Businessman Wants To Reopen Kentucky Kingdom

{Kentucky}...Louisville businessman Ed Hart, who wants to reopen Kentucky Kingdom amusement park, asked the Kentucky State Fair Board's finance and budget committee for a new interim agreement Thursday and offered to spend $1 million on maintenance, repairs and other upkeep in hopes that the General Assembly will provide $20 million in funding for the park. The interim agreement between Hart's group, the Kentucky Kingdom Redevelopment Co., and the fair board expires September 30th. Fair Board President Harold Workman says the Fair Board and Hart could work out a lease agreement before that date but are more likely to reach a new interim agreement while negotiating a lease. Hart says it can't be done by next year, but he will work to open it in 2013.