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05-04-2007, 08:16 PM | #1 |
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Winnipesaukee Pier
Last weekend I saw an ad that the Winnepesaukee Pier is for sale. I think the price was list at 4.9 million. Is this the one at the Weirs? The aerial photo looked like it. What do you think the new owners might do with the pier?
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Yes, it is the one at The Weirs. I recall seeing it for sale before, someone posted it here on the forums. Here is a link to the current offering (and picture)
http://www.businessesforsale.com/bplans/a444747.aspx
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Anybody know why it is for sale and any future plans for the pier area?
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05-05-2007, 10:59 AM | #4 |
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They are "Brady Sullivan". I can see it now. They buy it up, turn it into condos (each with their own boat slip). Do ya know what a 2/3 bedroom condo with a boat slip in that location would be worth? Probably upwards of a mill. per. Could this be the beginning of the demise of the Weirs as we know it? Its gotta make you think.
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05-05-2007, 08:26 PM | #6 |
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The current owners are getting on in years and I believe they are just waiting to see if someone will make it worth while for them to sell. Otherwise I'm sure them and their kids will keep on with the place.
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I'm starting a rumor that the Mohegan Sun tribe is looking at it, with an eye toward siting a tribal casino at the Weirs.
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05-06-2007, 03:06 PM | #8 |
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Was on Ebay for a while
I have a standing search on Ebay for Alton Bay and Lake Winnipesaukee. I remember the Weirs Boardwalk being listed on Ebay either last summer or the one before that.
I wondered if it was still for sale or had been taken off the market. Guess I have my answer now. Jersey Girl
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Hey, great idea! Since I'm 1/1,002,400,995,685,200 Abenaki I can get in on it!
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I can think of a lot of worse things to happen to the Weirs than if part of the pier "went condo" (not that I think that will happen anyway). |
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Why does everyone immediately think condo -- ohh, wait a minute
But -- wouldn't it be a nice addition if some developer got ahold of the property and renovated it to boutiques & restuarnts .... a la Merideth !! Quite frankly -- just a little paint would go a long way right now
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I would love to see my Employer start a casino operation in the Lakes Region. When the Mohegan Tribe does something, they do it right !
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Dont get me wrong I love Weirs Beach and this wont stop me from going there, but, i feel like I am stuck in the late 1980s or early 1990s with the way it looks, it needs to be updated, but I read the Weirs Action Committee likes the old fashioned look , so thats why it has not been updated, even though it could use a facelift.
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Carguy, I agree that Mohegan Sun does things "right."
I have been to your casino in Connecticutt and it is, bar none, the nicest tribal casino I have been to. Your tribe is partnering with the Cowlitz tribe here in the Pacific NW (near Portland, Oregon) to develop another top-drawer casino. I was kidding about the Weirs, though: not enough room, or parking, for a tribal casino. Maybe some kind of slot joint: substitute slots for skee-ball: voila! |
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Keep the skee ball machines
As long as those skeeball games that I played as a kid in the 70's are there I am okay with any renovations. We bring our kids up there for vacation now and one of their favorite things to do is ride the Mount and then play games in the arcade. If it happens to rain all they want to do is go there. Funspot is now match it doesn't have the same atmosphere. The same games their Dad played when he was little. If a casino goes in I think the kid type fun will disappear.
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Funspot, skeeball
Funspot has stopped updating their selection too even though they did re do the skeeball machines a few yrs back, I also love skee ball as well and love to play it at the Weirs or Funspot. Funspot has also gotten cheaper with the ac the last few years and the Winni Pier arcade is actually coller sometimes than funspot lol.
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Family Spot
Whether it is a family spot or a kids gone wild place is a matter of personal experience. In the the 60's and 70's we KIDS went alone to the Weirs. We played the Skee Ball and the CAChinko games and accumulated tickets until we coul trade them in for the fake carnival glass prizes that we KNEW our mothers would love.
It's tough to release the past, but my kids, who have been to Weirs many times (mostly by boat), haven't presented their mother (my wife) with her "authentic" carnival glass tray/bowl and so I think that there is a change in the attraction to the place. (The KIDS are now over 21 and so they don't go to the Weirs anymore); Its a Friendly's Ice Cream shop, where kids congragate: (You know what I am talking about, if you are from New England). As I continue the rant, I am struck by the KID'S mantra, " There's nothing to do!" Soooooo, where do they go if the place becomes condo heaven? Sorry for the rant. It hit too close to home. |
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Don't you think that Las Vegas is a family resort area? Well it is. Casinos can coexist with family entertainment centers and resorts.
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Different tribe?
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The Mohegan served as English scouts during the King William's War (1688-96), and during the Queen Anne's War (1701-13), they guided two expeditions into the upper Connecticut Valley against the Abenaki. Maybe there are old grudges still in play.
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I love the Mohegan Sun Casino I am there on a failry regular basis and it is much more family friendly than Foxwoods. We love to take in show or take the kids to see a Sun game. They love the buffets and have a lot of fun. As far as Kids Quest goes though the Wier's 50 year old machines work better than anything the have at Mohegan. That place needs to be more reliable than it is. Now that I have dissed the place any chance you can score me some Kelley Clarkson tickets??????? My wife and 3 daughters want to see it badly and I'll be more than happy to spend some time at the Blackjack tables |
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Yes I am young lol I am only 26 so I can't tell you about the Weirs in the 1960s and 1970s my family started going there in 1980 with my mom pregnant with me and I started going when I was 7 in 1988 ( October bday). As I said before I am still going to be at the Weirs each summer as always and nothing is going to change my mind. I love the Weirs the way it is, but just thought a little updating would be fine like painting the railings on the boardwalk and painting the Mount Washington ticket area the roof looks horrible on the inside. I dont want the area to change and if anyone thought I meant that, I did not. I love it the way it is and just want a lil work done to it. I live in NY and love the lifestyle of the Lakes Region and always will.
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[QUOTE=carguy]Get a Life !
Don't you think that Las Vegas is a family resort area? Well it is. Casinos can coexist with family entertainment centers and resorts.[/QUOTE The powers that be in Las Vegas tried to recruit more families to come to their fair city with a huge ad campaign several years ago. It did not work. Las Vegas is an adult playground, plain and simple. Am I saying a family could NOT have fun in Las Vagas? Not at all..I'm just saying in my humble opinion it is not known for being a family resort area. The Weirs is a spec of sand compared to the strip in Vegas. Any kind of casino would physically take over the area leaving little room for anything more "family oriented". I do have a life..i proudly call it "my family". |
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Read the response to the Vegas post! Ouch! I know where you're coming from, but I guess some folks can't depart from their past memories. A casino at the Weirs would be an interesting conversion.
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Funspot built their bingo-hall expecting that to be used as casino space......the political winds just never blew that way for them.
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Mohegan Sun - Kelly Clarkson Concert
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I am just a lowly Limo Driver at Mohegan Sun. You stand a better chance of getting the ticlets through a Ticket Outlet such as Ticketron, or call the Mohegan Sun Box Office. http://www.mohegansun.com Employees cannot purchase tickets for mainline events at the Arena. Good Luck at the Blackjack tables.
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