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16 AMUSEMENT TODAY October 2010

Cli’s Amusement Park donates $25,000 to the NRCMA to ‘Protect the Past’

Landmark donation seeds growth plan for National Roller Coaster Museum

No one

knows the

importance

of preserving

history like an

American trea-

sure. Cliff’s

Amusement

Park in Albuquerque is one of those trea-

sures. The park has been entertaining

families in the same exciting and whole-

some way as they did when the park

opened in 1959. That effort to stay true

to the industry now includes a $25,000

donation to the National Roller Coaster

Museum and Archives (NRCMA) to pre-

serve and protect the history of theme

and family amusement parks like Cliff’s.

“We all feel the work the NRCMA

is doing is important,” Gary and Linda

Hays, owners of Cliff’s Amusement park

said. “We are talking about the history

of fun, the history of family togetherness,

the history of our industry. The NRCMA

has taken the lead in establishing the

early beginnings of a museum for our

amusement industry and we wanted to

support their efforts.”

The NRCMA recently completed

construction on its archiving building in

the South Plains of Plainview, Texas. Ac-

quisition of artifacts from the Texas Gi-

ant and the classic suspended coaster Big

Bad Wolf has already stretched the facil-

ity. Further acquisitions continue to roll

into the museum’s facilities awaiting aca-

demic research and cataloging. The do-

nation from Cliff’s Amusement Park will

be used to continue to expand the capa-

bility of the museum’s archiving process.

Still, a cash donation of this magnitude is

inspiring.

“The donation by Gary and Linda

Hays and the team at Cliff’s is an extraor-

dinary and generous gift,” Gary Slade,

NRCMA Chairman said. “We hope that

this donation serves as the catalyst for

more park owners and managers, ride

manufacturers and brokers to step for-

ward to assist us in the important work

preserving the history of the amusement

industry. We are on our way, but we need

more donations to ensure the future suc-

cess of our efforts.”

An ofcial presentation of the do-

nation will be made at the International

Amusement Parks and Attractions con-

vention in Orlando in November.

Tax deductible donations may be

made to:

National Roller Coaster

Museum & Archives

Gary Slade, Chairman

P.O. Box 5424

Arlington, Texas 76005-5424

(817) 460-7220

Gary & Linda Hays

Cli's Amusement Park

Albuquerque, N.M.

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