Space City USA
Space City USA was a planned theme park near Huntsville, Alabama. Located adjacent to Lady Ann Lake between Huntsville and Decatur, the $5 million (at the time) project was planned starting in 1959 as "Time World". Construction began in 1963 but the project was abandoned 3 years later, before the park could be opened.[1] (The park property is now inside the Madison and Huntsville city limits.) Built around a space travel theme, popular at the time, theming also included "Lost World" with dinosaur models, a simulated moon colony, a "Land of Oz", and an Old South section.[2][3]
References
- ^ McCarter, Mark (February 18, 2015). "Huntsville's Space City USA: Failure to launch a history lesson for Shoals theme park developers?". The Huntsville Times. Huntsville, AL: Advance Publications. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ Storey, Deborah (March 18, 2012). "Space City, amusement park proposed in 1960s, was never completed". The Huntsville Times. Huntsville, AL: Advance Publications. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ Hollis, Tim (1999). Dixie Before Disney: 100 Years of Roadside Fun. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1578061180.