Biggest cities without amusement parks and/or zoos (suburbs, metro)
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Columbus, Ohio was supposed to be getting Planet Oasis though I don't know the current status of it.
I don't think people in Columbus even anticipate that project actually happening. I'm pretty sure aside from the kind of over the top proposal from the start, the whole project is in some massive land and/or financing lawsuit between the partners who were going to build it.
Other than that, in a similar area actually (norther suburbs), Columbus does have the second largest zoo in the US by acreage at something like 580 acres and 500+ different species.
I don't think people in Columbus even anticipate that project actually happening. I'm pretty sure aside from the kind of over the top proposal from the start, the whole project is in some massive land and/or financing lawsuit between the partners who were going to build it.
Other than that, in a similar area actually (norther suburbs), Columbus does have the second largest zoo in the US by acreage at something like 580 acres and 500+ different species.
Columbus Zoo is also one of the only zoos in the US that has a water park and mini amusement park merged into it. I don't think Columbus needs a super park because everyone living in the Columbus area knows where Cedar Point and Kings Island both are.
Cleveland is an hour away from one of the greatest amusement parks in the world, Cedar Point, which is also included in its CSA.
Cedar Point draws a clientele from as far away as Detroit and Pittsburgh; Dorney Park in Allentown, PA (another subsidiary of parent company Cedar Fair) operates using the same marketing strategy.
The second poster in this topic notes how alot of people driving between Los Angeles and Phoenix stay the night at Blythe, California (right along the California side of the Colorado River) and thinks Blythe would be a perfect place to have a an attraction like an amusement park and/or zoo.
LA to Phx is only 5 hours, why would someone need stay the night, especially in Blythe? Blythe is hot and run down. Might as well drive the extra few hours from Blythe to Disneyland.
I don't think Las Vegas has a zoo, though the Shark Reef in Mandalay Bay, if its' still there technically counts as an aquarium. I don't think the lion exhibit in the Mirage really counts as a zoo. Not sure if there's an amusement park, MGM Grand had one back in the day but they closed it down.
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