DreamVision proposes $3.5 billion Fort Worth theme park

[TexasTowelie]

We got some answers during that epic press conference, but not the big ones: We still don’t know where DreamVision plans on building its $3.5 billion, 5,000-acre theme park — “one of the most dynamic, most amazing global destinations” in the world, per its CEO — and we still don’t know how the company is going to pay for it.

Mayor Betsy Price, who attended the press conference, said she does not know the location of the theme park. She said she has looked at a couple of possible sites.

“It would have a huge impact on the region,” Price said.

Well, it is supposed to open in 2020. So there’s time, right?

Read more: http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2015/02/a-lot-of-questions-about-promised-3-5-billion-fort-worth-theme-park-but-not-many-answers.html/

[ChisolmTrailDem]

1. Bring it! At one point there were rumors Disney had optioned a huge parcel of

land SW of FTW. That was 20 years ago, though.

A project of this sort would definitely be a boon to the area.

ETA: Also, back when those rumors were swirling, there was no highway out there to access that land parcel. Now, there's the Chisholm Trail Parkway, a toll road that opened last year after being anticipated for more than 3 decades.

[Ron Green]

2. Theme parks, casinos, and private prisons.

Yeah, that's the way into the 21st Century.