Creditor wants to seize rides at bankrupt Wild West World

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

A Kansas City-area bank is seeking to seize almost $1 million in rides leased to the closed and bankrupt Wild West World, saying the insurance on them has lapsed. In a court filing Thursday, Overland Park-based Bank, of Blue Valley, asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wichita to let it take a 25-year-old refurbished log flume, a flipping action arm ride, a Ferris wheel and a pirate ship. All of the rides were leased to Wild West World founder and Chief Executive Officer Thomas Etheredge in 2006.

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25 year old refurbished log flume? Where did that come from? I thought all WWW's rides were new.

I guess this pretty much takes care of any hope for the park to come back...

Wow. They guy had to close his restaurant and sell of his ranch? He shouldn't have invested his own personal items into the park like that. What a sad story. He was trying to create a fun place for families and it ended up destroying everything he had.

I thought all WWW's rides were new.

Have you not seen the list of rides on the park's website? 20 of the rides are clearly marked as "refurbished by" - that's code for "used." ;)

Read the page again. The rides are listed as furnished, not refurbished. Big difference.

You're right, my bad. Still, Rides 4 U furnishes used rides.

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