population small, but even the tourists aren't the right demographic. The joke at the resort I stayed at was that they're all "newlywed or mostly dead." Kids and families make up a very small percentage of the tourist base.

It's true that much of the tourist crowd hitting Hawaii wouldn't be looking for a park, but I know when I was there with a bunch of friends (for a wedding), we were. My friends even joked "It must be killing you that you spent 10 hours in the air getting here and there isn't a single credit to be had..."

That said, the Volcano National Park (especially the lava tubes) provided plenty of excitement. Very cool stuff.

As for Idora, while the nostalgia buff in me would love to see it happen, how realistic is it, really? I'm afraid the dream is just that... :(

Say what you want about Y'town, I've been there plenty of times still have family near Boardman, and have a few companies we do work for in that area. Its a place I'd rather not be.

Okay, Hawaii may have been a bad example... I've never been there, since Jamaica is closer and cheaper with the same climate.

The point of the post remains: why build a park with so much competition nearby, when there are clearly areas of this and other countries that are underserved.

I'm Carl Severino, first of all people shouldn't write what they don't know about!! As far as the "profits" from the hayride of doom??? There wasn't ANY!!! I personally lost my own money and I am still paying on some of the attractions that I purchased on that promotion because as usual our market does not back anything. As far as scams I have been accused of being in from this site, I dare you to bring someone to the table that I purposed a scam to OR better yet someone that lost money while doing business with me!!! You all can call the landowner and ask him if we made money on that promotion, as usual little minds with no true information or not one bit of being in the know, outsiders looking to trash someone and something because they don't have the guts or fortitude to do something constructive!! By the way I have not stopped in my efforts to put up 2 Worlds Parks in Lake Milton, even though I will have to rely on the 2 hours demographics to support it!! Now the Conneaut lake Park deal, My first year there we broke even, something very hard to do in any large business, what happened there was the fact of the powers that be in that area used my company to open the park to the tune of $300k , clean it up and bring the people back the summer of 1999, then they actually stole it from us in June of 2000 3 days before the 4th of July weekend when my company would have earned over $400k for that weekend.

So before any of you ill informed people write anything about me please get the correct information!!! if you can!!!