News: Williams Grove Amusement Park won't open for season

Posted at 6:04 PM EDT (2204 GMT)

May. 7th, 2006 -- Williams Grove Amusement Park in Mechanicsburg, Pa., won't be open for business season, but Williams Grove Speedway, located across the street from the amusement park, will remain open. 

The decision to do only one operation came after the speedway demanded more from former park sales manager Sally Lou and her son, Justin Loh, who managed Williams Grove and currently manages the speedway.  After the recent closing of Silver Spring Speedway, more business was brought to Williams Grove Speedway, and with more to manage, Loh reported that it would be too difficult to keep both parks open.

The decision was made by Loh in February along with Morgan Hughes, who also owns Williams Grove Speedway.  It was noted that there are two ways the park could re-open:

• A professional management team with experience running a family-owned park was to take over operation.
• Someone pays park owner Morgan Hughes $6 million to purchase the operation and agree to continue running it as an old-fashioned amusement park.

The 200-acre park offered waterslides, go-carts, a nine-hole miniature golf course laser tag and paddle boats in addition to rides and picnic facilities for a $1 admission during the week and $2 on weekends.  Complete admission packages, including wristbands for rides, were also sold for $15 for adults and $12 for children.  The park would normally open in May.   

For more information, visit The York Daily Record.

Visit Williams Grove's official web site here.