Is The Disney World Of The Midwest Coming? | More Details About American Heartland Theme Park
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- In this video, we explore the exciting news about the American Heartland Theme Park coming to Oklahoma. Could this new park be the Disney World of the Midwest? Join us as we delve into the plans for this ambitious project, its potential attractions, and what it could mean for the theme park industry. We'll discuss the vision behind the American Heartland Theme Park and how it compares to the magic of Disney. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more updates and insights on this developing story and other theme park news!
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I'm enjoying all the mentions of Silver Dollar City in UA-cam media lately 😊 I was in the Country On The Lake show on the Showboat Branson Belle in 2017, and loved getting to hit up SDC all the time. GREAT company to work for!
Oh nice! We are from Springfield, MO so I grew up going to SDC
As a Relocation Specialist and Statistical Analyst since 1985, I am very familiar with the metrics that make projects like this happen. The concept of a World class theme park resort (ie Universal and Disney) like American Heartland Theme Park is awesome. With Disney struggling with their poor decisions and former Disney Imagineers heading this project, this can definitely work……..IF, and only if, they plan this to the tee. It’s almost certain that this $2 billion park can not succeed in rural northeast Oklahoma. Here are its problems.
1) The location is much too remote. A world class park (as opposed to a regional park like Six Flags) has to have a permanent metro population base of at least 800k and/or a significant tourist base to have a chance to even have a chance to work, especially creating one from scratch. This location is absolutely horrible. The extra cost that it will take to put it in a more favorable area will be easily recouped.
2) The climate is too cold in the Winter. For a World class park to be able to recoup the $2 billion initial and ongoing costs and turn a profit, it has to be opened year round. As a consumer, there is now way I’m going to travel half way across the country to freeze to death in rural Oklahoma in December when I can go to Orlando and be comfortable at Universal and SeaWorld.
In my analysis, the only area in the nation that can make a resort of this magnitude work is the Houston, TX Metro Area.
1) It has a permanent metro population of 7.3 million people and has a moderate tourist base already in place.
2) The Houston Metro Area is one of the fastest growing metro areas in the nation.
3) The metro area’s Buying Power (overall cost of living vs. income) is 18.97% better than the national average. This means that the average family has more disposable income for recreational activities (like theme parks), compared to other metro areas.
4) There are beaches and other things of interest for tourists.
5) Highway/international airport infrastructure is already in place.
6) There is not a theme park within a 3 hour radius.
7) Their climate is warm enough for the resort to be opened year round.
8) No other metro area in the nation has all of these very important metrics in place.
This is not at all to degrade Oklahoma. I have very high regard for the state and it ranks very well in my livability rankings that I do every 5 years. But in the case of building a $2 billion theme park in a rural corner of the state, it just isn’t going to work. To see that nothing has been done at this point doesn’t surprise me at all. Hopefully, the investors and planners of this theme park resort will look to another location where it can have the best change to flourish. I would love to see this happen.
great information. thanks!
Why choose such a remote location in the first place is my biggest question
Houston is more of a target for hurricanes than eastern Florida and to use your first "reason" of needing "a population base of 800K", this area is within the Tulsa Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) which was reported by the US Census Bureau in July 2023 as 1,044,757. To draw tourists to our part of the state is the already world class "The Gathering Place" a $500 million family park for the child in all of us that costs nothing to attend. Sounds like you live in Houston...oh by the way how's your traffic down there? Some of the worst in the nation I've read. All I hear is Texas sucking the life out of everything that surrounds it. Your state even sued Oklahoma to force us to sell water from native American lands to your greedy cancerous desires to consume everything around it. Be a good neighbor and let us enjoy our resources and share in success. We also have an "International" airport and the largest concentration of man made lakes in the US with more shoreline than the east, west and gulf coasts combined with plenty of beaches. I've been to Houston and Galveston and the water looks like most East Texas lakes...murky. We have clean clear water lakes in Northeast Oklahoma with multiple river rafting areas...with beaches! Northeast Oklahoma winter average daily temperature is around 58 degrees. Another attraction to Oklahoma is the lower costs of goods, services and fuel. As of today the former "Oil Capital of the World...Tulsa", has fuel that is 30 cents a gallon cheaper than Houston the current Oil Capital of the World. As i see it, our area is a better fit and value for the type of attraction and customer they're going after and Houston is not part of the American Heartland!
Disney and Universal have both stated on record they reason they don’t want to build anything in the Midwest is because it will canabalize the existing American parks. Personally, I think that is dumb since the main complaint about the parks is how crowded they are since everything is bunched together. Of course they like it this way cause they get to charge extra to have an experience to skip those crowds. I’m hoping this park at least encourages competition to build stuff of substance. Midwest lang is cheap and there is a ton of it.
I wouldn’t classify Oklahoma as Midwest considering it’s more south than some southern states and everyone there acts southern, also universal is making a theme park at the top of Texas so idk if that’s really true
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The Texas park is a kiddie park. Yes I was also dissapointed when I found out.
While I understand Disney and Universal being worried of cannibalizing the theme park industry in the Midwest, the region could actually benefit from having Big Name world-class theme parks. The likes of Disney and Universal bring with them clout, and the Midwestern parks could potentially benefit from having either of those nearby. Just look at Knott’s Berry Farm in Southern California. Part of the reason the average American knows it exists, is because it is 30-minutes from the original Disneyland. The issue is more the weather, as the Midwest is colder than both Tokyo and Paris.
I got a feeling I will fly to this park for opening day!! If it's only half what they say it will be,..it will still be amazing. It seems that they are literally focusing EXACTLY on everything that Disney has ignored or thrown away in their parks recent years. Disney would NEVER build this "American Heartland" concept in 2024. Disney prolly sees this stuff today and rolls their eyes and would claim that this idea is too "problematic" for them.
Agreed. It definitely has a lot of potential.
I'd go if they could get it built.
Ya... gonna do a follow up video on this as it looks like it's having issues in it's construction
I’m looking forward to American Heartland. I live about 5 hours from there in Arkansas so this would be an easy family vacation for us that won’t require a flight. We’ve been to SDC and absolutely love it and I love the idea of more options in “flyover country.” This is a win for all of us.
They may not have the actual money for this. There is already a lien on the property for non payment. FORREC U.S. Inc., a Toronto-based design firm, filed a mechanic's and materialman's lien against the developer, Mansion Entertainment Group, and the property owner, OGB Holdings, in Craig County District Court on May 3, 2024. The lien claims that FORREC is owed $1.6 million for the theme park, $2.2 million for the hotel and indoor water park, and $1.5 million for the RV campground for unpaid design work and planning. Liens protect businesses and people who provide materials or services for real estate by claiming a right to property if the property owner doesn't pay. Mansion Entertainment Group has said they are aware of the lien and regret not being able to reach an agreement with FORREC.
The guy funding it is a billionaire so i’m not sure how that’s possible.
@@erinlynch7259 hello - yes a billionaire can do this if they want to sell personal assets like Walt Disney did. I know nothing about this billionaire of course - but the lien is surprising. These things usually get resolved before they get this far. Maybe it’s resolved now - I don’t know. Something to watch.
Don't hold your breath. They're getting sued by multiple subcontractors and design firms for not paying their bills.
Is there any recent articles on the matter?
So Donald Trump is building it?
@capthemagic - I'm a producer in the entertainment industry, and partnered with an established, respected company in themed entertainment, and a consultant to another. And several firms have expressed relief on LinkedIn that they dodged a bullet by NOT taking assignments for this project.
Now this could change. Maybe they had temporary cash flow problems or legal reasons they couldn't pay their bills - maybe it was just for a while. I'm not tracking their current status. But a quick marker would be, "have they even begun building the RV park?"
That should be easy to investigate.
Didn’t the major contractor declare bankruptcy
FORREC was acquired by another company in December. My guess (and only that) is, THAT company brought the strength of its oversight to call the America's Heartland people into account for unpaid bills. I don't know if any other design firms associated with the project have declared bankruptcy.
the added bonus for these guys... oklahoma has casinos nearby this park,, sdc/ branson does not
When did Oklahoma become a Midwestern state?
Always has been.
@@paulipock6981 No. People down there have Southern accents. It’s a Southern state.
It depends on where you are at in Oklahoma. Most people in Tulsa identify as Midwestern, but that changes the further south and west you go. We definitely do NOT have a southern accent though
I hope it’s built, but with how things are going idk if it will
Ya since I made that video I've found a lot of info that makes me think it may not happen
@@capthemagic the developers seem determined to make it happen, but will all of the stuff happening they either will relocate to somewhere like Tulsa or okc, or just not build it at all
Hopefully they relocate to OKC, I mean it is one of the fastest growing cities in the country so it would do them a favor in doing it there
What Is Midwest I've Never Heard Of That Before But I Am Looking Forward To It When It Comes To This DISNEY PARK
Midwest is a weird term for Kansas area
That video was posted to their UA-cam channel on July 31, 2023
ua-cam.com/video/yVPqHeASUWw/v-deo.html
Well it was new to me lol
@@capthemagicNo worries. Haha.
I'm excited for the development of this park.
Me too. The big announcement was made before I was doing consistent videos on here and being from the Midwest I feel it’s my duty to discuss it 🤣🤣
Moved any dirt yet?
It’s hard to get solid updates given it’s in such a remote part of Oklahoma but from what I’ve heard dirt has been moved
@@capthemagic Watch the Oklahoma news lol this park isnt happening and this is what they call BLUE SKY, you what I mean.... NOT ONE PERSON IN THIS COMMENT SECTION HAS A CLUE SINCE RESEARCHING IS TO HARD, I GUESS. I LIVE IN COLORADO and info wasn't hard to find. Oklahoma News/American Heartlands Theme Park
They are having a huge cash flow problem and haven’t even got the RV park done yet. If they actually get it built by the end of 2026 still don’t know who’s going to work the park when they built it in the boonies. Most people aren’t going to drive an hour each way to work.
Have they started construction on the actual theme park?
you are smooth brained, Disneyworld was in the middle of nowhere in swampland. other businesses, hotels and homes were built around the theme park to get a slice of the pie.
Gawd i hope not. Mice and crops dont mix
I think it'd be better to have a Lucasfilm theme park; Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Willow, American Grafiti, and I'd throw in all of the Jim Henson stuff in there, too.
Centralize all of it in one park with near infinite room for expansion, and free up a massive amount of space in the other Disney Parks. If you put in Texas, you'd probably get a crap load of people.
Except Disney owns that and will not be doing it. Sadly disney wants star wars dead if it’s not a feminist enterprise.
More details huh lol, watch the local Oklahoma news about this park which YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE MY GUY BEFORE MAKING A VIDEO ON IT. This park will be a miracle if it happens which this news has been around for longer than YOURE VIDEO. DO RESEARCH FIRST.....
CHILL OUT Bro, we’re talking theme parksI 🤣🤣. But I’ll make certain to run any video ideas by @savvy-jj6mm first so that it gets your seal of approval 🫡
If this happens It will grow faster than silver dollar city did because the roads are straight and flat when silver dollar city opened in 1960 US 65 between Branson and Springfield was a hilly curvy and narrow 2 lane highway it was widened in the 90s and early 2000s
Being from Springfield, MO I know that stretch of road well. If this park ends up happening I think it could be a big success