California’s Great America Announces Massive Capital Investment and Retail Project

How long have we heard that California’s Great America doesn’t have anywhere to expand? “The park is landlocked – there’s nowhere for them to go.” And what about, “Cedar Fair doesn’t care about this park – they want to sell it.”

Well, this aught to shut up the naysayers…

In an unprecedented announcement on Wednesday, the park announced that it has applied for a rezoning from the City of Santa Clara, which will allow it to add significantly more attractions with less red tape, intends on purchasing the land on which the park sits on and will build a massive retail and entertainment complex near the front gate of the park.

Read the rest at GreatAmericanThrills

Knott's News: Well this is unexpected. Matt is bringing the kind of ambition Knott's showed in the 90s under Terry Van Gorder. With a 25% attendance boost last year, I'd say its time to bring some of that ambition back. For those who don't remember:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robinshall/sets/72157615019180885

(This makes me miss Robin Hall and how well themed / cohesive everything was back then. Rob Decker needs to keep his hands off of Knott's)