You can find another halt coming together Route 66 in northeast Oklahoma.
The $2 billion American Heartland Concept Park and Vacation resort will to be positioned just west of Grand Lake on Route 66, in accordance to designs for the progress declared Wednesday.
The theme park and vacation resort are predicted to open up in 2026, soon after a initially-period RV park with cabins in spring 2025. At 125 acres, the “Americana-themed” park will be similar in sizing to Disneyland or the Magic Kingdom at Disney World, American Heartland said in a news release.
“We feel like this undertaking will be a gamechanger for tourism in not only Northeast Oklahoma but the total area,” Kristy Adams, a gross sales and advertising govt for the improvement, reported in an email to CNN Travel. “We have by now fulfilled with various tourism associates and are energized to commence selling this addition to the fantastic state of Oklahoma.”
Adams said in the news release that the destination expects to attract additional than two million people to Oklahoma from out of condition each individual calendar year.
6 American “lands” will be showcased in the park: Excellent Plains, Bayou Bay, Huge Timber Falls, Stony Stage Harbor, Liberty Village and Electropolis. Led by Steve Hedrick, the layout crew incorporates extra than 20 former Disney Parks builders and Walt Disney Imagineers, according to the news launch.
The RV park will span 320 acres with 750 RV areas and 300 cabins. A 300-room hotel and an indoor water park are also element of the prepared development.
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