Indiana Beach Shuts Down!

Indiana Beach Amusement Park is closing forever. Many Hoosiers are upset over this.

The Great American Comeback folks!

For those living in the Hoosier State , there was an amusement park that attracted people from the metro area. The amusement park, Indiana Beach in Monticello has closed with no plans to reopen.

The park owned by Apex Parks, Inc said that the park has closed because of financial struggles.

Apex Parks purchased the property from Morgan Recreations of Saratoga Springs, New York.

The company is hoping to sell the property to another business in order to save an iconic Indiana theme park.

The thrills have ended.

At the edge of the Tippecanoe River and Honey Creek  in the heart of Lake Shafer lies the Indiana Beach Amusement Park.

The amusement park has operated for 94 years.

The Twin Lakes region were in shocked.

"We didn't see this coming at all," Randy Mitchell, White County economic development director, said on Tuesday.

The park is expected to dismantle rollercoaster rides and the waterpark.

The park is only 30 miles from Lafayette, Indiana. It's about 95 miles from Chicago.

Indiana Beach's closure is heartbreaking.

The park was founded by Earl Spackman. He opened the park in 1926. He initially called it Ideal Beach.

The park grew over the years as a place to lounge on the beach, go on the rides and attend big name concerts. In the 1940s, Spackman handed off the resort to his son, Thomas, who got the idea of changing Ideal to Indiana. To the day it was called Indiana Beach.

Mitchell said that under Morgan, the park did go through some rough times. But once they sold the property to Apex, the park was back on the right track.

The Indiana Beach/Monticello KOA campground, which is a companion to the amusement park will continue on for the time being said the KOA Kampgrounds, Inc. presser.