By: cialunatic on 5/31/09
I guess trading 27 acres of land for 10 is a good deal. I like the last paragraph. Do you really think they will close this if it's not profitable? If this was to close, there would be people outraged. Especially if it was only opened 3-4 years. The novelty will wear off and people will tire of paying $6.50 per trip. Many communities around have them and are cheaper so there won't be much draw from them. My prediction is that an amendment is in the near future to save the park from closing. More will be revealed.

By: wireless on 5/31/09
$6.50 now $7.50 later $8.50 ***** ON AND ON IT GOES! If you want to play you hv to pay ..

By: indian on 5/31/09
Yea $6.50 for an entire day of entertainment is way to high. I guess that would explain the filled lot at the movie theatre every night for 1 1/2 hours of entertainment.

By: harleyboy on 5/31/09
$6.50/person + food. Yes, folks will go there but how many every day. A family of four will cost $26.00. Yes, people attend the movie theatre, how many attend every night?

I hope it does succeed without anymore taxpayer money. I hope the weather is perfect for the opening. Now it is time for people to put their money where their mouth is. Time will tell!!

By: cialunatic on 5/31/09
Indian, the theater is open all year long. The pool will run 3 months. Add in weather and you have maybe 2 months worth of operation. When something like this sits for 9 months unused its hard to make a profit. Like I said before, if it was a profitable venture then some business person would have built one long ago. There is always someone that comes up with an analogy that doesn't come close to comparison. I have a better idea. I say we build a great amusement park and we let residents of steele county in for a reduced price. Amusement parks are profitable and maybe that would be a way to reduce city and property taxes.

By: joetheway on 5/31/09
We could pay to put a dome over it and keep it open year round. Maybe we could get a great deal on the Metrodome when they tear it down.

By: pookah on 6/1/09
Love the idea, joetheway...

By: tonna_lady29 on 6/1/09
Yes, it's 6.50 a day, but they also offer season passes, water aerobics, passbooks (where you can buy 10,20,or 30 at a time discounted), and other various items. And, I'm sure they will find other ways of profiting, such as parties and what not. Honestly, 6.50 is not that much to pay for a child to have an endless day at the waterpark. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than most things to do.

By: harleyboy on 6/1/09
Glad you can afford it tonna_lady---hope there are plenty like you who will use it. It looks like a lot of fun...if I was 40 yrs younger.

By: tonna_lady29 on 6/1/09
My point EXACTLY harleyboy....you are an older adult that has "grown" kids (as you said in a previous post). I'm not sitting here boasting about being rich or anything like that, far from it actually, but as a treat to my daughter's I will be taking them now and then because the price is cheaper than driving up to an amusement park, going to the fair and riding ride, going to the zoo, the list goes on. Sit and complain some more because it's gotten you far and has really put a stop to them building it! LOL

By: harleyboy on 6/1/09
Tonna-I have never complained about it. I disagree with the way it was rammed through, I disagree with using tax payer money for it when we cannot afford to take care of important things like roads, flooding etc. I am entitled to my opinion just like you are. I am glad you will enjoy it, but don't bash those of us who do not want to use it. Be kind to those who have differing opinions. Thank you.

It is what it is, and I hope the city fathers will be men of their word, "it has to pay for itself."

$6.50/day is a cheap babysitter. Enjoy it!!

By: tonna_lady29 on 6/2/09
Excuse me? A "cheap babysitter"...what is that supposed to mean? I have a four year old and a 9month old and I have never hired a babysitter in my life, nor have I pawned my children off on somebody. Who in their right mind leaves a child at a pool as a "babysitter". I'm not the one sitting here bashing anyone, especially after that little remark. I never once bashed anyone for not using, all I was saying was that if you're a person who won't use it, then why sit here and complain about it? It's getting people nowhere. Yes, it's taxpayers money, but there's nothing anyone can do about it, so what good does it do to complain? Either enjoy it or don't, your choice, but the comment about the babysitter, uncalled for and immature.

By: harleyboy on 6/2/09
tonnalady-Some folks may choose to leave their older kids at the pool--cheap babysitter. That comment was not referring directly to you, sorry you took it that way!

I have never complained about the "pool", just the way it has been funded, and it is a legimate complaint. I have been against other govt funded ventures-Twins, Vikings, etc. I do not feel govt-city, state, or federal should be in the entertainment business. That is not their job-their job is to protect and serve.