Fun Park to change its name to Old West Fun Park
Connellsville Fun Park, the most popular
amusement park in the tri-county area, announced Monday that it would change
it's name to Old West Fun Park. The change may help to increase its name
recognition among other local themes parks such as Waterworld.
"Our name was never intended to be Fun Park," says park representative Corey
Shadow. We only used Fun Park because when Abe Norman made the sign for the
park, the ink was smeared on the paper where 'Old West' was written. Abe
assumed our name was simply 'Fun Park.'" Once the park got the sign, they
liked it so much that they changed the name of the park to just "Fun Park."
A problem came about, however, when the park began getting complaints from
people. "A lot of people started telling us that Fun Park sounded like a
place that you leave your car before you go somewhere else," says Shadow.
The park staff decided to call the park Outback Fun Park with an Australian
theme for the park. They closed the park for two months and redecorated the
entire 35 acre establishment with Australian décor. "However, when Abe
Norman read the paper for the sign, he didn't have his glasses on," says
Shadow. The sign came back as "Old West Fun Park."
"We liked the sign so much we decided to change the entire park to a Western
theme," says Shadow. The park will be closed for two months while the staff
changes the décor to an appropriate Western look. Reopening is set for this
March.
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