Dogpatch USA to reopen (with cred!)

[Ian]

An abandoned theme park in Marble Falls, Arkansas, US, is about to undergo a major renovation to become an eco-theme park.

The former Dogpatch USA theme park – which originally opened in 1968 drawing upwards of 8,000 visitors a day – is still intact, but has become heavily overgrown and the victim of graffiti and vandalism in more than two decades since the park closed in 1993.


In its heyday, the theme park was highly popular

Attractions for the hillbilly-themed attraction included Barney Barnsmell's Skunk-Works, Rotten Ralphie's Rick-O-Shay Rifle Range and a roller coaster called Earthquake McGoon's Brain Rattler.

New owner Charles Pelsor plans to transform the 400 acre (1.6sq km) abandoned theme park, which he recently purchased for US$2m (€1.5m, £1.2m), into an eco-friendly destination, preserving the former theme park’s waterfalls, bridges and tram, with plans to also convert one of the site’s old mills into a restaurant.

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He plans to open it in October this year. That's a short time frame...

 

[rollermonkey]

Well, dangit. That means another state I was done with, isn't.

 

[CanobieFan]

For real... Having just driven all across Arkansas last summer the last thing I wanna do is have to go back!