Bell's Amusement Park Signs Lease With Wagoner County
Bell's Amusement Park could return!
Read the rest at newson6.comCOWETA, OK -- More than three years after it lost its lease with Tulsa County, Bell's Amusement Park has signed a new lease with Wagoner County.
Robby Bell, the grandson of the park's founder, signed a 50-year lease with Wagoner County Monday morning at the regular meeting of the Wagoner County Commission.
The deal is contingent on Wagoner County voters approving a quarter-cent sales tax increase on the July 27th ballot.
Wagoner County would use the money generated by the tax to acquire property where it would locate the amusement park, an expo center and other attractions. ...
Bell's Amusement Park was a small amusement park located in Tulsa's Expo Square, part of the Tulsa County Fairground in Oklahoma. The park was founded in 1951 by Robert Bell with a small collection of rides and amusements including a three car choo-choo train and a Shetland pony ride. This would later grow into third generation controlled family amusement tradition with over 50 rides and attractions. The park was forced to relinquish its position at the Square at the end of the 2006 season when the county did not renew its lease. (More at Wikipedia)
The entrance gate to Bell's in 2007 (newson6.com)
Some 1980's TV ads for Bell's Amusement Park