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Park News - (7/15/10) What’s planned for the former Wild West World theme park? Apparently the plans to build an Indian owned Casino on 10 acres are now closer than ever. Read more here.
    (4/5/10) Thomas Etheredge, founder of the failed Wild West World park, has been tried and found guilty on seven charges of securities fraud and sentenced to spend at least the next five years in jail. 
    (2/11/10) The trial for Thomas Etheredge, founder of Wild West World, came to an end yesterday with a guilty verdict. Etheredge was found guilty for 7 out of 9 counts of fraud. The sentencing wont happen until March 12th however, but he could face up to 14 years in prison.
    (11/10/09) According to this news report, a Casino is in the works near the former Wild West World site, with a plan that will tie the casino development into the theme park land to create a new entertainment corridor.
    (7/16/09) The latest news from Wild Wild World is that the new owners have been working behind the scenes and are close to signing a deal with a “park operator” as well as a few “well known restaurants, retailers, hotels and a casino.”
    (4/15/09) According to this article, the new park owners have still been unable to lock down a deal with anyone that will see the park reopen this year. AHG has been looking to finalize their plans since they purchased the park in late June last year, but to no avail. They’ve confirmed that any plans to reopen the park for the 2009 season are now dead in the water as they focus on future efforts.
    (2/16/09) Some progress has finally started at the former Wild West World site as workers have started to come in and begin to clean up the grounds and do some basic maintenance work. AHG, the new owners, say that they are in talks with three groups who want to come in and bring the park back to life hopefully by late spring or early summer.
    (2/6/09) According to the local news the Murphy Brothers have dropped out of the deal to reopen Wild West World, leaving AHG Group holding the bag somewhat. It seems they are going to attempt to swing some kind of deal with one or two other operators who may be able to get something up and running in time for summer over there, but this is likely a temporary project at best right now.
    (11/28/08) The plans to reopen Wild West World seems to suddenly be in limbo as potential investors have all been frightened away by the current economic crisis.
    (9/25/08) The latest report about Wild West World does reveal that they want bigger and better rides on the property, including a wooden coaster, a tower ride, and a bungee jump. All together AHG is planning on spending $12-15 million to get the park up and running again. The big hold up on the project continues to be finalizing just who will run the park for the new owners as the deal between Jerry Murphy and AHG has yet to be finalized.
    (9/10/08) According to the local news the plans is still to reopen Wild West World in May 2009. According to AHG, the park will likely keep it’s western theme though no solid plans have been made yet.  Unfortunately it seems the slowdown in figuring anything out has to do with the slow negotiations between AHG and the Murphy Bros, with AHG claiming that Murphy has been unable to commit to the deal at this time due to a lack of manpower to run Wild West World. If the Murphy’s don’t pull the trigger before the end of the month, AHG claims they have a few other operators ready to jump at the opportunity.
    (8/14/08) The new owners of Wild West World (AHG) have reported they have come to an agreement with the Murphy Bros. to reopen the park for the 2009 season. The plan right now includes bringing in at least one large coaster, a Ferris wheel and filling in the park’s central lake for use as a performance stage.
    (7/1/08) June has come to a close and so did the deal selling Wild West World to AHG Group of Florida who will begin work immediately on finalizing their plans on what to do with the site. They hope to make an announcement before the end of the summer.
    (6/20/08) Wild West World now has a new owner in the works and a whole new plan for redevelopment. The judge awarded the sale of the property to Florida based developer AHG Group for $2.15 million (which is set to close on June 30th) who plans to turn the park into a new “destination entertainment complex” that just might include a tribal casino as well, which is really the main business focus of AHG. While their long term vision seems to indicate a possible hotel and casino project, they plan to start making the property profitable and active again as soon as possible and mentioned being in talks with some amusement operators about getting something up and running as soon as possible.