Gurnee, Illinois - Six Flags Great America, Warren Township High School, M.A.C.E. Music, Warren-Newport Public Library District (Paperback)

Chapters: Six Flags Great America, Warren Township High School, M.a.c.e. Music, Warren-Newport Public Library District, Gurnee School District 56, Gurnee Mills, Key Lime Cove. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 60. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This article is about the former Marriott's Great America in Illinois. For the one in California, see California's Great America. Six Flags Great America is a Six Flags theme park in the Chicago metropolitan area, located in Gurnee, Illinois. It first opened in 1976 as Marriott's Great America. Six Flags purchased the park from the Marriott Corporation in 1984, making it the seventh park in the chain. As of 2010, the park has eight themed sections, a 13-acre (53,000 m) water park, three specially themed children's areas, and various other forms of entertainment. Marriott Corporation began construction on the park in 1974 and opened it on May 29, 1976, as "Marriott's Great America" (a sister park, with almost identical layout and attractions, opened in northern California in Santa Clara around the same time). The park was an immediate success due in part to its Americana themes and grand opening during the American Bicentennial. It originally consisted of six themed areas: Carousel Plaza, the first section beyond the main gates; small-town-themed Hometown Square; The Great Midwest Livestock Exposition At County Fair with its Turn of the Century rural-fair theme; Yankee Harbor, inspired by a 19th century New England port; Yukon Territory, resembling a Canadian/Alaskan logging camp; and the French Quarter-modeled Orleans Place. A seventh area, The Great Southwest, was planned but was not built until 1996, when it opened as Southwest Territory. Each themed area had its own staff costumes, and the design of buildings, shops, and restaurants wer...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1045458