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CORONAVIRUS HALTS

DREAMS PARK 2020

Merchants, Restaurants, Rental Firms

Brace For The Summer That May Not Be

Mickey's Place proprietor Vinnie Russo, dean of Cooperstown's downtown mercants, believes Dreams Park's cancellation of the 2020 will cause a 2/3rd dip in sales in June, and 1/3rd in each in July and August. (AllOTSEGO.com/2016 file photo)

By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

Cassandra Harrington, executive director, Destination Marketing of Otsego Otsego County, is working on a promotion: "On Deck: Your Cooperstown Bucket List Getaway," to roll out when the coronavirus threat passes. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

COOPERSTOWN – Let’s start with some good news.

As soon as the coronavirus threat is safely dispatched, Destination Marketing Corporation of Otsego County plans to launch a new promotion: “On Deck: Your Cooperstown Bucket List Getaway,” aimed at attracting fans from around the region whose lifelong dream is to visit Baseball’s Mecca.

“Not now,” DMCOC Executive Director Cassandra Harrington said Tuesday, March 24. “But when things change.”

DMOC was seeking a positive response to Cooperstown Dreams Park’s posting on its website at 9 p.m. Friday, March 20: Because of the coronavirus threat, “Cooperstown Dreams Park has determined it is necessary to cancel the 2020 season.”

The impact on the local economy was immediate.

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