BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Snoopy, the ambitious beagle from the Peanuts cartoons, is donning his goggles, helmet and aviator's jacket and leaving the Mall of America in Minnesota.
Starting Monday, Jan. 19, Camp Snoopy, the indoor amusement park at the mall, will be known only as The Park at MOA, at least until the mall's owners decide on a new theme, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. The inflatable Snoopy and a Peanuts-themed ride will no longer be there.
The reasons for the change involve changing business relationships. Cedar Fair LP, which managed Camp Snoopy until last spring, holds the exclusive right to use Peanuts characters at its amusement parks.
The Ghermezian family of Canada, the mall's developers, won majority control of the enterprise last year and ended the contract with Cedar Fair. The mall and Cedar Fair have been unable to reach an agreement to allow continued use of Snoopy.
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ReplyDeleteI guess then, unless there is a Snoopy Park somewhere else I'll have to wait for the "someday" to visit snoopy....which will be a long wait..
http://www.knotts.com/
I think the Knotts Berry Farm people are the only ones with a Snoopy park left. It's a shame. The Park at MOA doesn't have the same ring to it, and the lack of a large beagle watching over the proceedings takes away from it considerably. Rats!
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