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Knoebels Amusement Resort<\/a>, America\u2019s largest free-admission amusement park, has new leadership.<\/p>\n In a press release, the family-owned business has announced that Brian Knoebel has been named the company\u2019s fourth president, following a shareholder decision.<\/p>\n Knoebel will succeed his father, Richard \u201cDick\u201d Knoebel, who served as president since 1988.<\/p>\n \u201cI am filled with a deep sense of gratitude and pride not only for where we have been, but for where we are going,\u201d said Dick Knoebel in a press release. \u201cBrian has grown up with this park in his heart and under his feet and I have every confidence in his leadership, values, and commitment to what makes Knoebels truly special. His vision for the future honors our past while embracing the opportunities ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n The senior Knoebel will shift to the position of Chairman of the Board and President Emeritus for the company. He also extended thanks to his siblings, Buddy and Leanna, for their commitment to the family business. <\/p>\n Brian Knoebel said in the press release that the decision came during \u201cthe most emotional meeting I have ever been a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHearing the trust my family has in me and the appreciation they have for the role I play in this organization was humbling and not something I will ever take for granted,\u201d he said. \u201cAs I step into this new chapter, I promise to give this everything I\u2019ve got, to do my very best to make our guests, our team and my family proud continuing this timeless hometown amusement resort for generations to come.\u201d <\/p>\n Knoebels Amusement Resort recently took the top spot in the National Amusement Park Historical Association\u2019s survey<\/a> for best traditional amusement parks.<\/p>\n They also once again took home the award for best wooden roller coaster in the world from the Golden Ticket Awards<\/a>, and were named the top of the list for Halloween amusement park attractions in the country<\/a> by USA Today\u2019s 10Best reader\u2019s choice awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pennlive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Knoebels Amusement Resort, America\u2019s largest free-admission amusement park, has new leadership. In a press release, the family-owned business has announced that Brian Knoebel has been named the company\u2019s fourth president, following a shareholder decision. Knoebel will succeed his father, Richard \u201cDick\u201d Knoebel, who served as president since 1988. \u201cI am filled with a deep sense […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2067102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2067102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2067103,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067102\/revisions\/2067103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2067102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2067102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2067102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}