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By: May 22, 2007 9:32 AM
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Bible Park USA: Fact Sheet
· Bible Park USA (BPU), currently in the conceptual planning stage, is a non-evangelical, non-denominational family-friendly Bible-based theme park depicting well-known Bible stories, built to the quality of Disney World and to the scale and size of Dollywood in East Tennessee. The Park will be a full-day attraction for guests.
· The Park will offer visualizations of the history of the Bible, as well as the history and archaeology of that period. Attractions such as a Galilean Village – a "Colonial Williamsburg-type" working village – will depict life in Galilee in the days of Jesus. An "agape tent" offers guests a place to gather as groups and experience authentic Biblical foods. Some of the stories from the Old Testament will include: The Creation; The Parking of the Red Sea; Noah's Ark, Abraham and Isaac of Mt. Mariah; and others. The New Testament will be represented by the birth of Jesus, the Crucifixion and Resurrection; the Garden of Gethsemane; and others.
· Special attractions for young children, teenagers and families will be included, all depicted in a safe, family-oriented atmosphere.
· The Park will be designed by BRC Imagination Arts, a top-tier designer of parks, museums and education centers such as Disneyland/MGM, Universal, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, NASA Park and others. Also joining the team is HOK SVE as master planners, and RPM Management, a leading traffic/transportation designer.
· HOK Sport Venue Event is internationally known for projects such as Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the new Wembley Stadium and Heinz Field. Regionally, the firm has completed such projects as the Nashville Arena, Autozone Park and LP Field. HOP has more than 400 employees worldwide, with offices in Kansas City, Denver, Nashville, London and Brisbane.
· RPM Transportation Consultants has completed hundreds of traffic engineering, planning and parking studies and has extensive experience in traffic signal design and operations. Major projects that RPM has successfully undertaken include the Nashville Arena, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Downtown Nashville Transportation Plan, the 21st Avenue Transportation Plan, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Parking Study, the Subarea 9 Master Plan for downtown Nashville, and Metro Nashville's Strategic Plan for Sidewalks and Bikeways.
· The Park will include a state-of-the-art acoustical amphitheatre for all types of religious music performances; a museum area, a picnic area, festival space and low-profile, indoor rides. Local, national and international religious-based musical artists will perform, as will church choirs from around the country for special events.
· For the holidays, i.e., Christmas, the Park will offer special events with a unique holiday spirit.
· The Park, as planned, represents an investment of between $150 million and $200 million, and will cover approximately 200 acres.
· SafeHarbor Holding, LLC, a New York City-based developer, is the project developer. SafeHarbor currently is building a Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, S.C., a $400 million theme park with 40 attractions set to open in spring 2008. The Hard Rock Park has been billed as the "largest single tourism investment in South Carolina."
Why Rutherford County, Tennessee?
After months of research and study, developers have focused on Rutherford County, Tennessee, as a leading site for the Park. The following area key factors in choosing Rutherford County:
· Location (in the central U.S.) – The Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro MSA is one day's drive from 75 percent of the U.S. population.
· Abundant access to interstates and roads leading to every corner of the U.S.
· Available acreage of the size needed.
· Excellent and strategic proximity to Nashville – a major tourism center.
· Proximity to related resources, such as religious musical artists in the Nashville area who would hold special concerts at the Park.
· Excellent and abundant work force, and
· A strong regional focus on and belief in the Bible.
More about the Park
· Which Bible stories will be displayed? The Bible has endless stories and events to tell. An area Advisory Council, populated with citizens, ministers, educators and religious experts, will be formed to plan and choose the initial attractions. When the park opens, approximately 50 stories from the Bible will be displayed. As the Park matures, more attractions and stories will be added to keep the concept fresh, alive and continually attractive to guests for initial visits and repeat visits.
· The Park is planned as a family-friendly day-long attraction, operating to the highest moral standards. For example, the employee uniforms will be well-designed to ensure a professional, consistent appearance. "The staff's dress code will be conservative in nature and will not offend anyone," says the developer.
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Member Opinions:
By: Opining on 5/22/07
"non-evangelical, non-denominational" ... Does that mean its designed to offend all religious groups equally? I can't imagine any kid leaving his PlayStation XVII to go spend a day experiencing the same Bible stories that his parents have to force him to listen to every Sunday morning. Regardless of the quality of the designers, this is a bad concept. The REAL question we should all be asking is what will it become and who will control it after it fails in 3 or 4 years?
By: snook on 5/22/07
The size of Dollywood? Ever been caugh up in traffic trying to get past Dollywood? It's horrendous.
By: mikewest on 5/22/07
As it says in the introduction to this...This is the Fact Sheet issued during by the developers of the proposed Bible Park during their community meetings with area residents. It is being presented in an effort to keep Post readers informed.
By: wyldlynx on 5/22/07
I don't know what these people are thinking. I just can't see people buys season passes for a theme park with only "low profile indoor rides". How in the world do they expect this to make money when Opryland, with all it offered, closed.
By: MyVoice on 5/23/07
When two or more are gathered in my name...
By: tylerdurden on 5/23/07
Is the Parking of the Red Sea a typo, or is that what the lot will be called? If so... awesome.
By: justdance on 5/23/07
tylerdurden, I see you caught that too. I'm sure it would be parting of the Red Sea, no way they would attempt to name it anything other than what it should be.
By: jmrgn46 on 5/23/07
If any of you are old enough to remember the beautiful area south of orlando and the City of Kissemmee you would not want this here. Before Disney moved in and ruined the area with low paying jobs, inflated food and lodging prices, and ungodly traffic it was a sportmans paradise. Think eminent domain.
By: saa on 5/23/07
baaahhahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By: muffalohunter on 10/31/09
I congratulate the Post for keeping us informed.So what is the success rate of this type of park elsewhere. I think there is a serious question of its viability.
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