CoasterBuzz Podcast #5 posted
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Jeff, Greg, Scott and Pat review news in the amusement industry.
- A fake attraction announcement memo makes the rounds through Six Flags Great America and the media.
- Kennywood sues West Mifflin for what they say is an unfair amusement tax targeted at the park. Our two Pittsburgh residents talk about the black hole of taxation.
- Six Flags sets record date for vote to boot board members, and companies start reviewing the books to consider purchase of the chain.
- Six Flags Over Texas will get ten new rides, presumably from the closing Six Flags Astroworld. Our panelists say the original Six Flags park is fabulous.
- Liz Collier and David Hodgkinson join us from North One Television in London. They're producing a series for The Discovery Channel called "Building The Biggest," which will include an episode about the construction of wood roller coasters. We ask the producers how these shows get made.
- Anyone that has Super-8 footage from amusement parks should contact the producers by way of Jeff to contribute to the show.
Link: CoasterBuzz Podcast
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There was a brief five minute segment on the European Coaster Club broadcast as part of the BBC Inside Out programme earlier this year.
Well, personally I'd consider Roller Rinks as an amusement business.
And just because the area has roller rinks doesn't mean it's the favorite go-to spot of the area. I would consider the Lehigh Valley a fairly "modern" area, and we have 2 roller rinks (that I know of.. and a few ice skating rinks too). I haven't been roller skating in years, but if the local governments around here instituted an "amusement tax", Dorney would be the obvious target however I would think it natural that the roller/ice rinks would pay.. along with movie theaters, arcades, not to mention those horses and such outside the supermarkets.. :)
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