Neverland Ranch reborn as a state park?
Despite opposition, Assemblyman Mike Davis pushes for Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch to become California's newest state park.
Image via: The Daily Mail We've been struggling with our budgetary situation and working very, very hard to keep the parks in the system open. We're not necessarily looking for an acquisition at this time.
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To even let this go any further, this land is fallen apart and a young soul of a man worked very hard to make it come true for many. This man did more for this planet than any of us will in our life time. Shame on any who want to profit! this place is a pice of history and should remain that way. Mr. Jackson was just as well known as Elvis, Walt or the White House like it or not.
I think it should be turned into a memorial for Michael since he is the legend that will never be repeated. I mean if they could do that for Elvis Presley they shoud definetely do it for Michael Jackson. He contributed much more to the music industry and charities then Elvis did, so I think it would be appropriate and fair.
I wonder what Sneddon and Co would have to say about this...
He is obsessed with Michael Jackson. He would definetly want to earn from it.
would it matter either way, if its a national park or if its a museum either way the land is mother nature at work and no building could be done on it so either way i think its fine!
This is not a park that I would take my family...When i think of park, Micheal Jackson is the farthest thing from my mind.
Graceland was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991 and declared a National Historic Landmark on March 27, 2006. but it is still a "Private Museum" that is "open to the public". California has bigger fish to fry than making Neverland a state park, let Mike Davis and the NAACP pay for it.
Why don't they turn it into something similar to Graceland for Michael Jackson? Or turn it into a Pop Culture Museum? A park? Really? I thought that state had more than enough issues with budgets as it stands... Then again, I may be wrong.
Because Michael's family is a bunch of losers who can't agree what to do with Neverland. They should turn it into another Graceland if they knew how.
William Randolph Hearst's San Simeon castle (designed by Julia Morgan) is very much a "museum of insanity" built by someone with too much money and too little taste. It is also a monument to Hearst's ego as well as his psychological problems, just as Graceland is and the Neverland Ranch could well become.
The difference is that Hearst's family donated the mansion and the land on which it resides to the State Park system many years ago. Jackson's family isn't about to do the same thing, and.... More
When I hear State Park, I think of camping, boating, fishing, putting up a tent: NOT paying to see what this weird-o did in his 'playland', or what he could ave done, or was possibly trying to lure youngsters in with. The title of State Park should be given if the "ranch" is demolished and trees and such are planted. Even then I'm not sure I could get any ideas out of my head about what he did there. Good Luck with the State Park gig.
Great idea. The scale and maintenance would probably be on par with the Hearst Castle, I think.
I agree with you in that this idea has potential. It would be great to protect that land and offer a refuge for wildlife. BUT I think it is way too likely that it would really just turn into an oddball museum for the curious and the looky-loos. The upkeep of the house would be the real problem...it's a little grander than most state park visitor centers I've visited!
