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This just doesn't look right...

I blame it on "run down, second rate, old amusement park" itus.

I might go and try to get one of the skeeball machines for my child.

If we're looting I got dibs on The Revolution

MemphisTigerPawr Wrote:I blame it on "run down, second rate, old amusement park" itus.

Unfortunately, Libertyland could never be mistaken for a world-class amusement park.

Wouldn't it be great if Six Flags, Disney or somebody would bring a major amusement park to the area.

Paramount doesn't have one within 7 hours, do they? I like the one here in Charlotte.

fsquid Wrote:Paramount doesn't have one within 7 hours, do they? I like the one here in Charlotte.

What's it called?

There's a park in the Bay Area called Great America -- I think it's a Paramount park.

yep... just googled it...

Paramount's Great America

OK, I see it...

Paramount's Carowinds - Charlotte, NC

Seeing how it's Paramount, do they have any cool Star Trek stuff?

umbluegray Wrote:

MemphisTigerPawr Wrote:I blame it on "run down, second rate, old amusement park" itus.

Unfortunately, Libertyland could never be mistaken for a world-class amusement park.

Wouldn't it be great if Six Flags, Disney or somebody would bring a major amusement park to the area.

Aren't there big plans by one of the casinos to build a huge amusement park in Tunica?

Am I seeing this correctly?

Carowinds Operating Schedule
Open daily in June, July & August
Open weekends in May & October
Open select days in March, April & December
Closed January, February & November

SouthavenTiger Wrote:

umbluegray Wrote:

MemphisTigerPawr Wrote:I blame it on "run down, second rate, old amusement park" itus.

Unfortunately, Libertyland could never be mistaken for a world-class amusement park.

Wouldn't it be great if Six Flags, Disney or somebody would bring a major amusement park to the area.

Aren't there big plans by one of the casinos to build a huge amusement park in Tunica?

The Grand said they were going to build a 5-acre indoor/outdoor water park. I haven't heard another thing about it since the annoucement.

There was news about a major amusement park in DeSoto County. It was some guy from Arkansas and nothing ever came of it.

umbluegray Wrote:

MemphisTigerPawr Wrote:I blame it on "run down, second rate, old amusement park" itus.

Unfortunately, Libertyland could never be mistaken for a world-class amusement park.

Wouldn't it be great if Six Flags, Disney or somebody would bring a major amusement park to the area.

How do I say this nicely? Ummmm.....NO!

Where could a good amusement park be built in this area?

As_It_Were Wrote:Where could a good amusement park be built in this area?

You could stick it in Fayette or Tipton County just off of I-40. Or you could put it in northeast Shelby County along the I-269 corridor.

MichiganTiger Wrote:

As_It_Were Wrote:Where could a good amusement park be built in this area?

You could stick it in Fayette or Tipton County just off of I-40. Or you could put it in northeast Shelby County along the I-269 corridor.

Yeah, that would probably work. The location of Libertyland was just awful. There was no room to make it decent over there and it really only could compete with a small town's carnival or fair.

umbluegray Wrote:

SouthavenTiger Wrote:

umbluegray Wrote:

MemphisTigerPawr Wrote:I blame it on "run down, second rate, old amusement park" itus.

Unfortunately, Libertyland could never be mistaken for a world-class amusement park.

Wouldn't it be great if Six Flags, Disney or somebody would bring a major amusement park to the area.

Aren't there big plans by one of the casinos to build a huge amusement park in Tunica?

The Grand said they were going to build a 5-acre indoor/outdoor water park. I haven't heard another thing about it since the annoucement.

There was news about a major amusement park in DeSoto County. It was some guy from Arkansas and nothing ever came of it.

The only amusement park I have been to in Arkansas was in Hot Springs and it sucked, so maybe it is a good thing that nothing came of that.

MichiganTiger Wrote:

As_It_Were Wrote:Where could a good amusement park be built in this area?

You could stick it in Fayette or Tipton County just off of I-40.

That's exactly where I was thinking. It's not like those things are usually within the city, most are stuck out somewhere like that.

Dr. J Wrote:

MichiganTiger Wrote:

As_It_Were Wrote:Where could a good amusement park be built in this area?

You could stick it in Fayette or Tipton County just off of I-40.

That's exactly where I was thinking. It's not like those things are usually within the city, most are stuck out somewhere like that.

Honestly though, I don't think Tipton County would go for it. Fayette I am not sure of but I doubt Tipton would want to do it out there.

Land is going for around $3500 an acre in south Fayette County.

1,000 acres at $3,500 per acre = $3,500,000
5,000 acres at $3,500 per acre = $17,500,000
10,000 acres at $3,500 per acre = $35,000,000
30,000 acres at $3,500 per acre = $105,000,000

Walt Disney World is 30,000 acres, or over 40 sq miles.

If I were in charge of some local county around here, I'd offer a 1-for-1 deal on land -- for every acre purchased I'd match an acre.

I'd also make sure a controlled access road with interstate connections would be built to the site.

Done right, a major amusement park will bring other amusement facilities as well as resorts.

This would bring in a windfall of tax revenues to the local economy. Imagine 1.5% of all sales coming back to the county. (Shelby gets 2.25%, but I don't know what other near-by counties get)

$100,000,000 in revenue at 1.5% = $1,500,000
$500,000,000 in revenue at 1.5% = $7,500,000
$1,000,000,000 in revenue at 1.5% = $15,000,000

Resorts and taxis bring in higher-rate hospitality taxes.

Orlando, the top tourist destination in the world, brings in 45M visitor annually.

New York brings in 33M annually.

Tunica brings in 17M annually and Memphis brings in 8M annually. Consider that some of the 17M and 8M are the same visitors (they visit both Tunica and Memphis) the Memphis area already has at least 20M visitors annually.

That's a great base of existing tourists to offer an amusement park.

Not to mention that Memphis is less than a day's drive from 90% of the US population and we have an airport with 4 runways that can accomodate a lot of passenger traffic.

Orlando is home to 3 mega-amusement parks:
1. Walt Disney World
2. Universal
3. Sea World

Various other attractions are located there as well.

Becaue of this conventions flock to the area.

Here's a list of Orlando-area resorts:

1. Celebration World Resort
2. Disney's Beach Club Villas
3. Disney's Old Key West Resort
4. Vacation Village at Parkway
5. Marriott's Grande Vista
6. Orange Lake Country Club
7. Sheraton Vistana Resort
8. Wyndham Palms Resort and Country Club, The
9. Marriott's Imperial Palm Villas
10. Marriott's Royal Palms
11. Silver Lake Resort
12. Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club at Orlando
13. Hilton Grand Vacations Club at SeaWorld Intnl Ctr
14. Hilton Grand Vacations Club on International Drive
15. Fairfield Orlando at Bonnet Creek
16. Lago Vista at Buenaventura Lakes
17. Cypress Pointe Resort at Lake Buena Vista
18. Marriott's Sabal Palms
19. Cypress Pointe Resort
20. Westgate Leisure Orlando
21. Sheraton Vistana Villages
22. Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge, The
23. Westgate Lakes Resort and Spa
24. AmeriSuites Vacation Club at Calypso Cay
25. Embassy Vacation Resort at Grand Beach
26. Celebrity Resorts Lake Buena Vista
27. Disney's BoardWalk Villas
28. Summer Bay Resort
29. Westgate Vacation Villas
30. Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
31. Parkway International Resort
32. Houses at Summer Bay Resort, The
33. Cypress Pointe Resort & Grand Villas
34. WorldMark Orlando Kingstown Reef
35. Summerfield Condo Resort
36. Star Island Resort and Club
37. Liki Tiki Village
38. Kingstown Reef at the Crowne Plaza Resort
39. Westgate Town Center
40. Marriott's Cypress Harbour
41. Sunterra Resorts Polynesian Isles
42. Westgate Towers
43. Alhambra at Poinciana
44. American Vacation Resorts at the Villas
45. Barefoot'n in the Keys at Old Town
46. Bella Vista Golf & Yacht Club
47. Blue Tree Resort at Lake Buena Vista
48. Bryan's Spanish Cove
49. Celebrity Resorts Orlando
50. Celebrity Resorts Orlando - Oaks
51. Celebrity Resorts Orlando - Spas
52. Fairfield Orlando at Cypress Palms
53. Fantasy Holiday Club
54. Florida Vacation Villas
55. Grand Lake Resort
56. Harder Hall Lakeside Villas
57. High Point World Resort
58. Linkside Villas at Sun 'n Lake Estate
59. Magic Tree Resort
60. Oak Plantation Vacation Ownership Resort
61. Oasis Lakes at the Fountains
62. Orbit One Vacation Villas
63. Orlando Breeze Resort Club
64. Orlando International Resort Club
65. Orlando Sun Village
66. Orlando's Sunshine Resort
67. Orlando's Sunshine Resort II
68. Silver Lake Resort
69. Sunterra Resorts Grand Beach
70. Vacation Villas at FantasyWorld
71. Villas at Fortune Place
72. Westgate Blue Tree Resort
73. Westgate River Ranch
74. Club Orlando
75. Club Sevilla
76. Lifetime of Vacations at Grand Lake Resort
77. Seasons, The
78. Signum Las Palmas
79. Villages at Mango Key, The
80. Villas at Summer Bay Resort
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