Stevens was also asked whether the cause of the mid-April roof collapse had been determined. "The pool will come back in," was all Guest Services Manager Alan Thomas said he could share. "We will share the construction timelines as soon as possible." He did not elaborate on what sort of construction is planned. "At this time, we are in the final stages of reviewing plans and bids," Brad Stevens, Thumper Pond general manager, said in an email Thursday. Local residents wonder if the water park will be rebuilt, and if so, when? On Wednesday, the area was covered with wet, sloppy snow, with only a tower and a couple of corkscrewing slides remaining on the water park site, all of it surrounded by a chain link fence and some yellow caution tape. Debris is gone from this spring's collapse of the roof over the water park and spa at Thumper Pond in Ottertail near the shores of Ottertail Lake.īut other than the roof and walls of the facility being removed, little outwardly appears to have been done to rebuild the attraction at this resort. No replies were received Wednesday.OTTERTAIL, Minn. Several voice mail messages were left on the cellphone number of Thumper Pond General Manager Brad Stevens. ![]() Only contractors and cleanup personnel were allowed on site, a lodge employee said. No one was allowed into the lodge complex Wednesday. Nearly all of those guests had either checked out or were not at the hotels by early Wednesday. Hotel guests were sent to other hotels in the area, including the Super 8 and the Crossings Inn and Suites in Perham. Barry Fitzgibbons of the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office. Golfers drop off their youngsters while they play a round on the golf course, and local families and vacationers flood the resort on cold days so kids can enjoy some water fun, he said.Ībout 21 rooms at the resort had been rented when the roof collapsed, said Lt. Throughout the day and into the early nighttime hours, the water park is usually packed with people, Engebretson said. "That's usually filled with a lot of kids and families." "It's lucky no one was in there," Kevin Engebretson said. No one was injured in the collapse, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office. "It's lucky no one was in there," he said. ![]() Where the wall is bowed is where the gas lines enter the building, Engebretson said. Seen from an airplane passing over the resort, the water park area looks like a giant stepped on the roof and smashed it. Most of the west side wall of the water park is bowed out perhaps as much as 4 to 6 feet from the weight of the collapsed material. Insulation lay in white drifts on the ground Wednesday around the building at 300 Thumper Pond Road, like the leavings of a spring snowstorm, Engebretson said.īroken and twisted rafters and roofing were clearly visible through a large eastside window. Brad Stevens said that it may be weeks before the cause of the roof collapse over the waterpark and spa area is known.Ī 120-foot section of the roof over the indoor water park between the lobby and the north wall where the slides corkscrew before re-entering the building had collapsed. ![]() The general manager of Thumper Pond says the resort in Ottertail, Minn., reopened Thursday after the late-night catastrophic collapse of the roof over its waterpark earlier in the week.
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