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Robbie Williams wants to buy Blackpool Pleasure Beach and ‘return it to its former glory’
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Robbie Williams wants to buy Blackpool Pleasure Beach after remembering fond childhood holidays.
The 47-year-old popstar grew up in Tunstall and Burslem in Stoke and said he has been ‘tempted’ to buy the theme park after being approached by the owners.
Speaking on Alan Carr’s Life’s A Beach podcast, the Take That star said he was interested in putting together a ‘conglomerate of showbiz types’ to revamp the famous attraction.
Williams is reportedly friends with the park’s managing director, Amanda Thompson whose family have owned the park since 1896.
Recalling childhood trips, Robbie said: “We’d go camping in Rhyl or we’d go for the day to Blackpool. I always remember, you got 50 pence for [being] the first person to spot Blackpool Tower.
“This is how my fortunes reversed: We’d get on a bus at the Ryan Hall working men’s club and they’d put on a day to Blackpool.
“We’d go and rummage around, do whatever we did, and then come back to Stoke-on-Trent and get on with our lives.
“A mere 20 years later, the people that own Blackpool Pleasure Beach want to sell me Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
“I am tempted. It’s not ongoing, but I do fancy putting together a consortium of faces – and you [Alan Carr] are one of those…
“I think if a conglomerate of showbiz types got together and sort of revamped Blackpool… do you ever remember when Blackpool was going to be the Monaco of the North?
“There were huge plans to turn it into casino-ville. I think us end-of-the-pier types should get together, storm the place and reinvigorate Blackpool.”
However, the theme park has not said the park is up for sale.
A spokesperson told the MailOnline: Blackpool Pleasure Beach, which is wholly owned by the Thompson family has “No Regrets” that Robbie Williams may have “Misunderstood” that “Something Beautiful” like Pleasure Beach is available to buy.
“With a view “Beyond the Sea” from the top of The Big One it’s no surprise he is interested, but for now let us entertain you when we reopen for our 125th season on the 12th April.”