* Oct. 20 on a new resort in Thornburg, Virginia, slated to open in 2026.
* With 907 guest rooms and suites, the 1.38 million-square-foot facility will be the Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin company’s fifth indoor waterpark in the U.S.
* Kevin Marshall, a member of the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors, said in the release that the Kalahari resort represents a $900 million investment that will generate plenty of construction jobs and stimulate economic growth in the region.
The project will include a 175,000-square-foot indoor waterpark, 150,000 square feet of convention and meeting space, a wave pool, 10 acres of outdoor pools and a 90,000-square-foot outdoor amusement park.
Kalahari has existing resorts in Wisconsin Dells, Sandusky, Ohio; the Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania; and Round Rock, Texas. The company expects the Spotsylvania County location to draw visitors from Washington, D. C., Richmond, Virginia, and Baltimore via I-95.
Across the country, another company announced recently that it will invest rivaling the size of Disney’s Magic Kingdom Theme Park and Disneyland Park.
American Heartland is slated to open in 2026 in Vinita, Oklahoma. The 1,000-acre project from developer American Heartland, an affiliate of Branson, Missouri-based Mansion Entertainment Group, will also have an indoor water park, in addition to a 300-room hotel, 320-acre RV park and roller coasters.