The pandemic kept the popular Scranton destination closed for the season last year.
Author: Elizabeth Worthington
Updated: 5:15 PM EDT April 30, 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. — This is the first time a group of people has emerged from the Lackawanna Coal Mine since October of 2019. The Scranton tourist attraction never got the chance to open for the season last year.
"Financially, it hurt. We usually do anywhere from 20,000 to 30,000 people in the summer, just in the mine itself. So that hurt," said Jerry Hubshman, director of Lackawanna County Parks & Recreation.
"It's been a tough road for everybody. The employees here haven't done any work in that long, so everybody's glad to be back," said Art Moran, deputy director of Lackawanna County Parks & Recreation.