Bloomberg Opens Beaches, Totes Luna Park's Job Creation

This morning, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the opening of the city's beaches to a crowd of lifeguards, Naval personnel, journalists and locals on the Coney Island boardwalk. Bloomberg was joined by Marty Markowitz (Brooklyn Borough President), Seth Pinsky (President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation), Natalia Quintavalle (General Counsel of Italy in New York), Adrian Benepe (Commissioner for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation) and Alberto Zamperla (CEO of Central Amusement International).

Bloomberg started out by thanking the men and women of the Navy, Coast Guard and Marines that are in New York City for Fleet Week. The mayor spoke favorably of the jobs that Luna Park, Scream Zone and The Cyclone Rollercoaster create every year (about 450 for the summer of 2012). Coney Island is in the midst of a huge revitalization, according to Bloomberg. He credits Deno's Wonder Wheel and The Cyclone for keeping Coney Island's magic alive when it started to go downhill years ago. For the past few years, amusement parks have been expanding, new restaurants have come to the area and business is booming.

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz spoke fondly of Coney Island. The area has quirk, charm and a century-plus of history as a summer destination. Of the amusement parks in other areas of the country, Markowitz told the crowd to "fuhgettaboutit."

Kids from the Coney Island Generation Gap were suited up and ready to ride the Boardwalk Flight on its inaugural flight. Unfortunately, the threat of lightning kept them from flying across the boardwalk. After the threat lifted, some of the kids were able to take a swing in the harness as reporters took pictures.

The Coney Island Raceway and Boardwalk Flight will open to the public this Saturday, May 26 for Memorial Day Weekend. See you there!

Luna Park: Jobs

We are now at 44 days until opening, and as we move forward with our preparations to launch this year's operation we have now begun to execute our hiring plan. With the help of CIDC, SBS and 8 local community organizations we have organized 3 screening events to take place between this week and next.



The first of the screening events was held on Tuesday, April 13th, and was quite a success. We had over 200 interested candidates attend with the majority coming from the 11224 zip code.



The upcoming events will be held on:



Saturday, April 17th; 10am-2pm

New York Aquarium

602 Surf Avenue



Thursday, April 22nd; 2pm-8pm

Carey Gardens Community Center

2315 Surf Avenue



Below is a video of this weeks screening event from News Channel 12:

News Channel 12



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Luna Park Mystery Picture

59 Days and counting!!



Last week the picture below surfaced online showing 8 pipes that had been placed under ground at the new Luna Park site. Since then the picture has appeared on various message boards with folks wondering what purpose the pipes will serve.

The 8 pipes are actually part of a detention tank which is being installed underground to collect stormwater runoff. The purpose of the detention tank is to absorb surplus stormwater, to prevent it from overloading the local infrastructure. Basically, instead of stormwater overflowing and causing flooding, the detention tank will instead hold the stormwater and slowly release it preventing a surge and the potential for property damage.



That way Luna Park will be able to quickly recover after storms, and immediately begin operations for you enjoyment. However, since we've already made weather arrangements calling for clear skies and nothing but sunshine, none of this should really have to come into play, it's merely just a back-up plan. =)



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We are in the door...literally!!

Last week, Central Amusement International, received the keys to Luna Park. We are officially in the door, and so excited about it! Grounds are now clear, and construction will commence shortly.

At only 78 days away from the grand opening on Memorial Day weekend we have been busy as bees, working hard to bring Coney Island its much anticipated Luna Park. As the warm summer days approach us, we are looking forward to thrilling our visitors with 19 new rides, interactive games, tasty concessions and live entertainment. Check out below what our entrance from Surf Ave will look like, as well as some of the rides, which we will bring to you this summer.

Surf Ave. Entrance

Lunar Express

Electro Spin

Eclipse

Air Race

Visitors will be able to enter Luna Park for FREE as no admission fee will be charged at the gate. To ride the attractions visitors can simply pay per attraction, or even more exciting yet, purchase an unlimited ride wristband to ride all rides unlimited. The unlimited ride wristband will be available on both weekdays and weekends. With the wristband visitors will be able to sample all the rides, and ride continuously without any limitations!!

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Central Amusement International, LLC is excited to be chosen by the NYCEDC to be a part of the revitalization of Coney Island. Our dedicated team is working hard to bring you Luna Park this summer, a new amusement park filled with new thrill and family rides, opening in May on Memorial Day Weekend. We are thrilled in becoming the newest destination for Coney Island visitors and look forward to seeing you all at Luna Park this summer. Keep checking our blog for the latest Luna Park updates.

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