![]() ![]() Additionally, the park features an adjacent 20-acre (81,000 m 2) water park called Hurricane Harbor Chicago, which features 25 water slides and attractions and opened on May 28, 2005. ![]() This has since expanded to twelve themed areas, such as the Wild West themed area Southwest Territory, three kids areas, with the County Fair subsection, Kidzopolis and two DC Comics themed areas, one being DC Universe.įeaturing 15 roller coasters, the park ranks fourth-most roller coasters in the world, tied with Cedar Point. Opening attractions and areas within the park were designed to be based around areas around North America, such as Orleans Place, a neighborhood located in the French Quarter during the 1850s and Hometown Square, a 20th century American town. Designed by architect Randall Duell, the park was designed in a "Duell loop," in where the park was laid out in a full circuit circularly, as employees worked out of sight, in the middle of the park. The new park would be built near identical to its sister park in Santa Clara, California, now named California's Great America. In 1972, the Marriott Corporation bought rural land near the Tri-State Tollway and had officially announced the theme park to the public the following year, in 1973. The sale gave Six Flags rights to the Looney Tunes intellectual properties. Six Flags acquired the amusement park in 1984 after the theme park division was an earnings disappointment for Marriott. The amusement park originally opened as Marriott's Great America on May 29, 1976, as one of two theme parks built by the Marriott Corporation. ![]() Six Flags Great America is a 304-acre (123 ha) amusement park located in Gurnee, Illinois, within the northern Chicago metropolitan area. ![]()
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