Talk:Playland (New York)

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[edit] Ownership

Sounds like it's owned by the US (Federal) Govt. which is untrue.

The article now states that it is owned by the county. --Amit 14:48, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History

Has the park always been County-owned and operated, or did they buy someone out? --Feitclub 20:49, Feb 13, 2005 (UTC)

As per the statement in the article, local residents concerned about what a County report described as "unsavory crowds" induced the Westchester County Park Association to purchase two existing theme parks, Rye Beach and Paradise Park, and planned a local-government-sponsored amusement park in their stead. --Amit 17:18, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infamous deaths

Someone should probably work in the story from last year where a young visitor was thrown from the "Brain Scrambler" ride and was killed. I've heard that wasn't the first time somebody died at Playland, but that could just be a legend associated with the perceived "ricketedyness" of the Dragon Coaster.

This has been incorporated into the article some time ago. --Amit 02:28, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

This section needs more sourcing. Parts of it are also wrong. The "teenage boy" who choked on his gum was an 8yr old girl. Also I doubt only two deaths happened btwn 1920 and 1990.--Nick 05:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

According to accident reports from the park published in the local paper only two deaths from 1920-1990. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.151.2.10 (talk) 19:40, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Links

Someone needs to move all obsolete links to the "Rye Playland" and "Playland" articles to point to this article's page instead. --Amit 14:53, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

I have now done this. --Amit 18:07, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Die Playland"

This is a message for 130.156.29.112: you must provide a reputable, unbiased, 3rd-party source that talks about the critics refering to Playland with that nickname. Otherwise, the inclusion of the nickname in WP is merely your opinion (violating WP:NPOV) or original research (WP:OR) and will be reverted. Thanks. SpikeJones 22:58, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:PlaylandLogo.PNG

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:24, 8 March 2008 (UTC)