YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – For decades, Idora Park was more than an amusement park — it was the heartbeat of Youngstown. And long before arenas and stadiums, its ballroom was the stage that mattered.

Jodi Mika has a reflective moment about many summer days she spent at Idora Park, while sitting in one of the cars that made up the Turtle, an iconic ride at the former amusement park. Mika, of Parma, ...