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Despite a legal dispute with its former operator, Westchester County says it will officially open Rye’s Playland Amusement Park on Memorial Day weekend. The historic park’s summer season has ...
RYE, N.Y., May 07, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard Amusements, former operator of the iconic Rye Playland, today responded to Westchester County’s continued misrepresentation of facts and ...
RYE, N.Y., May 07, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard Amusements, former operator of the iconic Rye Playland, today responded to Westchester County’s continued misrepresentation of facts and egregious ...
Standard Amusements, former operator of the iconic Rye Playland, today responded to Westchester County’s continued misrepresentation of facts and egregious efforts to deflect blame for the ...
The opening had been called into question amid a dispute with the park’s former operator, Standard Amusements, which Westchester County officials say terminated its contract while leaving the ...
Faced with growing concerns over the fate of Playland’s 2025 season, Westchester County late on the afternoon of Thursday, May 1, issued an emergency order to open the park, and moved to hire an ...
Officials in the state's Westchester County are uncertain of the park's future, according to reports from Gothamist and Fox 5 NY, as the park's management, Standard Amusements had accused the ...
A local government legal battle is jeopardizing the future of a nearly 100-year-old theme park in New York County officials in Westchester County, N.Y., are at odds with the management company ...
Controversy erupted earlier this year when operator Standard Amusements announced it would terminate its contract to run Playland, located nearly 30 miles from Manhattan, citing Westchester County ...
Westchester County taxpayers are already on the hook to pay as much as $36 million to the park’s former management company, Standard Amusements — as government officials had no answers for the ...