Volume 1, No. 22. November 30, 2001
Return visits
The sale of Dutch Wonderland in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Hershey
Entertainment and Resorts Company was finally concluded this month (THE
LOOP, May 4, 2001). The Hershey company formed a wholly owned subsidiary,
Wonderland Amusement Management LLC, to run the small family amusement park.
The long delay in the property's sale was caused by zoning issues. Parcels of
the park were zoned for commercial development, and other parts for rural and
farm use. Hershey wanted the East Lampeter Township to zone the entire property
C-2 commercial. The township did so on Friday, November 9, Hershey and Murl
Clark, Dutch Wonderland's former owner, closed the sale on Monday, November
12, and the new management team, all Hersheypark veterans, were on site November
13: Rick Stammel as general manager, Herb Brooks as assistant general manager
of operations and maintenance, and Chris Barrett as assistant general manager
of revenue and administration.