On Playland, County Initiates Transition from Standard, Requests ...
1 day ago · On Thursday, Westchester County said it formally initiated arbitration against Standard Amusements, LLC, following “its wrongful attempted termination of the Playland Management Agreement (PMA)”. Standard notified the County in January it wants out of its 30 year management contract after just three years.
County Commits to Run Playland This Year — After Unravelling of ...
3 days ago · Standard Amusements “is committed to continuing to cooperate with the county to unwind the [contract] and the parties’ relationship in an orderly and responsible way.” Principal on Standard’s list of grievances is the county’s failure to pay for what Standard has said are much-needed capital improvement projects at Playland.
Future of Westchester County's nearly century-old Rye Playland up …
In 2022, Standard Amusements signed the three-decade contract to take over operations at the amusement park, which is located on county-owned land and had been run by the county for nearly a ...
Standard Amusements Wants to Exit Playland Contract
Jan 23, 2025 · Standard Amusements, the firm that fought hard to win a 30 year contract to operate Rye Playland, the County owned amusement park in Rye, wants to get off the roller coaster ride after just three years.
Westchester County initiates arbitration in Playland situation
22 hours ago · Standard Amusements had notified the county that is terminating the management contract and claims that the county has breached the agreement. Standard says the county owes it a substantial amount ...
Standard Amusements wants to end its management of Playland; …
Jan 24, 2025 · Standard Amusements, the company that has been operating the Playland Amusement Park in Rye under a contract with the park’s owner Westchester County, has sent the county a notice that it is...
Standard Amusements, Westchester dig in for costly legal battle …
Jan 29, 2025 · Standard Amusements, the private company that took over management of Westchester’s Playland Park in 2022, on Friday refuted assertions by county officials that the management firm was to...
Playland Park may not open in 2025 due to contract dispute
Jan 25, 2025 · Standard Amusements now wants to terminate the deal, claiming, "Westchester County has ... failed to live up to its end of the bargain" by allegedly not completing a $150 million rebuild of the...
Legislators briefed on Playland situation; Standard Amusements …
Jan 25, 2025 · Late on the afternoon of Jan. 24 the Westchester County Board of Legislators received a briefing on the situation surrounding the county’s Playland Amusement Park in Rye.
Standard Amusements Comments on Notice of Termination of …
Jan 24, 2025 · Warns County’s actions will harm residents and visitors, employees, and taxpayers—and put 2025 opening of iconic Rye Playland at risk. RYE, N.Y., January 24, 2025 -- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard...