Liberty City Theme

[Nella Mcnairy]

Todaywe share the incredible news that Rapid City, South Dakota, will be home to a massive theme park set to open in 2026 - which happens to be the 250th birthday of America. According to KEVN, the patriotic adventure park will be called Libertyland USA and the artistic renderings look quite impressive.

When completed, Libertyland USA will have a theme park, complete with roller coasters, water lagoon and water fun park, an indoor/outdoor amphitheater, a hotel and conference center, dining, an indoor waterpark, and RV resort. Sound too good to be true? The Rapid City city council has approved the plans and, according to President and CEO of Elevate Rapid City, Tom Johnson, the new project will bring "up to 2,000 new jobs to the area and create tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue."

The 1,000-acre development, named the American Heartland Theme Park and Resort, is scheduled to open in 2026 in the northeastern Oklahoma city of Vinita, according to a news release Thursday from the Missouri-based Mansion Entertainment Group, which is heading up the project.

It will have an Americana-themed environment with "a variety of entertaining rides, live shows, family attractions, waterways as well as restaurant-quality food and beverage offerings," Mansion Entertainment said.

The park's design team includes more than 20 Disney Parks builders and Walt Disney Imagineers, according to the Mansion Entertainment. It also hired design firms that have been used in the past by other major amusement parks, including Six Flags and Universal Studios.

"We are thrilled to make Oklahoma the home of American Heartland Theme Park and Resort," American Heartland CEO Larry Wilhite said in a statement. "At the crossroads of the heartland, Oklahoma is an attractive location for a family entertainment destination."

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