So, like, Westchester County was all like, “Emergency order time!” because Playland amusement park had a total fallout with their old operator, Standard Amusements. The county was like, “We need this place open, like, yesterday!” so they skipped the whole competitive bidding thing and hired Zamperla, Inc. to fix up the rides before the 2025 season. Zamperla is, like, this big shot ride manufacturer that also did some work at Coney Island. They’re gonna bring in some missing parts and make sure everything is safe for all the thrill-seekers out there.
Apparently, Standard left Playland in a real mess. Like, they didn’t have any spare parts lying around, and some rides were just, like, taken apart or not ready for the winter. The county was all, “What the heck, Standard?!” and had to step in to save the day.
There’s been a lot of drama between Standard and the county. Standard was, like, blaming the county for not doing their part and making upgrades to the park, even though, like, $150 million was spent. They said the county kept missing deadlines and, like, wasting time. The county fired back, saying it was all a mess from a deal made by some old Republican folks that stuck taxpayers with the bill for Standard’s mistakes.
The current County Executive, Kenneth Jenkins, is, like, determined to get Playland open this summer, no matter what. If it doesn’t open, it would only be the second time in history that the park missed a whole season, with the first being in 2020 because of the pandemic. Playland is, like, up in Rye, about 30 miles from Manhattan.
All in all, it’s been a wild ride for Playland, but hopefully, with Zamperla’s help, things will get back on track for all the park lovers out there.
And that’s the scoop on Playland’s emergency order and all the drama that went down. Who knew amusement parks could be so intense, right?
