Which void is that?
The project’s leaders, who closed on the land this summer, have previously said the new park could fill the void that AstroWorld left behind.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Back up here. What project is this?
What is Grand Texas? According to the HouChron‘s real estate blog:
Click2Houston has more details:
A minor league baseball stadium? Do they have a team that’s going to play in it? Or is this…if you build it, they will come? (Sorry.)
The sheer scope of this has me a little skeptical. Where is the money coming from? Who is behind this? Can they build all this out in roughly 15 months? (The Grand Texas website says “Spring 2015”. The HouChron has the water park in April 2015 and the theme park in December 2015. This makes me a bit more suspicious.)
But I blog this here for two reasons:
- The somewhat unfortunate artist’s conceptions included in the HouChron article. Quote from the comments: “am I to understand that the entire theme park will look like a drawing my kid did with his crayolas?”
- You may have noticed the HouChron‘s mention of something called the “East Montgomery County Improvement District”. Where have we heard of the “East Montgomery County Improvement District” before? Oh, yes: EarthQuest!
Can EMCID really sustain two theme parks? Did I just say that with a straight face?
(This reminds me: I haven’t heard from Soapboxmom since March. If she’s out there, I hope you’re doing okay, and just haven’t had anything to say. Feel free to send me an email.)