Bluegrass Boardwalk Project is Dead

The Koch family has been successful in talks with the Kentucky State Fair Board and they will open Bluegrass Boardwalk in May of 2013. See here for more or just look at the story quoted below.

Kentucky Kingdom is now Bluegrass Boardwalk

The former Kentucky Kingdom theme park, once a part of the Six Flags family, quite literally received a new lease on life today when the Kentucky Fair Board approved a new lease with Bluegrass Boardwalk Inc.

Revitalized rides and attractions, alongside new ones, a friendly clean atmosphere, free amenities such as sunscreen and soft drinks, and plenty more are what will greet guests to Bluegrass Boardwalk when the 57 acre amusement and water park opens in 2013.

The team behind the park's revival are several Koch family members, owners of the Holiday World theme park. At the vote today, Dan Koch, Holiday World President, promised the park's reopening could bring 800 seasonal jobs, as well as 25 full time positions.

Bluegrass Boardwalk will be operated with the similar style and care that has made Holiday World a success on so many levels. ??????We??????re bringing our business model of exceptional safety, cleanliness, friendliness and value for families,?????? says Natalie Koch.

??????We can??????t wait to get started!?????? says Bluegrass Boardwalk??????s Dan Koch. ??????We??????ve got a lot of work to do to get the park reopened in just 15 months, but we??????ll get it done. We??????d like to thank the Fair Board for putting their faith in us and the community at large for their tremendous cheers of support.??????

The company will renovate and expand the park using private money, up to $20 million in investments will bring the park up to date. Possible sales tax incentives could be applied for, but public money will not be utilized in the reopening.

We can be sure that there will be plenty of developments between present and the park's grand opening, but we look forward to the rebirth and transformation of the park!

Whoo, Kentucky needed this and an Arrow...Personal opinion ;)

You realize Arrow is no more right? Not to burst your bubble or anything.

Koch* I believe.

Haha, "The Kock family". Big typo you have there, Tetsu.

Originally posted by Tetsu

Holiday World

Just that is enough to excite me, except I'm 5 hours away.

This is great news!!

I know theres no Arrow I am just living in the 80's. All because my DeLorean time machine broke down in this era...Waiting for a new flux capacitor is real drag

Originally posted by rcking04

Koch* I believe.

Fixed.

Would this be the same Koch family that's been the masterminds behind destroying our country? Or is it a different family?

arrow got lost in the forth dimemesion!

Hahaha That was a good one ;)

Holiday world is one of my favorite amusement parks by far. Extremely affordable, very fun, clean, very nice atmosphere. If the Koch family can run Bluegrass the same way as HW, I will be sold! I just hope they can hold up in the legendary coaster department like they have for HW, down at Bluegrass; mainly since I am not a huge fan of waterparks.

I am so excited for this! It's an hour and a half closer to me than holiday world is! I may have to buy a season pass if it turns out nicely. I can't wait.

This is great for me, I live only 2 hours from Louisville and visited Kentucky Kingdom when it was still functioning, exciting!

Me, you, AJ, and D249 will have a meet up.

^lol He actually lives near me (apparently). Like, in the same town. We exchanged a few PMs once, but we never met.

Speaking of Bluegrass Boardwalk, next year I will be at UK, which will bring me much closer to BGB, KI, and HW. Which will be nice.

As much as I like it, there aren't any large bodies of water to call it a "boardwalk". Not necessarily understanding where they got the name, but I guess it suits.

On the other hand I'm stoked for the park. Very nice to see developing going on in this place- it's been dead in the water for a few years now. It's especially exciting that Holiday World owners will take control.

Can't wait to see this develop!

Originally posted by Sambrwn52

As much as I like it, there aren't any large bodies of water to call it a "boardwalk". Not necessarily understanding where they got the name, but I guess it suits.

On the other hand I'm stoked for the park. Very nice to see developing going on in this place- it's been dead in the water for a few years now. It's especially exciting that Holiday World owners will take control.

Can't wait to see this develop!

Bluegrass, because Kentucky is in the south, Boaardwalk because that will be the theme.

I wonder if Thunder Run, the wood coaster, will be operating. The track should be pretty rusty by now. I'm sure there has been no maintenance on Thunder Run since the Park closed in 2009.

Also would like to see a real band organ in the Merry-Go-Round, instead of recorded music.

Originally posted by RideWarriorNation

Me, you, AJ, and D249 will have a meet up.

Thanks for the invite.

anyways...

Looks nice

Well, looks like this is dead to. I'll link to it when I get home if someone else doesn't get to it first.

Edit: http://bluegrassboardwalk.com/

Its the first article.

Damn it, no park for us [:(]

If they can't get it working, I don't really think anyone else can unfortunately.

Originally posted by AJClarke0912

If they can't get it working, I don't really think anyone else can unfortunately.

Bummer, guess another possible owner just walked off!