Rochester company planning park for Michigan
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A company is interested in acquiring about 1,800 acres of state-owned land and developing it as a family theme park, according to records reviewed by a newspaper. Rochester-based Axiom Entertainment has been discussing the project with state officials in Lansing, according to the records, which were obtained by The Bay City Times under the Freedom of Information Act. Main Street USA theme park could cost $160 million.
Read more from AP via The Lansing State Journal.
Yet another bold move by a developer to seperate their park's identity from Disney's... Main Street Friggin USA?!
When will people figure out that if folks want a Disney quality experience, they'll go to Disney?
When will people figure out that if folks want a Disney quality experience, they'll go to Disney?
I don't know....Main Street USA seems fairly generic to me, kind of like Anytown USA. I don't think most people are going to immediately think "they're ripping off Disney!" when they hear the name.
And I'm with janfrederick, I'll wait until ground is actually broken to get excited about it.
- Aaron K
I would love to see another park for Michigan. A state as big as Michigan needs a park other than Michigan's Adventure to call their own. I did account for CP's prescence in Northern-Ohio, but still, give them another "Michigan" park.
I sounds cool, as soon as I find where Grayling is at?Never mind, I think SF in Chicago is closer to my home. I live a couple minutes north of Detroit. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=grayling,+MI&ie=UTF8&ll=44.150681,-84.902344&spn=7.157309,22.148438&om=1*** This post was edited by gomez 7/31/2006 6:24:40 PM ***
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Bah... an entertainment based marketing company with no experience in theme parks wants to suddenly shift from movies & tv advertisements into a theme park business in the middle of nowhere, in Michigan, which has the worst economy of the US at the moment? Nice publicity stunt, but nothing'll happen.
Fyi, http://www.axiomentertainment.com/ is their site.
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