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Old Posted Feb 11, 2010, 2:22 AM
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Sold! Green Bay,WI wants to buy the Zippin Pippin rollercoaster
the Commercial Appeal | By Amos Maki

Green Bay, Wisc., mayor Jim Schmitt (right) talks with Green Bay's director of Parks, Recreation and Forestry Bill Landvatter today at Libertyland about how the Zippin Pippin roller coaster might fit into Green Bay's Bay Beach Amusement Park.

The mayor of Green Bay, Wis., says his city will buy the Zippin Pippin for its Beach Bay Amusement Park. Mayor Jim Schmitt, in Memphis today to see the vintage wooden roller coaster at its Libertyland site, did not disclose a purchase price, but said that most of the money Green Bay pays would go to relocation of the roller coaster.

"We're impressed," Schmitt said after his visit to the Zippin Pippin about 10:30 a.m. "We've talked to our engineers and this can happen." Also present for the on-site visit were Steve Mulroy, head of Save Libertyland Inc., and Green Bay Parks director Bill Landvatter. "I'm going to recommend that we work diligently to acquire the Zippin Pippin to relocate it to Green Bay," Schmitt said.

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