Two indoor water park resorts proposed for Chicago area

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

Two major resort projects were announced separately Tuesday, each linking an indoor water park with a major hotel in what is a significant and growing trend in the Midwest, led by Wisconsin. Grizzly Falls Resort, a $110 million complex with a 100,000-square-foot indoor water park and 400-room all-suites hotel, is expected to break ground this fall in Rosemont as part of a big mixed-use development. It is scheduled to open in spring 2008. And the KeyLime Cove Resort and Water Park, a $125 million "tropical escape" with a 50,000-square-foot indoor water park and 413-room hotel, is expected to open in Gurnee in mid-2007 or early 2008.