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\nFuntown Mountain, the dormant Cave City attraction was sold at auction Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\nFuntown Mountain, the dormant Cave City attraction was sold at auction Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The property was auctioned in two parts – the bottom half, and the top half that contained the “old west town”.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Froggett, a native to Metcalfe and Green Counties, said it could take three to four months to clean up the property.<\/p>\n
He plans to move the radio station to the top part, and add attractions, a restaurant, and to keep it an amusement park.<\/p>\n
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.”<\/p>\n
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.
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