lockmat Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Per their website RCS Entertainment, Inc. is developing a family-oriented 2500-acre themepark resort in the Houston, Texas area. This resort will contain a themepark, waterpark, professional golf course, several five-star hotels and restaurants, retail shopping, and various other amenities. Houston is the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States, and is conveniently located close to the Dallas, San Antonio, and Baton Rouge-New Orleans metropolitan areas. Houston currently does not have a resort on the same level as the development that RCS is planning. The management team of RCS has extensive experience in the themepark, real estate, and marketing sectors. As a result, all of the developments in which RCS participates (whether on a proprietary or joint venture basis) benefit from our multidisciplinary expertise. Many renderings are at their site and they look very premature. http://rcsentertainment.com/ new article referencing project: http://uhclthesignal.com/wordpress/2013/02/11/houston-we-have-a-potential-theme-park/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 is that a waterslide in the Colosseum?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0123 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I'm confused with all these different theme parks I keep hearing about (Earthquest, Cowboy Town, etc.). Which theme park idea is this? The copyright on the site is from 2010. EDIT: For those wondering the same, read the article in the link. It answered my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I'm with brian. I'm just as confused. So is the earthquest idea just a memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister X Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 From the article of the link that Lockmat provided: "Fast-forward to 2013, the project (EarthQuest) is now proposed as a scaled down version of the original vision. Earth Quest has changed a lot since it was first proposed, but Chris Brown with Contour Entertainment, the resort’s original master designer, believes they can still get the park built. Contour took over the project in 2010 and is still pushing to get it built. They have been granted permission to secure remaining investors in order to start breaking ground. Earth Quest is the most developed of the four proposed theme parks." EarthQuest doesn't sound like a memory to me. Although I know some of the info in that 'student newsletter' is incorrect. Contour was the master planner of the park back in 2010 (actually before I think) they came up with the schematics and park layout plan, but they only took over the entire project (rounding up financing) in 2012. For many months (or were it years?) no representative from EarthQuest even attended community meetings at the EMCID from something like 2010 to 2012, leaving members of the EMCID looking pretty silly, but the EMCID has never given up on it, and now now the developers are talking about it again and showing up at town hall meetings and such. I love their persistent "quitting is for losers" attitude. Gives me hope for humanity. The RCS park is the most mysterious of the 4 proposed parks the article discusses. That website they have has not been updated in years and no one ever writes any articles about it. The link that Lockmat provided is the first time I've ever seen any article even mention it. I've known about the RCS park for about a year just from internet scuttlebutt (like this) and I check out their facebook page from time to time. The last entry was made almost a year ago. I don't think this one is going anywhere. They were one of the developers that were trying to get Jazzland in New Orleans rebuilt, but I understand they lost the bid over a year ago - they have never been heard from since. RIP RCS But, EarthQuest just won't die. It's taken years to get wherever they are right now, lots of internet people have given up hope, but every few months you can easily find new articles in various community newspapers that mention that Contour Entertainment is still pursuing it and mentioning current ways they are trying to land enough money to start groundbreaking. Last I heard, Contour said that they only need to secure 150 million to get started on the 500 million dollar project and they were more optimistic than ever. But sickly, beaten half to death, yet remarkably resilient unicorns aside, Grand Texas is probably Houston's best hope for a large theme park in the immediate future (if you call a proposed October groundbreaking 'immediate'). They have been quietly pursuing land to build on, building a team of former Six Flags and other professional theme park management alumni and have now starting going after some media attention. With the recent announcement and activity surrounding this park (at least on the internet and at the latest EMCID meeting) it sounds like it has a chance to me. I know nothing about the park that is supposed to be in the works in Texas City. There was a little info about it on sixflagshouston.com a month or so ago and there are some people over there who think there is something to get excited about - which is always encouraging to people like me! Even as hopeful as I am - it's hard for even ME (HAIF's loudest and most obnoxious theme park proponent) to believe that all 4 of these parks are going to break ground at the same time if ever. It would be so weird seeing Houston go from the most UNDERSERVED megatropolis (as far as theme parks are concerned) to the most OVERSATURATED in a couple of years. But I think something like that happened in Houston once before - only it was skyscrapers and not theme parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 A new proposed theme park for Houston. RCS Entertainment, Inc. is developing a family-oriented 2500-acre themepark resort in the Houston, Texas area. This resort will contain a themepark, waterpark, professional golf course, several five-star hotels and restaurants, retail shopping, and various other amenities. Houston is the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States, and is conveniently located close to the Dallas, San Antonio, and Baton Rouge-New Orleans metropolitan areas. Houston currently does not have a resort on the same level as the development that RCS is planning. The management team of RCS has extensive experience in the themepark, real estate, and marketing sectors. As a result, all of the developments in which RCS participates (whether on a proprietary or joint venture basis) benefit from our multidisciplinary expertise. This is by the website www.rcsentertainment.com Also read this recent post http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/03-05-13-new-theme-park-with-astroworld-ties-aims-to-fill-houstons-roller-coaster-void/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 My thoughts exactly ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 I would go just to see the giant statue of the pizza guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 LOL no its going to have rides, a waterpatk, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Is this a pipe dream? Where is it going to be located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Is this a pipe dream? Where is it going to be located? Houston, where in Houston, I don't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 This project seems a little iffy to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Perhaps it will go in the old Astroworld location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 i know it's just a rendering, but shouldn't it at least look like fun? That looks all creepy, like Westworld after the robots do bad things. Must be the statues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoothrewpoo Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Perhaps it will go in the old Astroworld location. won't go there. That land is accounted for. HLSR bought a chunk of it that will become permanent parking, the remainder will become mixed use/retail.Is this the one that's going in somewhere up North (Kingwood/Cleveland)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 RCS doesn't appear to have a great reputation. http://inparkmagazine.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-orleans-rejects-theme-park-option.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 It would be cool to get a theme park, but this looks like a rendering that somebody put together for a class assignment. But it seems like the idea would be pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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