rockhilljames

I agree, I hate to see it go. When I saw the scaffolding first go up, I was hoping it was for renovation. Alas...it was to catch falling bricks. Whatever they build there (and I REALLY hope it isn't a garage) I hope it's something that helps to tie the rest of downtown to Gateway.

Actually, there are almost 200 theme parks in the United States alone. Being in the top 50 is pretty sigificant, edging up to the top 25 is a big deal. I actually used to work at Carowinds and have been going to the park since I was a kid. My first trip was in 1978, the park has indeed changed over the years. The monorail currently services a Mexican resort community. White Lightning was sold to a Russian company which hoped to install it near St. Petersburg. When that flamed out, it was sold and installed in South Africa, which, to the best of my knowledge is where it still remains. It was a maintanence nightmare, that's why it was sold. No one ever got seriously injured on it.

Frankly, I've always advocated, and actually heard a few people at the city level talk about it, that we should build our own damn river. If you were to free Sugar Creek from it's paved over grave, deepen the channel and create a system of locks further to the south, you could create something very similar to what San Antonio has with the Riverwalk where Midtown and Downtown meet. It would take a bit of money, but the economic gains in investment would be HUGE.