One more thought on Jerry Murphy, generated from the Internet responses this morning to our story on the Tulsa carnival entrepreneur:
People, forget the Joyland roller coaster. It’s not happening at the old Wild West World. Not today, not tomorrow, not next summer, not ever.
Despite its obvious romance to Wichitans, insurance companies don’t like wood coasters. And start-up companies, especially those taking over a business that’s failed once, don’t like big insurance bills. It’s a lovely historical idea, but it’s impractical.
There will be coasters at Murphy’s park, but they’ll be newer steel coasters.