I got the answer last week.
Donna Marie, the former park spokesperson, dropped me an email:
I can't remember the specific amounts that the rides went for (or all the rides for that matter that were on the auction block) but the final hammer price for most of the rides, like Greezed Lightnin' for example, were below their reserve price the auctioneer had set for them. So what happened was the person who gave the final bid was contacted by the auctioneer and given the opportunity to meet the reserve price. If he/she did not want to meet the reserve price it would stay at the park for private sale. The only two items that made their reserve prices if I remember correctly were the Gunslinger (swings ride) and the ball jump that was in the children's area.Thanks for the update.
If you pass by the 610 near Kirby location of the former park, you will just see a large pile of dirt (unless things have changed since I drove by about a month ago).
We were recently with some out of towners and they didn't want to pass by the location because they had so many good memories there as children. It's sad. CONTACT: Leave me a Houston or Texas media news tip | COMMENT: Click to leave your thoughts on this post here
