from the attached article .. "The Haunted Mansion was advertised heavily in New York as the world's largest haunted attraction. The heavy advertising lured crowds of up to 100,000 a week to the Long Branch boardwalk. In 1980, Pat Cicalese bought out Carmen and Thomas Ricci's share of the Long Branch Pier and Haunted Mansion. Pat continued to develop and expand the pier and mansion. He contributes much of the mansion's success to his excellent managers, Lil Grauman and Annie Rielley."
100,000 a week..amazing what the right attraction, with the right promotion can do...this was on a 'traditional' boardwalk..no shopping malls, etc --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Then I got married. The end. > > Great Photos: > http://www.darkinthepark.com/Haunted% 20Mansion/History/lbhistory.htm > > > Old School?!! Call it want you want - I might not be able to make to > 3 or 4am anymore... > > Inkwell and marriage - here's one: > > With cute collge girl at the inkwell: > > Me: I might move in with my friend... > Her: Where? > Me: He's getting an apartment in Asbury on 5th Ave. > Her: (looking dumb)Why don't we get a place? > Me: Really?! (thinking like a guy) > So we drive around AP...and wind up in Ocean Twp. > >>>>Then I got married. Continued>>>> > > Going back to the inkwell years and years later - the same dead plant > hung in the corner, along with the same sticky tablecloths. Talk > about history. > > So last night, I took my kids down by tne "pier" and my daughter > thought about what was the there - the junky old water slide that was > closed, the broken down arcade... > > > >>The End. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
