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    Grand Texas Theme Park At 23065 Highway 242

    in Other Houston Neighborhoods

    Posted · Edited by txtiger

    There isn't much of anything on the north side of 242 just yet...  apparently a functional water station not visible from the highway, and some recent, Civil-related activity on-grade has been spotted.    

     

    Grand Texas really executed it's original series of press releases/conferences in Nov. of 2013.  I recall there being some talk about their original Tomball location much earlier than that.


    PR/press remains inconsistent on any of the amusement venues in the region...  

    -  Adventure Pointe in Texas City all but stopped posting construction updates on their Facebook page.  What's vertical onsite appears much less riveting than the original Downtown Disney-style entertainment district advertised.

    -  Downtown Aquarium's expansion across Preston never developed further.

    -  And the number of timeline updates for Grand Texas has definitely been frustrating.

    Right enough:  Who really knows what will come about from this Groundbreaking?...  The Virtual Builders' Exchange website posted this article back in early Oct., and a subcontractor commented on the Grand Texas "News and Rumors" Facebook page that he'd seen the construction documents around this time - 
    https://www.virtualbx.com/construction-preview/25035-contractors-line-up-to-build-grand-texas-waterpark.html

     

    For what it's worth, I contacted Virtual BX back in Oct. regarding the $10,000,000 construction cost noted in their article.  The gentleman who responded didn't really know where that number came from (I understand Typhoon Texas construction cost was around $45,000,000?)...  Hopefully that $10 million number is way off, or not inclusive of the whole water park scope.


    We'll see... 

    George R. Brown Convention Center Redevelopment, Office Building & W Hotel

    in Going Up!

    Posted · Edited by txtiger

    I'd love to see a SkySpire (by US Thrill Rides) get located somewhere appropriately downtown...  http://www.usthrillrides.com/products/skyspire/

    ...Maybe where the Nau Center was supposed to go, and just include Tourism exhibit areas at the base? 

    (New Orleans may apparently get one on the waterfront:  http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=216127 )

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    Marriott Marquis: GRB Convention Center Hotel At 1777 Walker St.

    in Downtown

    Posted · Edited by txtiger

    Back on the subject, more correctly:

     

    The menus for Biggio's, Walker Street, and High Dive are all up on the hotel's website -  see here, and the links are over on the right...:  https://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-information/restaurant/houmq-marriott-marquis-houston/

     

    And, eeerrrf.... Biggio's and Walker Street better get rid of that possessive form of 'Nacho' on their menus...  Bergh...

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