AZ Weekend. Business Directory. Noon Notebook. TV Schedule. Fox About Us. Meet the Team. Request an Investigation. KOLD Jobs. Morning Eye Opener Signup. He "could see the glow" from the foothills. The next day we went out to take a look. I was numb. It looked like burned-out Berlin. The cause remains unknown. Following the course set out by consultants, Diamond and Pitt left out Kansas Street, the soundstage and other components that are critical for movie and television productions.
When Old Tucson reopened a visitors' center and gift shop, it sold ashes from the fire. Even today, it's unclear exactly how much damage the fire did, in terms of finances. Yet when Old Tucson's longtime legal counsel, T. Patrick Griffin, approached the Board of Supervisors in to restyle the lease and to give its blessing to a Bank One loan, the figure cited was much less. That infuriated Democrat Dan Eckstrom, who said at a July 16, meeting that the rent credit "is another form of corporate welfare.
Eckstrom, whose District 2 includes his native South Tucson and much of the southside, also bristled at the suggestion that Old Tucson's offer to provide 1, admissions for underprivileged kids was generous. Eckstrom declined last week to say: "I told you so. Their political influence is beguiling and overpowering. Diamond's boys, Mangelsdorf the CEO , Pollock the vice president , and Griffin the counsel have been busy seeking a reprieve from the county bill. Business, they say, has taken a hit from the drop in tourism after the Sept.
Five weeks before Old Tucson fell into default, Mangelsdorf--who did his MBA thesis on Old Tucson--said in a memo to Diamond that part of Old Tucson's problem was that it was paying too much in base rent to the county. The county hired Gale Bundrick, a respected former high level county parks administrator, to do them. Bundrick listed more than areas requiring repair and improvement, according to county records. They ranged from permanent protection for the John Wayne Museum to multiple roof repairs.
And Old Tucson has proposed novel--and rejected--invoices for reimbursement under the rent credit provision. Attendance--once enough to be second or third among Arizona attractions after the Grand Canyon and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum--is down to , a year compared to the half-million it once drew.
None of that has caused Huckelberry to ease off the trigger. Griffin pleaded for more county help. In a question that he split into 11 lines for emphasis, Griffin wrote: "Is there anything else Old Tucson can do that is: new, sensitive to the environment, Western themed, family oriented, makes you want to come back, reasonably priced, works in hot weather during the day, works in cold weather at nighttime, appeals to the locals, approved by the county?
The bank has also been paid several million dollars. Now he is seeking ways to boost revenue. According to a Sept. Moulton had advanced proposals for a "flume" and "log rolling" at Old Tucson. Actions Facebook Tweet Email. Who's taking over Old Tucson? Pima County to announce soon. It's been just over a year since Old Tucson Studios closed it's doors. By: Pat Parris.
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