Seems like they're trying to class up the old SF parks a little by painting these huge obnoxious colored faded rides. Even Georgia's new plans for splash'sanitymania' (brought to you by Taki's extreme nacho flavored hair gel) mismatched bright colors are being taken in a more subtle direction with the Gold Rusher theme.
I'm with you on a lot of this but saying you wouldn't be sad if the park was just leveled is just silly talk. The park has its up and downs but it's still always been a fun place to go that is local and it would be absolutely horrible to have it ever close.
I know we have other parks semi close to us but most of them turn into trips that are miserable to do there and back in the same day.