Hoodline

Austin Attorneys Seek To Block COTALAND Drop Tower

Attorneys for the parents of 14-year-old Tyre Sampson are gearing up for a legal showdown in Austin, moving to stop a new ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Dollywood closes ride out of 'abundance of caution' after ICON Park Orlando free fall death

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. -- Dollywood is temporarily closing its drop tower attraction after a boy fell to his death from a similar type of ride by the same manufacturer at a park in Orlando, a spokesman ...
Willamette Week

City Signs Off On Drop-Tower Ride at Oaks Amusement Park

Oaks Park drop tower proposal. (Submitted to city of Portland) The City of Portland has given Oaks Park Amusement Park permission to install a new drop-tower ride on its midway despite an appeal by ...
KOIN 6

City gives go-ahead to Oaks Amusement Park ride met with backlash from bird advocates

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The City of Portland has rejected an attempt to block a new “drop tower” at Oaks Amusement Park. Portland hearings officer David Doughman struck down the appeal from the Bird ...
KGW8

Neighborhood group says decision to allow Oaks Park's 135.5-foot 'drop tower ride' is 'baffling'

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland hearings officer has denied an appeal to block Oaks Amusement Park from adding a 135.5-foot drop tower ride, despite concerns from nearby residents that it would mar scenic ...
KXAN

After teen’s death in Florida, attorneys seek to stop Austin thrill ride

A KXAN investigation found a foreign ride maker — found negligent in the 2022 death of a teen in Florida — is producing a new drop tower ride at COTALAND in Austin. COTALAND said its drop tower will ...