During the years of Camp Frasier the drive through reserve was used for horseback riding, archery, ATC, ATV riding and hiking. The remaining portion of the park was left as Camp Frasier which continued until the early 1990s when it became Camp James.
A portion of the park's entertainment area was converted into the current water park Wild Rivers in 1986-87. His reasoning was, "I built all this on a firm 28 year lease agreement, why should the Irvine Company be allowed to take it from me just because they want it back?". During the ongoing legal battle Shuster threatened to 'tear it all down' - including Irvine Meadows (built on a sublease agreement with U.L., now Verizon Wireless Amphitheater ), Wild Rivers, and the day camp. Harry Shuster then became involved in a bitter and excruciating legal battle until 1997 when they finally reached a settlement. In 1982, During the final years of the park, a long bitter battle began between Shuster and the Irvine Company where the Irvine Company decided to renegotiate the 28 year lease on the land (which began in 1968) and try to take back control as nearby property values increased and the park was proving to be a financial liability. In 1984 with dwindled attendance and decrepit conditions the park closed. Meanwhile there was still no budget for maintaining the park and its deteriorating attractions meant the park's future was doomed. In 1982, two years prior to closing the park, United Leisure opened a summer day camp, Camp Frasier to hopefully help offset the effects of low attendance. The second park in California opened in June 1970. Lion Country was founded and headed up by South African CEO Harry Shuster of United Leisure in 1968 and the first park opened in Florida in 1969. Lion Country Safari existed in Irvine, California until 1984.
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