Myrtle Beach Oktoberfest Plans Set
People who wanted a little more German with their Oktoberfest will get it this year, as the Oceanfront Merchants Association has hired an oompah band from Georgia and arranged for more German beer.
People will be able to fill up on German food, participate in a bratwurst-eating contest, browse arts-and-crafts booths, take their children to the Kids' Zone for games and activities and listen to live music from noon to 11 p.m., when the festival will end with an oceanfront fireworks show.
OMA President Jonathan Staton said plans are being finalized for this year's festival on Oct. 9, including setting up a series of tents and TVs so people will be able to watch the day's football games as they party along Ocean Boulevard.
He also announced the musical lineup for this year's celebration: headline act Cowboy Mouth will perform on the Ocean Boulevard stage along with Carolina Liar, Passafire, Bloodkin, American Aquarium, Machine Gun and more.
Staton said he hopes this year's event, the second such festival in downtown Myrtle Beach, will draw an even bigger crowd than last year's estimated 10,000. –Sun News
People who wanted a little more German with their Oktoberfest will get it this year, as the Oceanfront Merchants Association has hired an oompah band from Georgia and arranged for more German beer.
People will be able to fill up on German food, participate in a bratwurst-eating contest, browse arts-and-crafts booths, take their children to the Kids' Zone for games and activities and listen to live music from noon to 11 p.m., when the festival will end with an oceanfront fireworks show.
OMA President Jonathan Staton said plans are being finalized for this year's festival on Oct. 9, including setting up a series of tents and TVs so people will be able to watch the day's football games as they party along Ocean Boulevard.
He also announced the musical lineup for this year's celebration: headline act Cowboy Mouth will perform on the Ocean Boulevard stage along with Carolina Liar, Passafire, Bloodkin, American Aquarium, Machine Gun and more.
Staton said he hopes this year's event, the second such festival in downtown Myrtle Beach, will draw an even bigger crowd than last year's estimated 10,000. –Sun News
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'Time To Bury' Freestyle Music Park In Myrtle Beach
The mortgage holder for Freestyle Music Park has foreclosed on the park's property, leading one industry consultant to proclaim that it is "time to bury" the shuttered, financially troubled attraction.
The foreclosure indicates that key Russian investors, who also hold the mortgage and have supported the park since it was bought out of bankruptcy in 2009, have withdrawn their support for Freestyle, which never opened for the 2010 season.
The foreclosure suit will go to the front of the line of creditors to be paid by the park, making it unlikely that others who are owed - including a girl injured at the park, sign makers and other suppliers - will ever be paid, lawyers and industry experts said. With a weak real estate market, even paying off the original mortgage may be a struggle if the land is eventually sold at a foreclosure auction.
The park failed twice in two years: First as Hard Rock Park in 2008, then as Freestyle in 2009.
Built for $400 million and sold out of bankruptcy to Freestyle owners for $25 million, the park is unworkable at any price, said Dennis Speigel, an amusement park consultant not affiliated with either party in the suit. No one inside the industry is interested in buying, Speigel said.
If the foreclosure goes through, the court will order that the park and its property be auctioned off, with the proceeds being used to pay the mortgage holder and others owed by Freestyle. –Sun News
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