Funtown Mountain, the dormant Cave City attraction was sold at auction Wednesday.
The property was auctioned in two parts – the bottom half, and the top half that contained the “old west town”.
Edmonton radio station owner David Froggett, Jr. won the final bid for the bottom half at $200,000 and was the high bidder on the top half at $95,000.
Froggett, a native to Metcalfe and Green Counties, said it could take three to four months to clean up the property.
He plans to move the radio station to the top part, and add attractions, a restaurant, and to keep it an amusement park.
He hopes to employ “at least” 100 local employees and use local contractors throughout the renovation. A possible new name for the attraction was “Mammoth Cave Mountain.”
The park has a 30 day closure and 10% of the payment had to be put down Wednesday. The new owners plan to have a “community clean up” in the next 3-6 months, rewarding volunteers with grand opening passes. They hope to have phase 1 complete within a year and a half.
Source: WBKO
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