£80m plan for Southport’s Pleasureland abandoned

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£80m plan for Southport’s Pleasureland abandoned

Postby Gary » 10 Feb 2012, 18:24

Southport Pleasureland:

"..Developers Urban Splash and Sefton council, which own the site, have now decided to go their own separate ways after the viability of the project was hit by the recession.

And council leader Peter Dowd admits there is nothing planned in the future for the key site, which once harboured so much hope for the resort.

Cllr Dowd said the £17m Southport Arts Centre development is the last big project the town will see for some time..."

"...Keen to make sure the site did not sit idle Norman Wallis, managing director of Dreamstorm, was handed a lease to operate the New Pleasureland funfair.

Mr Wallis has four years left to run on his lease and has plans to expand the funfair..." :)

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Postby porterm » 12 Feb 2012, 07:24

All very sad and so unnecessary when one looks back on what happened to this once unique, historic amusement park. Hopefully Norman Wallis might be offered full reins to enhance the facility and maybe return it in some way to its former glory. It would certainly be great to see a modern wooden coaster built on the site (something like Toverland's Troy would be wonderful, however I expect a more adventurous style such as Holiday World's (Santa Claus, Indiana, USA) The Voyage would be just wishful thinking).

Guess we'll have to just watch this space as they say.

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