Mean streak is not closing in July

Pete said:
I think the smell originates in the quarry.

I believe the odor in question comes from an asphalt plant.

JUnderhill said:

Sandusky proper is a flat out garbage dump of a town that has nothing outside of Cedar Point and Thirsty Pony. Anything worthwhile, even on the 250 corridor is outside of Sandusky proper.

Take Cedar Point out of the equation and Sandusky still has more going for it than most cities its size. Sandusky gets held up to a higher standard because of Cedar Point, which often leads to the false assumption that if it weren't for the park, the city would somehow be a Soviet-era Eastern European wasteland.

Dutchman said:

Actually it was Mr. Roose's original intent. It was a very desirable location for redevelopment, but there was such a stink raised about razing the old resort that the state of Ohio got involved, threatening to use eminent domain to take over the property and turn it into a state park. That's when he backed off the housing plan and began taking note of the amusement business, especially Disneyland. This is when he convinced Emil LeGross to buy into it. The rest, as they say, is history

There was some public outcry, and the state did, at different times, consider the peninsula for a state park, but that's not the full story on the housing development. When Roose announced the "Disney" project, the housing development was still part of the plan. A week earlier, he attributed the postponement to a lack of sanitary sewers. It's still a little unclear at what point it went from "still part of the plan" to off the table.

Some of the history surrounding the state's actions is covered on our 1950s timeline, especially 1956 and 1958:

https://pointbuzz.com/content/cedar-point-timeline-1950

Walt said:

Take Cedar Point out of the equation and Sandusky still has more going for it than most cities its size. Sandusky gets held up to a higher standard because of Cedar Point, which often leads to the false assumption that if it weren't for the park, the city would somehow be a Soviet-era Eastern European wasteland.

Plus it part of the whole vibrant western basin of Lake Erie area. With the islands, parks, boating, and huge recreational fishing opportunities.

Sandusky has issues sustaining itself with Cedar Point, therefore without Cedar Point it would easily be much worse off. Sandusky is a complete ghost town outside of the CP operating season so if there was a draw to the town why is this the case? The worthwhile area on 250 is outside of Sandusky proper. No matter what people want to say, Cedar Point is the draw for Sandusky - people do not say - hey lets go to Sandusky for our vacation. They go to Cedar Point, Marblehead, The Islands and the surrounding area for fishing, boating etc...

Driving through Sandusky - other than CP, and the Immediate downtown area resembles certain areas of Detroit more closely than a vibrant tourist town.

Walt said:

which often leads to the false assumption that if it weren't for the park, the city would somehow be a Soviet-era Eastern European wasteland.

While I agree that Sandusky would survive without Cedar Point, I believe many hotels and businesses would have a difficult time without the park being there. Many of the hotels simply shut down in the off-season. I assume staffing at area businesses goes down as well. Additionally, I think the one thing that is always missing from the argument is this: What would the city be today if Cedar Point never existed? Yes they would survive if the park closed. But, would there be this much today if it were never there? I doubt many of us would even know the name Sandusky.

Ask someone from PSU.

That's why they are moving Cedar Point, they don't want kids too close to Sandusky.

Were it not for my love of parks, I doubt I would have even heard about the PSU incident. Even if I did, the name wouldn't be what I remembered about the situation.

Okay, what is PSU and what happened? I have never heard of this, or I did and just don't remember.

Penn State University - Jerry Sandusky

But your right Jason.. If not for CP, modern society would have little knowledge of a Lake Erie Bay known as Sandusky.

in other news, MS is still open!

I don't think that is true, Sandusky and Sandusky Bay would still be popular with boaters with a lot of marinas and as a gateway to the Lake Erie islands

I thought PSU was an acronym for a park, the university... And yeah, go Sandusky! Just not that one...

Jason Hammond said:

I believe many hotels and businesses would have a difficult time without the park being there. Many of the hotels simply shut down in the off-season.

True -- but most of those hotels and businesses wouldn't be there to begin with if Cedar Point were not there. It's worth remembering that if the park had closed in the 1950s the city would have developed in a different way.

As noted above, Sandusky is deep in the heart of a vacation destination without a major amusement park.

noggin said:

most of those hotels and businesses wouldn't be there to begin with if Cedar Point were not there.

That was actually one of the points I was trying to get across.

Pete said:

Sandusky and Sandusky Bay would still be popular with boaters with a lot of marinas and as a gateway to the Lake Erie islands

What percentage of the 3 million +/- people who visit Cedar Point do you think those people comprise?

I'm not saying Sandusky would turn into a black hole. But, the park not being there now or ever would be or have been a significant impact.

So I know this thread has been quiet lately, but hast there been any hinting in tweets or more markings lately?

Well, considering this is the last week of July, I think we can rule out that it's closing this month

There was a thing of rocks in the mean streak queue that said "mean streak 1991" on it. I have a picture, but I have no idea how to post a picture on here using mobile.

This site could really use an improved photo feature. A mobile app would also be nice.