Vice President Of Playland's Castaway Cove In Ocean City Joins CBS3

Jim Donovan reports.

THE NEW LOCATION WILL BE ATTHE BEACH AT RIO GRAB AVENUE.WELL, MANY BUSINESSES HAVEGUN IT REOPEN IN OCEAN CITY,AMUSEMENT PARKS ON THEBOARDWALK ARE STILL WAITINGFOR THE GREEN LIGHT.VICE PRESIDENT EVERY PLAY LANDCAST AWAY COVE AND JOINS USNOW, GOOD MORNING, BRIAN.MORNING, JIM, HOW ARE YOU?DOING DEVELOP.SO HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY TIMELINE OR GUIDANCE ON THE STATEWHEN THE AMUSEMENT PARK WILLBE ABLE IT REOPEN?HAD SOME TALKS WITH THEGOVERNOR'S OFFERS.AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THENEXT WEEK OR WITH WE'LL HAVEUPDATED NEWS, WE STARTEDGEARING THE RIDES UP, ANDTRYING TO GET OUR STAFF INHERE AND TRAIN.SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THEREHOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL BECOMING SHORTLY.BUT NOTHING DEFINITIVE YET.HOW ARE YOU GETTING READYFOR POTENTIAL RE-OPENING OTHERTHAN THE TRAINING?OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO STARTGETTING THE EQUIPMENT READY,TRAINING BIG PART OF IT,HIRING, LOST A LOT OF STAFF,YOU KNOW, HAVE GONE OUT OUTAND FOUND SOME OTHER JOBS DUETO THE FACT WE HAVEN'T BEENABLE TO GIVE THEM AN OPENINGDAY.WE HAD SOME J1 STUDENTS NOLONGER COMING SO THE HIRINGHAS BECOME BIG CRUNCH TRYINGGET KIDS IN HERE AND GETTRAINING GOING, BUT GETTINGTHE RIDES UP AND RUNNING,TRYING FIGURE OUT WHAT OURGUIDELINES WILL BE, PART OFSOCIAL DISTANCING, AND WHATTHINGS WE MAY NEED TO DO, YOUKNOW, WILL BE A BIG PROBLEM,SO WAIT FOG THAT GUIDANCE FROMTHE SHOPEFUL TO GET INFORMATIONPLACE, KEEP OUR GUESTS AND OURSTAFF AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.ARE YOU TAKING ANYPRELIMINARY STEPS AND PUTTINGANY PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE WHENPEOPLE RETURN, I MEAN, DO YOUCASINO HAVE A FEELING BASED ONWHAT OTHER BUSINESSES AREBEING REQUIRED TO DO?SURE.WE EXPECT THERE IS GOING TO BESOME SORT OF CAPACITY ISSUEWHETHER IT IS 25, 50%, WE'VEINSTALLED HAND SANITIZINGSTATIONS AT ALL ENTRANCE ANDEXITS AT EVERY RIDE AS WELL ASTHROUGHOUT THE PARK, PUT DOCKSDOWN IT KEEP SOCIAL DISTANCINGIN LINES AND PUBLIC AREAS.BUT ANYTHING ELSE, MORESPECIFIC, LOOKING MOOREGUIDANCE FROM THE STATE SO WECAN IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN ASSOON AS IT IS.SO YOU'VE GOT GOT CARTS,THE MINI GOLF, BIG DRAWS FROMME WHEN I'M THERE IN YOURAREA, THEY WERE ALLOWED TOREOPEN ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO,HAVE BEEN STOPPING BY FORTHOSE ACTIVITIES.YES, HAVE BEEN VERY BUSYDUE TO NO AMUSEMENT PARKS,WATER PARKS, ARCADES, THEY'VESEEM TO GO DOWN TO THE GOLFBEGAN CARTS, IN THE JUST OURSBUT ALL OF THE ONES ON THEBOARDWALK HERE, GOOD FORBUSINESS, HELPED A LOT OF THERETAIL AND FOOD.WITHOUT THE WANT TOENTERTAINMENT COUPLE OF WEEKSAGO IT WAS REAL DIFFICULT TOKEEP ANY SORT OF HOLDING POWERHERE AT NIGHTTIME.ABOUT 8:30 IT WAS CASINO EVERYSLOW.NOW SEEING THAT IT IS PICKINGUP, PEOPLE ARE STAYING LONGER,LITTLE MORE STUFF FOR THEM TODO.SO IT HAS BEEN GOOD THING FOREVERYBODY ALL AROUND.WHERE DO YOU THINK THEBIGGEST CHALLENGE GOING AHEADON THIS?WELL I THINK DEFINITELYTRYING TO GET THE GUIDELINES,AND, YOU KNOW, CAPACITY ISSUESFROM US WILL BE BIG ISSUE.YOU KNOW?WE SEE LARGE CROWDS.IT WILL BE HARD TO FICK OUTHOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE LET IN,WE HAVE THIS LARGE LINE EVERYPEOPLE WAITING OUT ON THEBOARDWALK TO TRY TO GET INHERE AS PEOPLE ARE LEAVING.SO IT WILL BE DIFFICULT.BUT WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT.YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING THATPEOPLE WILL REALIZE THAT NOMATTER WHAT WE DO IT WILL BEAS SAFE AS WE CAN POSSIBLYMAKE IT, EVERYTHING WE RELY ONIN OUR INDUSTRY IS BASEDAROUND SAFETY AND CUSTOMERSATISFACTION ISSUES.SO THAT'S OUR BIGGEST THING,AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILLRETURN TO OCEAN CITY VANNAGREAT TIME.BRIAN WHICH RICH YOU LUCK,VICE PRESIDENT OF PLAY LAND