Here's a couple of other projects for Corpus:
BOARDWALK BY THE BAY
CORPUS CHRISTI (Caller.com) – A major amusement park called Boardwalk by the Bay is coming to Shoreline Drive on Corpus Christi Bay. The Corpus Christi City Council selected TRT Holdings to redevelop the dilapidated Municipal Coliseum, and company officials are in ongoing negotiations with the city about the details. The outdated coliseum will likely be razed for parking for the amusement park.
TRT Holdings is owned by multibillionaire Robert Rowling, a former Corpus Christi resident who owns 550 Gold’s Gym health clubs; Waldo’s, a dollar store chain in Mexico; and 40 Omni Hotels.
Preliminary plans call for a carousel, game arcade, bumper cars, go-cart racing, miniature golf, an entertainment venue, rolling chair swing, spinning coaster and boutique retail shops. A controversial 100-foot Ferris wheel is also part of the plan.
TRT has no experience in developing amusement parks, so it has contracted with Minick Associates and William L. Haralson Inc., both of which have experience in the field.
TRT Vice President Michael Smith says the development is part strategy and part hometown loyalty for Robert Rowling. The strategy is to entice tourists to downtown, where TRT owns 22 percent of the surface area of the Downtown Management District including two Omni hotels.
