![]() The bus will be dubbed The White Buffalo Tavern and will act as a snack bar that sells nachos, popcorn, snacks and beer once the park gets its liquor license, McCoy said. The plan is to paint the double-decker bus black with a buffalo featured in white, she said. “We are talking with the Future School (of Fort Smith) to have some art students paint the bus that is in the park.” ![]() “She has been restoring each of the horses, horse by horse, and will restore the painting on the carousel itself,” McCoy said. McCoy said Lorrie Staggs with Hidden Talent Fine Art Gallery and Restoration, located on Third Street in Fort Smith, has been renovating the carousel. They kept it open until 2020, when the park was closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2009, the Fort Smith Board of Directors voted to lease the park from White. The Bertazzon carousel was made in Italy. The Ferris wheel, which was installed at the park in 2005, was first used at the World’s Fair in San Diego in 1935. The park includes a refurbished Pullman railcar, which has been used as a diner, a double decker used as a snack bar and a mural by United Kingdom artist D*Face!, painted as part of the Unexpected mural project. The sale was made on condition by former owner Phil White that improvements and fixtures at the park – the Ferris wheel, the railroad car and the carousel – remain on the lot for at least 10 years. The couple bought the park at auction in August 2021 for $210,000 and are ready to open it again to the public, Paige McCoy said. Paige McCoy of Fort Smith, who owns the park with husband Chris, said they have been busy with renovations. ![]() The Park at West End in downtown Fort Smith has a soft opening planned for April 22 that could include a renovated carousel, Wild Waffles and a possible tavern in the private park that has been closed for years.
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