Fun Spot America Fayetteville shuts down after 36 years of operation

An Atlanta-area amusement park that was the house of the biggest zero-G stall curler coaster within the nation closed for the final time on Sunday.

Fun Spot America Atlanta’s location in Fayetteville had its ultimate day of operation on August 2, after the amusement park had been in operation for 36 years.

It opened as Dixieland Fun Park in 1990 below totally different possession, and it was later renamed Fun Junction USA earlier than it was acquired by Fun Spot in 2017. The firm’s plan to shut the park was introduced in late June.

The park was identified for the AriePower One, which claimed the title of being the biggest zero-G stall journey within the nation.

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Fun Spot America’s theme parks in Kissimmee and Orlando, Florida, will stay open. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service through Getty Images)

The AriePower One incorporates a 146-foot first drop at an 83-degree angle, with the journey reaching a high velocity of 64 mph, in accordance with Fun Spot America. It has a peak requirement of 48 inches and lasts about 100 seconds.

It reaches a most vertical G of three.75, with a minimal vertical G of minus 1 and a max lateral G of plus or minus 1.25 G.

Fun Spot America Theme Parks proprietor and CEO John Arie, Jr., told USA Today that the Fayetteville location struggled to rebound within the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic regardless of the opening of the brand new journey, which was named in honor of his father.

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John Arie Jr., proprietor and CEO of Fun Spot America, stated the corporate hopes to discover a purchaser for its well-known curler coaster.  (Dewayne Bevil/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service through Getty Images)

Arie stated within the interview that the curler coaster is just too massive to suit at both of the corporate’s Florida theme parks, so they are going to look to discover a purchaser for the journey.

He instructed the outlet he was grateful for the staff, who the corporate helps with resumes, suggestions and potential job alternatives on the firm’s areas in Central Florida, including that he hopes the park’s patrons will go to Fun Spot’s different theme parks.

“From my family to yours, we thank everybody that’s come to this Fayetteville location, and we hope that we’ve earned your business to visit us in Florida if you ever come down to Central Florida, and we’ll always do our best to have your family have the best experience on our properties,” Arie instructed USA Today.

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Fun Spot America stated it can honor season passes and reward playing cards at its different theme parks in Florida. (Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News through Getty Images)

Fun Spot America opened its first theme park in 1979 with its Orlando location. It additionally operates an amusement park in Kissimmee, Florida.

The firm’s Orlando and Kissimmee areas will stay open, and can honor season passes and reward playing cards.

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