Indoor Water Park Proposed for Rhode Island

As I wrote about here, an indoor water park is a better local attraction than a casino. Now the idea appears to be catching on:

WEST WARWICK — A Nebraska developer wants to build a $100-million family resort here that would include an indoor water park where overnight guests could tumble down high-speed water slides, float along a lazy river or hunker down in a water fort.

The resort, called Shipwreck Falls, would be located inside a local business park and less than a mile from the site of the proposed casino.

Michael L. Day, president of Dial Family Resorts, the Nebraska company spearheading the development, said the possibility of a casino nearby was not a factor in site selection.

“It has nothing to do with why we chose West Warwick,” Day said. “I don’t care if [the casino] goes or doesn’t. We have a totally different clientele.” In November, Rhode Islanders will vote on a state constitutional amendment that, if approved, would allow the construction of a privately owned and operated casino in West Warwick. The $1-billion project, financed by Harrah’s Entertainment, would include a casino, a 500-room hotel, five restaurants and convention space.

Representatives of the Nebraska development company have been talking to town officials about building a water park resort for the past six months, according to Town Councilman Peter F. Calci, who represents the ward where both projects would be located.

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2 thoughts on “Indoor Water Park Proposed for Rhode Island

  1. That’s a great idea, there isn’t anything like that around here, and by looking at the proposed pictures, we’d still go to this one if there was one closer by. We say bring it on, we’ll be the first ones booking our daughters birthday with you. As for “angryboy” up there, how many cespool’s do you know of that cost 100 million, maybe when you become “angryMAN” and have a family you’ll wish you had a place like this to take them.

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