in December or January. Nearby residents subsequently complained about noise coming from the park, including music, simulated gun fights, and late-night fireworks. Westworld Inc. suffered financial losses in 1982, mostly resulting because of poor customer attendance at Old Vegas. Plans to renovate the park were indefinitely shelved. Old Vegas ultimately consisted of several small streets, but not a full western town. The park had little use as a filming location. To raise revenue, Westworld Inc. attempted to sell land surrounding Old Vegas, but had ruled out a sale of the park for the time being. During 1984 and 1985, Westworld planned to sell Old West Corporation. A Tony Roma's restaurant operated at the park during the mid-1980s. A fire occurred at the park on the night of May 8, 1985, burning down the park's rock shop, which collapsed onto the Eureka locomotive. After less than an hour, the fire was put out by the local fire department. A police detective stated that the fire was not started naturally and likely was not due to an electrical issue; arson was considered a possibility. Westworld subsequently was given three extended deadlines to install a retrofit fire sprinkler system, with the final deadline being July 1, 1986. Closure and redevelopment plans Westworld Inc. chose to close the park on July 1, 1986 to install the fire sprinkler system and conduct other remodeling. Old Vegas was expected to reopen in approximately 60 days. However, later in July, Westworld Inc. instead put the closed theme park and the entire 125-acre property up for sale at a price of $5.6 million. For the previous two years, Westworld Inc. had made private attempts to sell the park. At the time of the closure, the Henderson Home News stated, "Park managers have kept Old Vegas' local profile very low and seem to only actively recruit bus tour and other visitor-related customers." In late December 1986, Las Vegas resident Steve Allen and local developer Maurice Threinen agreed to purchase 43.5 acres that included the Old Vegas facilities, with plans to reopen the park in March 1987. In February 1987, Westworld Inc. put Old Vegas into Chapter 11 bankruptcy during the impending sale. By the following month, Allen and Threinen had experienced undisclosed problems and had yet to complete their purchase of the park. They had also not yet applied for various city and state licenses needed to operate the