Here's another release of the lawsuit stating something about the former Bonzai Beach "project" (hint, hint):
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.
The first set of bolded statements says that Bonzai Beach was never going to happen, and it was just an excuse to remove Chang. I'm glad they saved Chang... but I thought BB was happening. Guess they planned the closure of SFKK before the Chang removal. Also a quote from sfkk339 last year (Sept. 20, 2009, the day before the Chang relocation was confirmed):
"Sources are saying they want it gone. Fast. Some are saying as early as November 8th."
I was just expecting it to be due to the water park expansion, but now I realize... that they wanted to save it as quick as possible and pulled the Bonzai Beach expansion as an excuse. That's probably why the water park closed along with it. Clever, hahaha. Clever indeed... B) Again, I'm glad they saved the coaster. But now people are speculating silly stuff like the Kentucky State Fair requesting the return of Chang. Ha, I doubt it... or hope it doesn't happen... =|
As for the last bold statement, I agree with Six Flags. They should have the right to save the rides. I don't know, maybe it's just me hoping the rides will be saved. =P
DRAMA!!!!!!
P.S.: I'm making a comic strip showing a version of the lawsuit. This time, there are two high school kids fighting (representing Six Flags and the Kentucky State Fair) at Theme Park High School. One kid is bossed around by others (Six Flags), while another kid is popular and loved by cheerleaders (Kentucky State Fair). They have a fight after KSF steals Six Flags' book bag (representing the rides). Six Flags wins and KSF pees in his pants, and runs off. The cheerleaders start loving Six Flags, after gaining the book bag.
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