Six Flags Great America Entertainment Village is a cancelled 134-acre Six Flags Great America expansion project that would have been located in Gurnee, Illinois, across from Great America. The expansion was slated to open in the 2000s.
History[]
Development and cancellation[]
In 1998, development of a Six Flags Entertainment Village was in the works, which would have featured two hotels, shopping & dining, a theater, housing for seasonal workers, a stadium and a Six Flags Hurricane Harbor park.
Opposition of the entertainment village arose, by a citizens group named the Citizens United for a Residential Village of Gurnee, shortened into CURV. The citizens group cited that the new entertainment village would have brought in an influx of tourists that would clog nearby streets, which Gurnee would not handle. It also cited the rise in property taxes if the entertainment village would have been built.[1]
Eventually, the expansion never came through and was cancelled.
Projects similar to the entertainment village[]
Hurricane Harbor[]
- Main article: Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Chicago
In 2005, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Chicago was built next to the main Six Flags Great America park. It features multiple water slides, a wave pool and a kids area, with additional expansions following.
Key Lime Cove[]
Key Lime Cove was a hotel that was built near Great America and the Gurnee Mills mall. It featured themed rooms and an indoor water park, and was the "Official Hotel of Six Flags Great America" until 2016, when the hotel permanently closed. It would later be succeeded with a Great Wolf Lodge resort.
References[]
- ↑ Grano, Laurie (1998-11-16). Great America expansion not amusing to all. Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021.
