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  • So wait... What's all this talk, is there real plans to open it and what are the chances.

  • I am now age 67 and live in Pennsylvania but when I was a child of seven or eight and living in Delmar, my dad would always take us to the Catskill Game Farm. It was free and we loved going to see the animals. I am sorry to see it has closed.

  • The original farm closed because the operating costs and insurance costs started to skyrocket, and there was a very noticable decline in ticket sales over the years. I went there one final weekend before they closed. The place was definatley in better shape back when I used to go as a kid.

  • It's really sad...I used to go here as a child....

  • after speaking with her....their plans are to re-open as a camp ground with animals on it!

  • @marieveeee WHY? now that's sad :(

  • Thank you

  • Great video! Sad but well done

  • yes I believe so! Not sure when though! they just purchased it.

  • @marieveeee God I hope so

  • @marieveeee Sounds like good news I hope they do reopen the Catskill Game Farm

  • My friends daughter and fiance purchased the Catskill Game Farm today! 1/31/2012

  • @marieveeee Dose that mean you are gonna reopen the Catskill Game Farm or no?

  • The Catskill Game Farm was opened in 1933 by Roland Lindemann and was still owned by the Lindemann family as Catskill Game Farm Inc at the time of its closing.In August 2006,the Catskill Game Farm announced that it would be closing on Columbus Day of that year,ending its 73-year run.Its owners attributed the closing to mounting financial difficulties,dropping attendance,and legal regulations leading to the shutdown of its Splashdown attraction,though Splashdown itself never violated regulations.

  • the owner was old and wanted to retire, made sure all the animals found safe home, thats wat the news reported wen it closed, it didnt have 2 do wit the economy

  • I had no idea the place had closed, I'd been there many times growing up and was hoping to take my girls. Oh well...

  • If you search these videos you can see all the other "results" of the economy upstate awful and shameful .

  • It was fun there in the summer. I last went in probably 2004. Its another victim of the perpetual crap economy in upstate NY that our politicians dont like to talk about .Its got nothing to do with the current situation but that just made it worse. Keep voting these dimwits in so they can really destroy all of the state. Maybe Hillary was thinking about doing something about it when she was senator, but she didnt.

  • ... Is that nature will reclaim all of the farm. Full circle. And the animals will roam its confines once again... But this time free.

  • @ejflex You are welcome and I agree with you :-)

  • Thank you for this. I literally stopped everything I was doing to watch this in its entirety. I am 33 now but my family and I spent many years in the Catskills. We stayed at the Rip Van Winkle Motor Lodge and we visited the Catskill Game Farm many a time in my early years. One of my favorite pics is of me on my Dads shoulders at the Farm. I must have been 3. Time sure moves fast. This is just a microcosm of many a place with many a memory. Sad. But time doesn't stop. But the beauty is that natu

  • Maybe just maybe once I have the funds I might be able to REOPEN the Catskill Game Farm once I become a Doctor once I get older

  • @Nicholaschamp10 That would be wonderful. Thanks for the comment and for watching :-)

  • @paulslemoine Thanks paulslemonie I will be looking foward to it but it's sad to look at it seeing it for now since I remember GOING to the Catskill Game Farm when I was younger

  • I remember going here once as a kid. In fact, in my room I still have a deer statue that my parents got me from one of the gift shops here. And at 5:26, I remember sitting on those bleachers and watching some trainer give a tiger some cereal and than the tiger would do a trick. So weird that it is closed now.

  • why did they close???

  • @dinomagic not sure on the details of the closing

  • @dinomagic the owner was old, she made sure all the animals went 2 safe places and retired

  • Thanks for some real tear jerker... I used to live around three milles from the Game Farm. Stegmanns Hide away Resort. Many Resorts and Attractions in the Catskills have closed over the years. Ours too ,-( Being that I to live in Germany now am thrilled when I find something posted from "Home"

    I love the Catskills and i quess it will always be my home ! !

    Thanks for Posting !!!!!!!!! Niels

  • @hotchili1969 You are welcome, thanks for watching.

  • Gone 5 years now. Closed Columbus Day 2006.

  • Thanks for the slideshow. I visited several times as a kid.  Sadly, the Gamefarm closed before my own kids ever had the chance to see it.

  • @cowboycoffee737 You are welcome, thanks for checking it out :-)

  • It would take alot of work and money, but anything is possible :-)

  • Dose anyone think that the Catskill Game Farm may reopen?

  • I went to the Catskill Game Farm on a field trip there with my Kindergarten class back in 2004 and then I went there with my Grandfather back in 2005 suck that it closed because I remember the kiddie rides, the Splashdown attraction and the animals sucks that it's now abandoned I MISS that place makes me want to cry sniff sniff R.I.P Catskill Game Farm I will miss you you just hold to many memories sniff sniff :(

  • How were you able to gain access? Do you know the owners? I am interested in buying a majority of the remaining signs and any rides if still available.

  • @maineboy32 Hi I do not know the owners, I walked down one of the service entrances, there were no signs posted

  • My Dad worked here as a teenager, training the Dancing Bear. I remember all the times I visited as a child and all the years I would bring my children here. Thanks for the video.

  • @jafslm1 you are welcome it was sad walking through there

  • Reading about flooding in the Catskills brought the Game Farm to my mind--my family used to take me when I was a toddler in the 60's. I didn't know it had closed. So sad, but this video is a lovely tribute--thank you for posting it!

  • @mominaustin you are welcome, it was upsetting walking through there seeing it all abandoned

  • This place used to be so fun. I'm so sad that it's now closed

  • i went on the last day they were open for the first time

  • Thanks Paulslemoine for the memories...Was fortunate enough to have been able to bring my daughter when she was young...You could see it wasn't in top form though, even though the weather wasn't great, we had the place nearly all to ourselves...IT closed due to finacial reasons, the whole area wasn't the tourist place it once was...So many Catskill hotels had closed down since the late 60's. too bad, beautiful area...Can't believe it's been 5 years gone...Gasoline prices would kill it now 4 sure

  • Only realized today that this place was closed, I'd only visited there about 7-8 years ago. It was so busy at the time, it's weird to think it's gone now. Would have had no idea. Truly a special place, it shall be greatly missed.

  • So sad. Look at everything over grown and run down.

  • Ahhh, the memories. I'm glad I got to bring my kids when they were little so they could see where their mom went to growing up. I wasn't aware they'd closed it down.

  • I worked there as a kid.

  • RIP Catskill Game Farm

  • I can't believe that this place is closed. Very disappointing wanted to visit there this summer. Use to come here my whole childhood lots of memories here. The video and music fit perfect thanks. 

  • Retirement is one thing want to be rich off of those poor animals is another. When I went as a kid. The place was spottless. When I went back as an adult it was a mess. Stuff that could be taking care of easily. Like removing garbage from the swan area.

  • when i was little, that was my fav place to go. the last summer there felt like yesterday. its amazing how time goes by. i wish my baby brother experienced this.

  • i miss this place...why did they shut it down again?

  • @k2wafflebomb Not sure why it was closed

  • @paulslemoine The owner wanted to retire she was 65 at the time.

  • @Screvier Thanks for the info :-)

  • @paulslemoine The Catskill Game Farm held special place in my heart. At its peak in the 1960s, the game farm had an average season of up to half a million visitors. When it was down to about 100,000 year needed between 150,000 to 200,000 visitors annually to make the operation viable. It also was a run down it in last years needed major upgrades.

  • Thanks should also go to the Lindemanns and Schulzes for all of the joy Catskill Game Farm brought so many people over so many years. Business is business, and while CGF is and will continue to be missed everyone should understand this.

  • took my nephew to adirondack animal land Memorial Day weekend. Nice place but no replace Catskill Game Farm. Went to the game farm ever year from age 2 to 13.

  • @Screvier The Trip to adirondack animal land was just but it also bring a flood of memories back of me and my sister at the catskill game farm. Its sad they her son never can go to the game farm. I guess time move on.

  • A very touching and nostalgic video, as three generations of both my wife's family and my own enjoyed Catskill Game Farm. The music matches the mood of the video perfectly....I've heard it before, but can't place it. What is its name, and who was the composer? Thank you for a melancholy update on an old favorite.

  • @HabsRooter Thanks for your comment. It was very sad walking through there. I was there as a child several times and after that w/ neices & nephews as they grew up. The music is Clair De Lune, I believe it is Debussy. Thanks again :-)

  • this is so sad i went there as a child as my aunt lives near there. i miss this place so much thank you for at least helping bring back some memories:) god bless

  • I just got off the phone with my mother after talking about what we were going to do when we went up to visit her. She said they wanted to take us and our son to the Catskill Game Farm. I was so happy, it was one of my best memories and wanted to share it with me son. I went online to get info for when we were going to go and was shocked to see it was closed. I am so upset and sad that it is no longer there to share with my son and husband.

  • Thank you I loved it as a child too. It was very sad walking through there.

  • Well produced video. It did bring tears to my eyes too. I loved that place as a young child, and was upset to hear it had closed. However, if the animals were suffering, as I believe, than it is only right that the placed closed. Their well-being should always be the priority. I have a friend who brought her kids there the year before they closed, and she said even though the kids had a good time, it was uncomfortable for her. You could just tell the place was not being kept up well.

  • so sad! i have so many memories here. went there as a kid in the early 70s and i didnt know they closed will visist this year. i miss these places of my youth thanks so much for posting even though brings tears to my eyes

  • The recent controversy surrounding the conditions of the animals or their ultimate fate did not make me feel good. I have great memories of the place (and pictures) but if it were open I would not take my children there just on principle. I am glad concerned people were able to buy and care for many of the animals during the sale.

  • Parked my car down the road and walked in. It is sad to see it just sitting there.

  • how did you get in? Such a sad sad thing that this place closed.

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  • I hope it reopens

  • I cried !!! I didn't know that it was closed. I was planning to take my daughter there this summer. I found my old photos, and my husband asked me that night if I wanted to take her. i'm sure we could get the kids from the FFA to help clean up and fix up for free. i bet we could get free matterial. please bring it back....

  • @MrDeanise It would be a great thing if it were to come back as some form of park for families and kids

  • @MrDeanise It would be nice to clean the place up and do something with it. Thanks for the comment.

  • Is it possible that the good old Catskills Game Farm may rise again?

  • @omg122448 I hope so, it is a great piece of property

  • @omg122448 I have a feeling this recession is older then we think. I also think the Catskills Game farm was one of the first victims of this recession. The year it closed was also the year gas made it over 3 dollars a gallon in gas. I have a feeling when the economy improves someone may just take interest in reopening the Gamefarm. That park was older then Disneyland. Even if they just built a theme park or something for the family there just being on that land poured out some great vibes.

  • my dad remembers going as a kid, and wanted to take us. its sad such a kool place is closed :(

  • this is depressing

  • when i was growing up in the 70s my grandmother took me there a few times

    then on my last trip back to new york in 2000 i was glad to have grandma there to share it with my son

  • You are welcome. It was sad walking through there after having been there as a child myself.

  • Thank you for the memories! My twin brother and I once lived right next to the Game Farm at The Hideaway Resort. Just looking at the pictures brought back so many loving memories of going there with friends and watching the shows...Like many great places they kinda seemed to die out around the 90's, so sad.. It was the BEST place to grow up! Thanks again,

    Mark

    Stuttgart , Germany

  • This was my favorite place as a little kid. I've been wanting to go back for awhile. This fall I researched it and just realized that it closed and that it's been closed for years. I'm such a dork that I literally started crying lol but seriously it's so sad.

  • I had so many childhood memories there and that place was a highlight of my life and something I looked forward to as a kid. I still remember walking towards the exit of the park the last day it was open knowing I might never see it again. I was driven to tears, it is a relive seeing this that it is all there still and give me a little hope. I still have dreams of walking thru that park. The last one was walking past the ring and looking over to where the elephants were.

  • I Loved That Place

  • This was so sad.The music didn't help much!How depressing! I couldn't even finish watching it.Many memories there.I still can't believe they closed!Catskill has NOTHING now.

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  • Wow, that's sad to see. Have many memories of working there!

  • I remember the Huge old tortoise Turtles. And the Giraffes. I still have a mug and an ashtray from there. It was fun to feed the donkeys and goats. The Train Ride !

    And the Hamburgers were Great. The Parrot Show. The BIG Hippos. And the peacocks. The reptile exhibit. Everybody had fun.

  • Boy it's gone downhill pretty rapidly. I was there the last year it was opened for one more walkthough. I was sad to see it go to say the least.

  • It does have some signs posted to not trespass, but not everywhere. It would be nice to see it restored to something. I did get to see 3 deer while in there.

  • Can anyone just walk thru and do you think it will ever be a Zoo again or some kind of amusement park? I remember leaving that place fell of old memories knowing I would never see that place again. I am so glad to see it is all there still, maybe someone will turn it to something once again. I got a great feel just walking thru that land.

  • You are welcome. I used to go there all the time too. It was sad walking through there with it all abandoned.

  • I MISS THIS PLACE SO MUCH. MANY GENERATIONS IN FAMILY USED TO GO THERE THROUGH THE YEARS SINCE IT OPENED UP. EVERY YEAR WE WENT AT LEAST ONCE. ALOT OF GREAT MEMORIES.THANKS FOR POSTING THIS

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