Six Flags being sued by KY Fair

[timfreeman]

Fair Board Sues Park Owner Over Rides

 

 

 

Weeks after Six Flags decided to shut down Kentucky Kingdom, state officials are now involved in a legal fight over the remaining thrill rides.

 

The Chang rollercoaster was removed last year to make way for a water-park expansion.

 

That expansion never started and the Kentucky State Fair Board claimed it was never going to happen.

 

That claim was made in a lawsuit filed by Kentucky officials suing Premier, the owner of Six Flags.

 

At issue: they want the bankruptcy judge to declare the rides and other attractions on the land owned by the fair board as fixtures, or part of the property.

 

They're also suing for breach of contract and damages caused by Six Flag's removal of any rides.

 

The suit accused Premier of fraud regarding the removal of Chang and the promise of improvements.

 

Earlier this month, when the park closed, the president of the state fair board said he was just as shocked as the public.

 

"We were surprised by the news release. We weren't notified ahead of time. We didn't receive one," Kentucky State Fair Board President Harold Workman said on February 5.

 

The state is hearing from Six Flags in the form of a countersuit. The company disputed the ownership of the thrill rides and asked a bankruptcy judge to declare that the contested rides are not the landlord's property and the company should be allowed to remove those rides.

 

State officials said there are other parties interested in running the park, so the ruling on who owns the rides is crucial.

 

This case is playing out in bankruptcy court because the amusement park operator filed for Chapter 11 in June 2009.

 

Barring a settlement, the judge overseeing the Chapter 11 case will decide who owns the rides.

 

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[palmerleeberry]

Hey, Hey what can I say? Somebody is going to get there A$$es kicked and I'm very glad that IT AIN'T GONNA BE ME!!!

 

But the downside to this legal battle is that no matter which party wins this case, we (the riders, the amusement park flyers, and those that live in Louisville that no longer have a home park anymore) are the losers; lawsuit cases such as these can tie up in courts for years to come. And by the time something is settled, the rides that have been sitting dormant may not work or need tons of $$$ to get them back into operation.

 

{NOTE: I know that money is green, not blue, but BLUE shows up better on these post than GREEN does.}

 

"I'll be available as a seat cushion to whomever it is that do get their rear end kicked!"

[robbalvey]

This is already being discussed here:

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=861727#p861727

 

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