Firm to raise $1 million for Dayton theme park

[Browntggrr]

http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/.../03/story6.html

[spngbob]

I remember someone telling me this a year or two ago but thought they were crazy.. seems very ambitious.

[jzarley]

$1M doesn't seem like a lot of money when you're talking about building a theme park...KI cost around $60Mto build 35 years ago...more recent parks (granted, of the Disney & Universal variety) cost over $1B to build today.

To put the amount in perspective...it costs around $3M to build a new, average sized Red Roof Inn.

[westcoaster]

in comaprison how much did it cost to build the new Tri county mall amusement park??? or wonderpark at the mills seems close to a million???

But 1million these days is a couple rides ?

Wow and the competition from Kings Island?

[XGatorHead 8904]

From the looks of the article, it's not a park like KI, Disney or Universal, but one with virtual reality rides/simulators. This would be more feasible for the $1M price mentioned. But to have the world's tallest hotel? That seems a little over ambitious to me. I wouldn't predict this to be such a huge draw that this would be a necessity, not to mention the competition from other area hotels.

[bbqace]

The $1 million is basically for a fessabillity study. They have been talking about this for a couple of years now, but there isn't much support for it.

In an article about 2yrs. ago, they said the project would cost about $180-225 million. They couldn't find the investors at the time.

[Captain Picard]

A study just lines the pockets of the ones doing it. After the study you will not hear anymore about it. They have a study every 5 years or so for a bridge in Marietta and it's around 1 mill each time. There is still no bridge.

I remember talk just like this around 7 years ago for the Buckeye Lake Amusement Park and thats all it was just talk.

[AintNutinElse2Do]

Unfortunately in general studies are just studies and don't get past that part. On the other hand an amusement park being created now wouldn't happen without a study. So at least it's a step in the right direction.

[The Interpreter]

A study just lines the pockets of the ones doing it. After the study you will not hear anymore about it. They have a study every 5 years or so for a bridge in Marietta and it's around 1 mill each time. There is still no bridge.

I remember talk just like this around 7 years ago for the Buckeye Lake Amusement Park and thats all it was just talk.

A correct prediction, it appears!

Terpy, who cannot imagine such a thing being built in Dayton, especially in today's financial environment, both nationally and in Dayton

[jzarley]

^ perusing the archives?

I was reading thru the thread and was shocked to see that I had written a reply...I thought maybe I had developed "post amnesia" or something. But, then I realized I had written it in Dec. 2007, so I stopped worrying