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March 02, 2008 Wild West World may sell for just $2 million A Tulsa carnival company has signed a letter of intent to buy Wild West World for $2 million. Spectacular Attractions, doing business as Murphy Brothers Exposition in Tulsa, also plans to spend $4.2 million to reopen the bankrupt park with about 35 mobile... Read More »
January 23, 2008 Theme park's lenders split over low offer Thomas Etheredge's lenders reportedly are split over a new, low offer to buy Wild West World. That split and the lenders' decision last summer to turn down an offer to acquire and operate the park has upset Park City officials.... Read More »
January 05, 2008 Ride sales generate millions for park Bankrupt theme park Wild West World ended November with about $3.2 million in the bank, according to operating reports filed this week with U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wichita.... Read More »
October 06, 2007 End of the line for park Rides, then buildings, then land, will be sold after Calif. company decides not to buy park. Wild West World faded into the sunset Friday when a California amusement park operator backed out of talks to buy it. Officials from Parks America, a Santa Monica... Read More »
September 20, 2007 Parks America must beat deadline to purchase Wild West World A bankruptcy judge has ruled that a California amusement park operator has until September 28th to purchase the now-bankrupt Wild West World. If that doesn't happen, the judge warns that the western theme park will be liquidated.... Read More »
August 28, 2007 Potential Wild West Buyers Visit Wichita Representatives from a California theme park are in Wichita Monday and Tuesday, possibly wrapping up a deal to buy bankrupt Wild West World. Parks America Inc. prepared a $12 million dollar offer to buy the theme park. But the price is $1.5 million short... Read More »
August 14, 2007 California company interested in Wild West World An attorney for Thomas Etheredge confirmed Tuesday that a California amusement park company has signed a letter of interest to buy Wild West World. Ed Nazar, an attorney with Redmond & Nazar LLP, said Tuesday that Parks America Inc. had offered $12 millio... Read More »
August 03, 2007 Potential buyers take look at park Two bidders are considering offers to buy Wild West World, the bankrupt theme park's lawyer said Thursday. They'd better hurry, because a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge wants to know soon whether the park can be sold. In a hearing Thursday where a Kansas Cit... Read More »
July 27, 2007 Blue Valley Bank seeks to seize Wild West rides The Bank of Blue Valley in suburban Kansas City has asked a federal bankruptcy judge to allow it to seize some of the rides at Wild West World. In its filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the bank says it leased the equipment to Wild West World but that... Read More »
July 17, 2007 Bank to release funds to cover payroll at bankrupt theme park Nearly 500 people will be able to cash their payroll checks from a defunct Wichita-area amusement park after a bank agreed to release the funds. Citizens Bank of Kansas has agreed to cash the payroll checks of former Wild West World employees without a co... Read More »
July 11, 2007 Acrobats on edge as theme park falls It looked grim early Tuesday for the eight Chinese acrobats who performed at Wild West World. When theme park owner Thomas Etheredge declared bankruptcy Monday, all money was frozen and the park closed to everyone. That left the acrobats without two weeks... Read More »
July 09, 2007 Wild West World closes doors, will file bankruptcy A rainy spring and construction cost overruns did in Wild West World before it ever found its stride, says co-owner Thomas Etheredge, who announced Monday the theme park has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has closed its doors two months after it ope... Read More »
May 31, 2007 Acrobats From China At Wild West World The China Wuqiao Acrobatic Troup from the People’s Republic of China will be performing three shows a day, six days a week, Tuesday thru Sunday. Performances will be in the Wild West World Arena, which is one of several indoor, air-conditioned facilities... Read More »
May 07, 2007 Kansas’ First Theme Park Opens, Thousands Enjoy Tr The Wild West World Theme Park welcomed in excess of 8,000 people Saturday during the Grand Opening of Kansas’ newest and largest attraction. Wild West World was closed Sunday due to dangerous weather situations.... Read More »
May 03, 2007 Wild West World Theme Park set for grand opening Wild West World Theme Park, Kansas’ first theme park and the only all-cowboy theme park in the world, opens for the first time this Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 10 a.m. with a huge Grand Opening Celebration.... Read More »
March 08, 2007 Journal Broadcasting building Wild West World studio - Wichita Business JournalJournal Broadcast Group's six radio stations will soon have a storefront studio at the Wild West World theme park. The next step is figuring out exactly how to use it.
"Really the sky is the limit," says Beverlee Brannigan, operations manager for Journal. "I think our usage is going to vary from station to station." Journal operates six radio stations in Wichita offering country, contemporary, rock and Spanish music formats. The theme park is scheduled to open May 5. The storefront studio will be located in the Main Street area along with restaurants and gift shops. Brannigan says deciding which station will broadcast at which times will be coordinated with the park's calendar of events. February 08, 2007 Theme park nearly ready - Kansas.comWith significant economic development hopes riding on the frontier veneer of Wild West World, owner Thomas Etheredge excitedly announced this week he's 95 percent done with construction.
In fact, the $30 million, 130-acre theme park in Park City has stayed about 30 days ahead of schedule for months now, and Etheredge says his May 5 grand opening is on track. He also plans to gross $16 million this year at Kansas' first theme park by drawing at least 500,000 visitors from May through September, a number Etheredge said is conservative considering there are more than 2 million people within a 200-mile radius of Wichita. January 17, 2007 Wild West World looking for more help - Washington Business JournalOfficials at Wild West World Theme Park will hold a second job fair Saturday in hopes of hiring at least 140 more people for the park's inaugural season.
The job fair will be held in the Johnny Western Theatre at the park located at 77th Street North and Interstate 135 in Park City.
September 04, 2006 New Church/Amusement Park Controversial - WIBWThe leader of Wichita's Immanuel Baptist Church who shocked his congregation by stepping down last month was back giving sermons this morning.
The Reverend Terry Fox has started a new church to be housed in the Wild West World theme park in Park City.
Fox says he and Immanuel Baptist's leaders agreed he should resign from his position as senior pastor last month. The outspoken conservative Christian frequently pushed for a state ban on same-sex marriage and anti-abortion causes from the pulpit.
His former church is said to be looking for a new pastor with a different leadership style.
Fox says his new church, called Summit Church, will be affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and will hold services in the Johnny Western Theatre at the theme park. It's only about 10 miles from Immanuel.
August 25, 2006 First attraction opens at Park City's Wild West World - Kansas.comThe first attraction of Wild West World, a theme park in suburban Wichita that eventually will include 25 rides and other features, officially has opened.
The Johnny Western Theatre, named for the musician and longtime KFDI radio personality, was unveiled Thursday during a ribbon-cutting ceremony with park owners Thomas and Cheryl Etheredge. Events scheduled for the "pueblo deco" theater begin Sept. 8 with a Neal McCoy concert.
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