Poll - What theme park company/brand should come to the Phoenix area? (Mesa: waterpark, military)

[ibarrio]

never going to happen on a large scale (Magic Mountain, Disney). A park in Phoenix would have to be like the one in Abu Dhabi. There is no money to build one like that in Phoenix.

[Greatday]

None of the above.

Any theme park built in the Phoenix area would have to be a domed park, or else it won't work. That's due to the weather issues especially during the summer.

[Hamtonfordbury]

Originally Posted by Golden_Monkey

You've worked in the biz, haven't you? No one else besides an industry veteran or a roller coaster fanatic would mention Vekoma, Intamin, and B&M by name.

Nah, I just followed parks for a while. A lot of it stems from gaming interests the past 10 years.

[DetroitN8V]

I don't understand all the weather comments. As someone else pointed out, there are parks in the northern states that only operate for half the year and have done so forever. In theory, a park in this region could do the same and simply not operate for some of the hottest months. They would still end up with more open days than the parks in colder climates. The weather related reasons are way off the mark.

[Pink Jazz]

Originally Posted by CodyW

Unfortunately, there haven't been any parks built from scratch in the US in a long time. The most recent one was a Hard Rock-owned park that closed shop after two years

• Seaworld and Busch are the same company, and both are possibly being acquired by Six Flags, last I heard.

Yes, I know SeaWorld and Busch Gardens are the same company, however, they are separate brands and concepts, which is why I listed them separately.

[ibarrio]

Originally Posted by DetroitN8V

I don't understand all the weather comments. As someone else pointed out, there are parks in the northern states that only operate for half the year and have done so forever. In theory, a park in this region could do the same and simply not operate for some of the hottest months. They would still end up with more open days than the parks in colder climates. The weather related reasons are way off the mark.

Because summer days are longer and the children are out of school/families on vacation. So the Phoenix season would be opposite of what is the proven money making season. The snowbirds are not the ones that will keep an amusement park open.

And the park would have to compete with the California Parks. A family would have to choose between Disney and the Beach or Phoenix and ??? (110 degrees)

[DetroitN8V]

Originally Posted by ibarrio

Because summer days are longer and the children are out of school/families on vacation. So the Phoenix season would be opposite of what is the proven money making season. The snowbirds are not the ones that will keep an amusement park open.

And the park would have to compete with the California Parks. A family would have to choose between Disney and the Beach or Phoenix and ??? (110 degrees)

Good points. I guess I didn't think about kids being out of school during what would be the off-season here.

[LocoAZnative]

Originally Posted by Greatday

None of the above.

Any theme park built in the Phoenix area would have to be a domed park, or else it won't work. That's due to the weather issues especially during the summer.

We had legend city so your statement is false. They pretty much went under after 2 people were killed on a ride.

[thenicepartsoflife]

Surprising no one's ever built a giant park here. I remember wishing they would when I was a kid. But then again we would always just jump in a car and go to California if wanted to go to one.

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by LocoAZnative

We had legend city so your statement is false. They pretty much went under after 2 people were killed on a ride.

Legend City's primary problem was the summer heat. People have gotten hurt or died at other theme parks around the country and they survived. But, 110 + degrees for 20 / 30 days straight (daytime) and 100 + degrees (nightime) really puts a crimp in attendence levels - as it did at Legend City.