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DECADES
Eloy, Arizona (Between Phoenix and Tucson)
New Proposed Theme Park
 New Park - (4/30/08) Good news for the Decades theme park as the bill that would allow the project to receive public bond financing was approved in a preliminary vote on Tuesday and moves on to a final vote by the state House. Once approved by the House it would move on to the Governor for final approval.
(4/29/08) The developers behind the Decades theme park in Arizona are ready to go back to the government to try and work out deals to allow the theme park to happen and make some changes to previous plans (including the creation of a special tax district) that have caused some concern.
(3/25/08) The latest buzz about the Decades rock ‘ n roll theme park concept is that the state senate voted 17-11 in favor of the project. You can find a picture of a park model that has been built at this news article.
(2/26/08) In another update for the Decades theme park project, the local news mentions that Fender, the Arizona based guitar maker, intends to be involved with the Decades project in some fashion. They are still in the process of getting the “details ironed out.”
(2/25/08) Good news for the Decades Roll & Roll theme park concept in Arizona this week as the state Senate have given approval (5-2) to the initial public bond financing plan. The plan would give the developers access to $750 million in revenue bonds for the project (to be paid back by extra tax charges from park guests) if they can come up with the first $100 million on their own.
(11/9/07) A new theme park has been proposed for Arizona called Decades that is pitching a very cool rock ‘n roll music theme to it. The park is eyeballing a site in Eloy, a town between Arizona and Tucson, and will have several lands, each themed to a different decade of rock music from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s in the first phase and 90s being planned as an add-on. The artwork on the official website is a little rough, but if you take the time to really look at it up close, you’ll see a lot of great ideas in there… the kind of things I thought would have been included in Hard Rock Park but weren’t.
I’m talking about more fun pop-culture ideas for the rides like the “Love Rollercoaster”, an AC/DC Thunderstruck coaster, the Crazy Train, Welcome to the Jungle flume ride, Welcome to my Nightmare haunted house, the Hotel California log flume, Green River, Riders on the Storm, an image of Dr. Doom’s Fearfall redecorated as Aerosmith’s Love in an Elevator and more. Lots of water and water rides in this park, which is a must for any park in Arizona I’m sure, so lets hope for the best. Check out the website and show your support. If all goes well they would like to open the park by 2012. You can read more about it here and I hope to have more details soon!
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