Plans For Rye Playland Include New Rides, Restaurants

RYE, N.Y. -- Among the plans that a private company has for Playland, the county-owned amusement park in Rye, are new rides, restaurants and an updated parking lot, according to a report by lohud.com.

Amusement parkgoers ride the Dragon Coaster at Playland in Rye. The troubled county-owned park may soon have a new operator who plans to spend millions fixing it up.
Photo Credit: *Rye Playland/Facebook*

Carol Reif

03/12/2016 2:00 p.m.

Soon-to-be operator Standard Amusements LLC said it would add $30 million to the $58 million the county already plans to invest as part of the deal to spruce up the troubled park, lohud.com reported.

Because many questions remain as part of the review process, the fast-approaching deadline on Standard’s opt-out clause in its contract may have to be extended, the lohud story said.

To read the lohud story, click here.

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