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  1. My idea was to let you all know that we were still working on this project, and to ask for your support. I have done my best to explain the how and the why, so now its up to you as to if you will support the idea or not. For now I will post when and if I have an up date and thanks for the feed back! Regards Danny SSAI
  2. Jew, I once had an argument with some one like you, and after awhile I figured out that if I told him it was sunny he would counter that it was night on the other side of the world. You have made your points, and I have tried to make mine. So the best way for me to handle this is to not bother arguing with you. Danny SSAI
  3. I am not doing this for the rich, people like that can go where ever they wish. I'm not doing this to get rich I am getting way to old to worry about that now. I am doing this for the people who need the jobs, the young folks who want there first summer job and cant find one. I am doing this for the families who will never be able to go to Disneyland or Universal but may be able to go to a park together to have some fun as a family. I am doing this for all the people in the south that do not have a Major Amusement park and for a city and area that have suffered through one disaster after another. The fact that the Government is making it hard is just one more problem to be solved in due course. As some one once said "Nothing worth doing is ever easy" Yes I could pick up my ball and go some where else, but here is where the need is, here is where the people really need to be up lifted, so here is where I will make my stand. I hope you can understand that and I hope I can indeed make that difference. Jazzland may never be the biggest park in the country but I'm willing to bet that the people will support it and keep it alive, if for no other reason then to prove to the rest of the world that our spirit cant be broken, by storm, BP, or Government this park belongs to the people. Thanks Danny SSAI
  4. Sorry about the double posting, just trying to keep my answers in context of who asked what, LOL As to my project you may be right but one must try. I am looking at other parks we are just not talking about them having our hands full with New Orleans and not needing another PR nightmare to go alone with this one. It may well be that New Orleans can not be saved but no one can say I did not try. The only reason for posting is to help get support for the project, you will always have people who want to stone you, that's life and I have grown used to putting up with some of them. I must say at first it was hard to take the slings and arrows of others but I remember what Walt Disney once said about his project in California so long ago. "Following your dream will always be the hardest road you will ever travel" I have been on this earth longer then most of you who post and have come up through the school of hard knocks starting as a Carny (Carnival worker) at age 10 working all summer long to earn money for school in the coming winter. I served my country in Vietnam and returned home to be called a baby killer to my face. I worked for Walt Disney and that was the best time of my life. I have been in this industry for so long I cant remember parts of it now but would not change a thing as I have indeed traveled that road that Walt described so long ago. So no nothing you can say will stop me from giving it all I have as I feel it is the right thing to do. Thanks Danny SSAI
  5. There is no intention for this thread to be "abusive." I have serious doubts about your "work", so I am merely trying to fill in the gaps. One thing that still baffles me is how your "investor" was afraid to put up the $500,000 refundable deposit (held in escrow) at that October meeting, and then somehow the very next month (exactly one day before the next board meeting in which you could have gone for final approval of the bond) you are claiming to have $12.5 million to buy the property outright? With $12.5 million available to you, it seems to me like the logical thing to do would have been to put down the money to get the bond so your efforts could really take off? I would also like to know who the "best minds in the industry" working for you are what experience you and your team have in the industry. Lastly, you should be ashamed of yourself for dodging Robb's question! I have spent a lot of time thinking about your questions, for the most part it seems to me that no matter what I answer you will always think you know better, I will however answer your questions. The truth is investors do what they feel is the right thing to do, Its there money after all! The investor in question made the offer in writing to the city, the city (the mayor)turned them down, the investor walked away! (That's public record) You know it may come as a shock but investors do that from time to time. As to the money for the bonds you have already been given the answer, but again it was my call to pull back and wait for the paper work to be sure we would get the bonds. There was no need to tie up the money until we were ready (again investor call on placing the money in escrow) why tie up working funds with no interest being returned on investment is my best guess. As to the best minds in the industry well now if you think for one minute that a company like MTVN (Nickelodeon) would ever get involved with a bunch of country bumpkins then you really need to stop smoking what ever it is your smoking. The names of our employees and contractors are not public record as we are not a publicly held company. We also have NDA's in place that keep me from going into detail. I am not ashamed of one thing I have ever done, and I did answer the soap question just for the fun of it (had to look it up, LOL.) If you don't think the park will ever work that's fine you have the right to your opinion. As for me I am going to keep working on it. Thanks' Danny SSAI
  6. Hendrik Willem Brouwer working for Lever Brothers received patent number US4065398: Liguid Soap reason was looking for a soap that could be dispenced in public places, look it up for more details if you wish. Thanks Danny SSAI
  7. Ive been to Freestyle and spent 3 months looking that park over, and you know what I think it could be saved but then again I am always the optimist! As to New Orleans I wish I had Freestyle in the place of whats there now, it would be a much easier fix Oh well time will tell for both parks but dont be supprised to see Freestyle come back to life and make it this time! Thanks Danny SSAI
  8. I understand what you are saying but my question to you is if a water park was in place would you go? The park as it was did fine under Six Flags and I feel that I am right, but I respect your feelings on the subject as well. Just for the fun of it, tell me what in your mind would draw people to the park? If you were the one who could name the rides and shows what would you do? What would draw you to the park and keep you coming back? Thanks Danny SSAI
  9. My reasons to think that the park would do well is based on what the park did in the past (in part) I have seen the records and it was doing well, so well in fact that Six Flags was going to spend 20 million plus on a Water Park. Now we have had studies done that tell us the park will make money, but to be fair it must be something new as well and without giving away to much by adding a few new thrills all new never seen in the industry before. I will let you ponder on that. LOL The amount of work done in pure research is overwhelming and some of the best minds in the industry have been asked to come up with the answer you are seeking as well. For now I and my team are convinced that this is the right park at the right time and in the right place. Time will tell if we where right. The need to add a flag like Nickelodeon is still under discussion (not saying we would or would not use them, its to early to make that call and it is indeed a major cost) The answers are not simple but we feel that after all we have learned our plan will indeed work. I hope this answers your question. Thanks Danny SSAI
  10. Well when I first went to the park it was for some one else who was thinking about making offers to buy the equipment that was usable after the storm, Mega Zeph, the steel coasters and a few other items of interest. You see I had never seen the park in operation and had no interest in it at all other then the equipment. The problem was and still is that the place grows on you even after being flooded the park was in remarkably good condition (Back then) and if Six Flags would have put the work back into it there was no reason it would not open again. We all know now why Six Flags pulled out, the park was a good park but Six Flags was in debt so deep it was not able to recover the park. Simply put Six Flags did not have the money at the time. As to building a new park in today's economy building would cost no less then about 500 million to do a good job and take up to 3 years to get open if all went well. This park even as bad as it looks to the untrained eye is in far better shape then you would ever expect and can be rebuilt for far less taking only a fraction of the time to get reopened. I feel that by using the very best management we can find and taking our time to add on what the public wants this park can indeed be recovered and add to the fun that is New Orleans. Thanks Danny SSAI
  11. A few facts may help answer your question. The park that was in Houston Texas (Six Flags) is now gone opening a wider area to draw from. Next while the population of New Orleans its self is not all the way back there are now more people living in our target market then ever before and the areas are growing fast! As far as drawing in folks come on man its NEW ORLEANS site of the Super Bowl in 2013. LOL You ask a good question and I could go over tons of reports with you showing it will work, by experts that are paid to know. As to flooding the area has new flood walls being put in place that should protect it and we are (or will) take other actions to protect the park while rebuilding. There is no way to ever fully protect it as it stands true for almost all of New Orleans. Adding more rides,shows as well as a Water Park will also push the numbers up. I hope that this in some small way answers your question. Thanks Danny SSAI
  12. This is the last time I will go over this with you, I told you I would be willing to answer your questions. I did not say I would put up with abuse. I am open to your ideas and yes some criticism as I know I am not perfect, however I will remind all of you that I am the one doing the work (my company) taking the risks and spending our money to try and save the park. So please again be civil. You know there will always be a lot of he-said she-said when it comes to what happened. I can tell you my version, and the public facts that anybody can look up for themselves, and you can decide for yourselves. When we had the press conference, we had to actually threaten to do it without Nagin before he'd even agree to put us on the IDB agenda, and he publicly said it was a Nickelodeon property. Six Flags still had the lease but was going through bankruptcy. We repeatedly asked for discussions about what our lease terms would be and they kept saying "when we're done with Six Flags, we'll talk to you". We went to the IDB on blind faith that we would get the property, but even the IDB brought up the issue that how could they approve the bonds when we didn't have control yet. The Nickelodeon folks had to stand up and state their case, and even then, 2 IDB members voted no. We had a deadline in our contract with Nickelodeon that said we had to have control of the property by a certain date. The mayor knew this because they insisted on having a copy before they'd okay us for the IDB (apparently Nickelodeon meeting with them and telling them on the phone wasn't good enough). I know we're ashamed at how the city and state treated them, it was embarrassing. They are good people and a great company, and the city and state should have been bending over backwards the way they did for the steel mill, chicken or sweet potato plant instead of insulting them. Even the department of economic development at the state level said that since they weren't competing with another state to get them, there wasn't anything they could do to help. When it came time for the state bond meeting, we were all there in the basement of the state capital, right outside the meeting room. The mayor had yet to put anything in writing that we'd ever get the property, Six Flags still had control, and we were past the deadline in the contract. We were told that someone from the mayor's office would be there to voice their support of the project, but they didn't show. Everybody was in agreement, but I made the call to pull our name from the agenda. I was going to wait until the November meeting. As everybody here knows, the PR folks were in charge of everything that was said, and I wasn't posting anything, so we had to live with all the things that were being said without being able to tell our side of things. Anybody that knows me knows how hard that was for me. A week later, we got a letter from the mayor's office that said they were pulling their support of the project because we didn't go to the state meeting the week before. Nickelodeon was copied on the letter. The next day the contract was terminated because we didn't have control of the property. I tried to fight it because I knew what it would mean for the city and I hated seeing such a great opportunity wasted. A month or so later, in December 2009, the city finally got control of the property. It has been sitting without any security whatsoever ever since. You can say "well court things just take time", and yes, you'd be right. But you can also look up all the court records and see that the city never filed anything in the bankruptcy case. Six Flags did all the filings. The city didn't even make any claims that creditors can make about monies owed. Even then, there was no valid reason not to discuss terms with us or put something in writing guaranteeing us the lease. I'll leave it up to you as to why it all ended up the way it did. Thanks Danny SSAI
  13. Jew, to answer what you seem to be asking, I could run for President and say so in public, however if I don't file the required paper work its just talk just like what Mayor Nagin did TALK but never followed through! In government to make it real you must file the paper work and he did not, its just that simple. Hope that clears that up. Thanks Danny SSAI
  14. To answer your question other then Mega Zeph there are two other steel coaster that will remain both are Vokoma and can be rebuilt with very little problem. Both would get new trains, new control systems as well as all new safety and braking systems and would be state of the art when reopened. There has been talk about redoing Mega Zeph with the new steel rail system as well. And yes before you ask we do have 2 other coasters in mind to bring in. But this may be after the first season depending on the investment we have to work with. The coasters we have in mind are both used but major steel, There is one other coaster left the Muskrat Scrambler (Wild Mouse) built by L&T Systems. This ride is in very poor condition and may need to be removed (replaced) and if so this would be new coaster number 3 (used rebuilt replacement) A water park is planed for the area that the Batman coaster was in and a replacement for the kiddie coaster removed by Six Flags is also planed for the first season. I hope this answers your question Thanks Danny SSAI
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