{Louisville, Kentucky}...A group of Louisville business leaders, led by developer Ed Hart, who want to reopen the Kentucky Kingdom amusement park says it will present its offer to the state as part of a competitive process to determine the park's next operator. Hart said Tuesday his group is encouraged by a timetable set by state officials to name a park operator by this fall. Hart says that extending the search beyond that would jeopardize his group's ability to reopen Kentucky Kingdom as a full-fledged theme park by 2014. Hart's group has outlined a $40 million proposal to reopen the park which has been idled since the 2009 season.
