This is truly probably the end of Joyland.

[Gracie Dean]

If I ever won the lottery, I intended to buy this and restore it to the greatness it once was. Sadly this is probably the final nail




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Joyland owner and operator dies
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BY BECCY TANNER
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Stanley Nelson, the owner and operator of one of Wichita's most iconic landmarks — the Joyland Amusement Park — died Tuesday. He was 87.



Family visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Broadway Mortuary, 1147 S. Broadway. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Evangelical Free Church, 1825 N. Woodlawn; a graveside committal is at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Resthaven Cemetery.

Mr. Nelson and his wife, Margaret, have been the owners of the park for more than half a century. The park closed in 2006.



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