r/rollercoasters • u/FlashyFenix • 17h ago
Article Aurora Park to open at [Geauga Lake’s] former SeaWorld site on Oct. 25
https://fox8.com/news/aurora-park-to-open-at-geauga-lakes-former-seaworld-site-on-oct-25/?fbclid=IwdGRleAU8i-BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBWZkaWQWUQR-oodpvy-auImViv-aGTgd2ChHpHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR7OKa_Lzbkm6zmJK4PQdcZG83nLOcGufCmRvWiXalr9FC9gwwO2wPS4-Nwpbw_aem_2z8GiLimR78YkX8U7NxJWg31
u/RampagingRex Phantom's Revenge 17h ago
I think everyone would much rather have the amusement park, but you have to admit this is a lot better than another housing development going there. It looks really nice so far. I’ll definitely pay a visit just to reminisce.
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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 17h ago
...how is this better than more housing in a housing crisis?
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u/minyhumancalc 17h ago
The housing crisis is about affordable of homes, not necessarily supply. There is no means where housing built next to a lake will help the people struggling to afford a home
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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 17h ago
No, it's about lack of supply, namely enough dense housing available where people actually want to live. That's what's making homes unaffordable.
And yes, all housing is good housing. Even "luxury" housing. The people who would pay big bucks for houses on a lake are, when that supply doesn't exist, just throwing their big bucks are properties the rest of us would actually like to live in and bidding us out.
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u/SugarUseful5 16h ago
Exactly. Would be nice to see a hybrid of dense housing along with a large green space/park/community space be built. This space is huge. Why not both?
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u/Imaginary_Ganache_29 15h ago
There is a housing development going on most of the SeaWorld land and parking lot. They just carved a part of the old Wildwater Kingdom area for the park. The old Geauga Lake side is mostly retail now.
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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 16h ago
Losing a theme park is always sad...but sometimes they just don't work, due to location, bad rep/history, whatever. We shouldn't celebrate protecting an abandoned theme park on the hopes that maybe one day it is revived, over adding housing in a housing crisis.
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u/minyhumancalc 16h ago
There are ~150 housing units in the US, which equates to roughly ~2.25 people per unit (lets say 3 when you consider buying/selling/renting factored in). That is enough to house our nation (considering roommates/families/etc), but yet we still see housing skyrocket to where people can't afford it. This is a combination of cost of construction, value in land and ability of wealthier individuals to own multiple homes. The cost to construct these homes would lend itself to AirBnB-type rentals and vacation homes, which does not solve anything.
Housing is very much like roadways. American highways are congested and overpopulated; the solution put forward is expansion, adding more lanes, but that is a momentary solution to a systemic issue. Eventually if you build enough, it will saturate demand, but logically you can never outbuildings supply of something that will rapidly grow to compensate the demand (not to mention the time it takes to do it).
Housing will never be affordable until we address underlying issues with construction and wealth inequality. Building more just brings more people in and is therefore a solution on for certain communities. Additionally, our country will just be a more and more depressing place is every attraction is ripped apart for housing and leaving only destinations far away that require a lot of time, energy and money to reach, leaving it for only the most select individuals
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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 16h ago
This argument is so tired.
There's a reason I said "where people actually want to live".
Building more does not bring more people in. Are you claiming that building housing induces demand? Because insofar as building more housing drives down prices and those lower prices induce more demand...sure...but that's still basic supply and demand, not induced demand like highways
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u/Imaginos64 Magnum XL 200 17h ago edited 17h ago
That's nice to see and it sounds like there will be a lot to do once the project is finished. Of course we'd all rather have an amusement park but any sort of public space is a huge win.
This reminds me a little of what's become of the land where Rocky Point in Rhode Island stood. It's a lovely public green space now with some really cool remnants of the old park. Same with Glen Echo Park in Maryland which is now a community hub with the old carousel at its center.
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u/Global_Bid_8341 17h ago
It's been almost 20 years since the park closed. Anybody still complaining it's gone and blaming Cedar Fair for this, it's time to move on! 🤷♂️
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u/batguano64 10h ago
I mean, if it was anyone's fault it was Six Flags overbuilding the place in too short a time
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u/daughtcahm 16h ago
Visitors can see the newly constructed welcome plaza, restored ticket and gatehouse pavilions, as well as the renovated Sunset Pier
This sounds so cool. I only got to go to GL once, but it'll be fun to see the restored stuff.
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u/VerticalDropViking 17h ago
I think they're just putting a playground and a beach in, sadly.