Hight Limit For New Rides?

by **coasterinsane** on July 14th, 2003, 7:53 pm

What is the height limit for rides at Great America? I have heard it is 250 feet..

by **CoasterDave316** on July 14th, 2003, 7:56 pm

They can't build higher than Sky Trek Tower. But im sure if they wanted to they could persuade Gurnee to let them build higher.

by **coasterguy** on July 14th, 2003, 8:02 pm

The bigger the rides the bigger the crowds and that means more people go to Gurnee. If you don't agree go to rcdb.com and look at Cedar Point. It would be a win-win situation.

by **zjohn1988** on July 14th, 2003, 9:57 pm

299 feet MAX

by **SfGaMownz** on July 14th, 2003, 10:33 pm

If that is true looks like no giga. We missed it by 1 foot :wink:

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by **Chitown** on July 15th, 2003, 12:02 am

Whats on the books and what would actually happen are two different things in the world of Gurnee, Il.SFGAm can build any structure up to 125ft without prior approval. Over 125ft and they have to go before the zoning board for approval on the structure. Gurnee always gives the go ahead for the park to construct.I keep hearing this about the park absolutely not being able to construct anything taller than Sky Trek Tower but I have never seen proof of that.Like Dave said, if they wanted to construct something really tall, like say 421ft (1ft taller than TTD) :lol:

, they probably would get the go ahead to do so.

by **zjohn1988** on July 17th, 2003, 6:37 pm

that would be nice

by **Timmy179** on July 17th, 2003, 7:13 pm

Mr. Wildenberg stated that he would like to clarify that a height limit was established for the park when it was built. This height limit is 310 feet; the height of the Sky Trek Tower.http://www.gurnee.il.us/zoning_board/zba_minutes/10-25-00.htmlthat should clear things up for you guys, alot. The original height limit was 110 feet, the height of sfgams highest ride when it was built, sky whirl, since that things have changed, to hard to explain just click on that link and read it your self

by **Chitown** on July 17th, 2003, 8:34 pm

O.K. Now we have proof.But guess what? Those laws can change as well. As stated by one of the board members, the height of the ride doesnt really coincide with the screams of the riders in which that is what most of the complaints are from the neighbors.It looks like in the future, the park will have to focus on taller rides being as far away from residential property as possible. HEIGHT ISNT A FACTOR!!!!!!

by **Timmy179** on July 17th, 2003, 8:44 pm

When i read that all i thought about is all those topics that we had about six flags tearin up the parking lot and etc kinda would never happen, there would be to much noise because we would get so much closer to the residential areas

by **zjohn1988** on July 17th, 2003, 9:11 pm

this wont happen, but wouldnt it be cool to get a clone of top thrill dragster in the location of demon??? *dreaming* :roll:

by **Timmy179** on July 17th, 2003, 9:40 pm

hmm im gonna say thats a little off topic but, no it wouldnt we dont need another faulty clone ( hehemm deja vu)

by **zjohn1988** on July 17th, 2003, 9:42 pm

ya its a clone, but its a GREAT clone! We have some clones already, y not another?! Usually i dont like how SFGAm gets clones, but id love a TTD clone. :wink:

by **Timmy179** on July 18th, 2003, 2:55 pm

clones arent that bad dangit, yet i would love to see a ttd clone just id rather see us get a floorless or a 4 dimensional coaster first

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