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Published: July 28, 2008
TAMPA - Facing the prospects of drawing as few as 50 to 200 guests on September weekdays – as the park did last year - Cypress Gardens Adventure Park will open only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in September in an effort to improve its long-range prospects, a park spokeswoman said today.
Park owners are also considering the same weekend strategy in October, said Haley Kish, Cypress Gardens public relations manager.
The attendance problem has less to do with the economy and high gasoline prices than with the fact that Cypress Gardens relies primarily on a local draw in the autumn, Kish said.
But the local draw has been insufficient to maintain operations for the park that employs about 200 people.
"We are doing this obviously to ensure we will be around," Kish said, "We do have a great outlook on the future."
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