Experience

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  Minick Associates

  • Owner

    • 1982 - Present

    Create and oversee master planning, conceptual designs, sketches, paintings,renderings, and design development drawings for clients and their projects large and small - including amusement parks, fairs & expositions, fec's, water parks, restaurants, hotels, casinos and speciality shopping centers.

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  Great Adventure

  • Jackson NJ

  • VP/Operations

    • 1974 - 1976
    • Jackson NJ

    I was part of the management team for GA, assembled when the park was taken over by the Pritzker organization at the end of its first season. I was responsible for rides, attractions, entertainment, games, and a number of services, We reorganized the entire operation and created a successful park in both revenues and attendance by the end of the second season.

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  Six Flags Theme Parks

  • Operations/Games/Design

    • 1961 - 1974

    Designed the first midway skill game operation at Six Flags Texas including all the custom games and interiors as well as setting up it's procedures and operations and managing the 15 unit complex.

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  Six Flags Over Texas

  • Various

    • 1961 - 1974

    I was one of the first two operations supervisors when the park opened in 1961. I continued in that role through the second year of operation. I left the park for other opportunities but returned in 1964 to work for Randall Duell as a draftsman on Six Flags improvements, Worlds Fair Texas Pavilion and Log Flumes and the original master plan for Six Flags Georgia.

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  Magic Mountain

  • Valencia, CA

  • VP/Operations

    • 1968 - 1971
    • Valencia, CA

    I was one of the first employees hired during the planning and design of Magic Mountain. helping develop the programs for rides, entertainment, food service, merchandise,and support service. I helped create the management team to build and operate the park through its first years opening.

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  Pirates World

  • Dania, FL

  • Designer/VP-General Manager

    • 1966 - 1968
    • Dania, FL

    I was originally hired as the VP/General Manager for Pirates World to be built in Dania, FL. Funding delays saw our Art Director Paul Grosse return to MGM for a motion picture and I had to take over as designer of the park. Plagued with money problems we had all use equipment including the Steeplechase from Coney Island, Log Flume from NY Worlds Fair, Sky Ride from Legend City and other major rides. We opened the park and made money for several years until the property became too valuable for amusements.

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  Randall Duell Associates

  • Santa Monica, CA

  • Designer

    • 1963 - 1965
    • Santa Monica, CA

    I started to work for Randall Duell while he was the Art Director for Six Flags, working on the NY World's Fair Texas Pavilions and Log Flumes. WE were also preparing designs for Six Flags Texas CI program and creating the conceptual designs for SF Georgia. I moved to California with Duell, where we designed the Universal Studio Tour, Cedar Point CI programs, Busch Gardens LA and numerous other park projects.