HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977 11-23 Amusement park comes to Maplewood THE REVIEW Amusement park A/ava3i9��
comes to Maplewood
by Anne Skinner
restaurant, which would generate traffic
A proposal for an amusement park was year round.
approved by the Maplewood City Council At present,Betts,the developer,has no
Nov. 17.The park will be located on the plans for winter use, although he later
easterly side of Rice Street about 350 feet said, "If someone can come up with
south of Roselawn Avenue. something,we might expand it.We might
According to Leroy Betts, 2030 W. put a kind of cross country thing there
Eldridge Ave., Roseville, construction later on, but that's a little further on the
will begin this winter, and continue trail."
through next spring. The park plans in- He added he was considering a new type
dude an 18 hole miniature golf course, a of skateboard area that would be con-
go cart track and bumper car square with structed of plastic and able to be shaped
a building housing refreshments and according to desired ramps and banks.
games. "It's supposed to be safer than cement,"
Discussion at the council meeting Betts added.
focused around accessability from the The site currently holds an abandoned
already well-travelled Rice Street. While restaurant which will be converted into
the council expressed concern about the the refreshments building.
potential problems, the members noted Betts said he hoped to open the park
the proposal was preferable to a fast food sometime the middle of next summer.