Hard Rock Park official says lack of out-of-market advertising was devastating

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

After an inaugural season rocked by poor attendance and tight credit markets, Hard Rock Park wants to reorganize its debts, cut costs and market the park to a wider audience in an attempt to survive in 2009.

The Myrtle Beach theme park blamed a drop in tourism and its own inability to advertise outside the Grand Strand for its cash problems, which forced it to grind to a halt Wednesday when it filed for bankruptcy.

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I think that's true. There's nothing cheap here in Cleveland, and the only deal I could find even within reasonable driving distance is via Pittsburgh. It seems the place is largely a driving destination, and with gas this expensive, that doesn't help.


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Okay. Where WOULD you guys have built HRP? Menphis? Pheonix? Albany? Seattle?


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I don't think it's a question of where, but one of when. HRP should have been built around 1996.


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