A judge has rejected a motion by the state attorney general's office to stop the sheriff's sale of a 122-year-old amusement park in northwestern Pennsylvania.
Crawford County Judge Anthony Vardaro on Wednesday decided Conneaut Lake Park can be auctioned off Friday to recoup more than $927,000 in taxes owed to the county and other entities.
The attorney general has opposed the sale because the park is a tax-exempt charitable trust, among other issues.
Conneaut Lake Park's trustees still hope a financial reorganization will allow them to redevelop, revitalize and expand the facilities.
The trustees must now file bankruptcy or turn the nonprofit corporation that runs the park over to the court to stop the sheriff's sale.
The park, about 95 miles north of Pittsburgh, opened in 1892 and is home to one of the nation's oldest roller coasters.
