Parks DO NOT sign contracts with manufacturers.
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Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
Erm, yes they do.
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Tyler Eaves
http://coastercount.com
http://coastergames.net
Parks or their parent companies have to enter into some type of agreement with manufacturers to protect themselves legally. I think what you were trying to convey is that parks don't sign contracts for multiple coasters, like the poster in another thread was suggesting about BGW.
Parks and park chains sign contracts for a specific coaster to be built on a specific site at a specific time under specific conditions for a specific price. They don't sign BS contracts for 3 coasters of unknown design, to be built at unknown locations, at unknown times. Think about it. How would you put a price on that sort of thing?
Boy you sure put an end to that!
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God please let SFKK get something in 2002. ANYTHING!!
I'm suprised Jeff hasn't closed this one yet...
AMEN to both Jim Fisher and DDFire19. I hate this myth that parks sign contracts with caoster companies. I had the privilege of interviewing the head of ride operations at Silver Dollar City and I asked him the question about whether or not parks sign contracts to build x amount of coasters in x amount of years. He told me straight up that manufactures are under contract on a ride by ride basis.
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Just wait till next year!
Closed topic.
