An editorial from the Wheeling Intelligencer:

http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/conte.../id/509175.html

Looks like the permits are finally almost complete.

WTRF.COM

Still pushing ahead with the park, Im amazed honestly at how this plan and place keep hanging around.

I think if it gets built it will be closed in a shorter time than it's taking to get it built.

You would think they might have learned SOMETHING from Hard Rock Park.

Besides, this "the permits are nearly final" news is not news...and has been going on for some time. Look back here, over a month ago:

http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?...hl=Wild++Escape

Learn SOMETHING,,, ha, this whole plane from day one has been we are different, we are better, we are not effected, the park will go on.

Every single park that has opened and failed has the same mindset and rather than deal with the issues pushing against success they continue to move on. Out of sight, out of mind.

FINALLY, a new mention of Wild Escape, but it ain't official, ain't very hopeful, appears in a bad context and at the very end of an article:

...And the national economic problems are trickling down to the Northern Panhandle and the tri-state area, he said.

"Growth at The Highlands in 2009 probably will not be as large - and be a little more hand-picked - as things are slowing down to some degree," he continued. "I'd like to see the theme park (the planned Wild Escape) take off. ... As you sit back and look at it, I think we've done a pretty good job there. We're still looking at light industrial businesses for there, and our eyes and ear are always open. But it has to be a fit for the folks who live here."

http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/conte.../id/518985.html

Update on Wild Escape, yet still no permits in hand.

Inteligencer; Wheeling News Register

After our recent trip to Oglebay Resort in Wheeling and a trip to the Highlands and Cabellas before heading home I honestly see that as being a really good location for a park, but with as long as this has taken Im not holding my breath.

Editorial asking for the permit process to speed up. Wouldn't hold your breath.

I recieved this email from someone involved in planning Wild Escape after i sent an email asking about the park.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Dear Josh,

The entertainment campus is in final design. As soon as that is approved, construction will be underway.

Thank you for your interest in Wild Escape.

Regards,

Steve Minard

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hopefully this is a good thing.

And?

That final design sure is taking a long time....

Terp, who wonders while he wanders.

Oh, here we go. I found the problem...

Thrill_Biscuit, you always come through with something that just makes me laugh.

Hard Rock Park WV? Except HRP was actually built.

And still....nothing.

"...not on the radar for now..."

http://www.observer-reporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20150613/NEWS01/150619776

aka kaput.

So did those permits ever get issued?  Guess not.