My 07' Project

nothing, I'm not old enough for a job yet.

Oh, ok, but you're old enough to handle a project with a budget of $5,000,000 next year?

I'm not trolling you or anything here, I was just wondering what your qualifications were. Hate to see that money go to waste and everything.

how do u have that much money?

The best way for you to build your own park?

The cost?

$39.95

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What kind of roads do you have leading to and from the property? What kind of neighbors do you have? Are they likely to complain about traffic, noise, etc.? Check your town or county for whatever ordinances they have that might govern over your project.

I don't know of too many states that would allow you to divert water from a creek into a water ride, at least not without a long drawn out permit process.

In addition to all the rides, you'll have to worry about providing food service, which then means restrooms, so now you're involving the board of health. The list goes on...

45 acres really isn't that large an area for anything but the smallest park. Don't forget that parking is going to take up a good chunk of that. Once it does become successful and you want to expand, will you have room to grow? :)

Where do you live at and what is your business plan? Are you able to buy any of the surrounding property or do you want to stay small? Where do you work at right now and what kind of budget are we looking at? Is this going to be for profit? There are a lot of questions to be answered before we can even give you an estimate.

If you're too young for a job, the best thing you can do is finish school and target post-secondary education towards business management. If you can't write a business plan, this little dream won't go very far.

It's been mentioned before, zoning (and good relations with neighbours and the local municipality) is very important. Also, since the property has a creek, environmental assessments will likely be required. In most jurisdictions, the assessment will require that every aspect of the park design must take into account protecting the integrity of the creek.

The creek floods, so insurance must be addressed in your plan.

As for what attractions to build, it depends on location, potential audience, and ride market (the business plan should address all of these). You might be able to time your development with another park's closure (like AstroWorld) and get some deals on certain types of attractions. Or go for mostly low-maintenance new attractions like Cypress Gardens did a couple years ago. *** Edited 6/8/2006 9:14:57 PM UTC by greatwhitenorth***