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I'm posting this in the Decatur thread because it's nearest to The Shoals and because I don't think something as outlandish as this warrants a new thread.

Can a $3 billion project be planned for Alabama and no one know it? Giant theme park set for Shoals

Paul Gattis
AL.com
January 30, 2015
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The email went out about noon on Friday with the subject line "World's Largest Theme Park Coming to Alabama."

It outlined in general terms that the theme park would be located in Muscle Shoals, provide up to 20,000 jobs and cost $3.4 billion to build - all in private funding.

Only problem is, no one in Alabama seems to know about it.

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"We do not have any info or data from this guy that is making the claim," Greg Canfield, the state secretary of commerce, said in an email Friday to AL.com.

The email announcing the theme park - which came from what appeared to be a personal Gmail account - said DreamVision Company is planning to open two of the world's largest theme parks. Along with the park in the Shoals, another park would open in Fort Worth, Texas. DreamVision is based in Fort Worth, according to its website.

Efforts to reach DreamVision on Friday were not successful. A message left at the phone number of the person who sent the press release was not returned. There was no reference to the project on the DreamVision website.

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Indeed, the press release would pique your interest. The 1,400 acre Shoals park would be built at the same as the 5,000 acre Fort Worth park.

For comparison, the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida is made up of just 107 acres and Six Flags Over Georgia is made up of 297 acres.

The press release also said "each property will include golf courses, water parks, hotels, theatres, concert venues, retail and more."

Muscle Shoals Mayor David Bradford said he didn't know anything about the project but alluded to the Muscle Shoals Reservation owned by TVA. That land in the Shoals covers about 1,400 acres and there has been speculation over the years about possible developments on the site.

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The press release said there would be a press conference in Muscle Shoals on Feb. 11 to provide more details about the park.

"Hopefully we'll be involved with the press conference and find out more about it as we go," Bradford said.

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"I touched base with the Fort Worth chamber and they acknowledged they were familiar with (DreamVision) and worked with them and there was an ongoing confidential project on their end," Holt said. "That's the extent of the legitimacy they could share with us. They were aware of it for sure."

WTF?