Trustees of the publicly-owned amusement park Conneaut Lake Park in Pennsylvania announced yesterday that the park will not open for the summer season, GoErie.com reported. The 128-year-old park is currently operating under terms of chapter 11 bankruptcy. Park trustees said in a letter posted on the park’s website that they have been in touch with their secured creditors regarding the bankruptcy plan. Although Crawford County, Pa., is scheduled to move to the green phase of Gov. Tom Wolf’s reopening plan on Friday, trustees said that they have been given no guidance over whether amusement parks are even allowed to operate in that phase. According to the trustees, “Moving to the green phase only allows businesses to operate at 50 percent capacity. Compounding this are social distancing protocols and sanitation requirements, all resulting in a diminished operations model that would require resources the park simply does not have while working its way out of bankruptcy.” Trustees also cited concerns over increased liability costs for parks operating during a pandemic.
