New York State Park Concession Contracts and Terms

74 million annual visitors utilize facilities managed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. This dataset lists active concession contracts for the most recent calendar year, including contract types, durations, and locations. It is published by data.ny.gov and was last updated in April 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze concession contract duration and renewal patterns using the Start Date and End Date columns.
• Map the distribution of concession types (e.g., food, retail, rentals) across different park Regions.
• Identify active vendors and their associated Facilities using the Name and Facility columns.
• Track contract identifiers for administrative oversight using the Contract # field.

Strengths

• Covers concession contracts for over 250 state parks and historic sites.
• Includes temporal data fields (Start Date, End Date) for analyzing contract terms.
• Managed by the authoritative state agency (OPRHP) responsible for park stewardship.

Limitations

• Exact row count and total contract value are unknown.
• Limited to a single calendar year, preventing longitudinal trend analysis without historical data.
• Sample data is unavailable for previewing data quality and completeness.

Provenance

Source

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) via data.ny.gov.

Collection Method

Administrative records of active concession contracts.

Time Range

Most recent calendar year (specific year not stated).

Freshness

Updated annually for the most recent calendar year; last update was April 2025.

Geography

New York State, USA.